# Fried Catfish

A delicious and easy-to-make fried catfish recipe that is perfect for any occasion.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 Egg
- 1 good amount Dijon mustard
- 1 good amount Old Bay hot sauce
- 1 good amount Salt
- 1 good amount Pepper
- 1 good amount Onion powder
- 1 good amount Garlic powder
- 1 good amount Smoked paprika
- 1 good amount Old Bay seasoning
- 1 Lemon
- 1 handful Fresh dill
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 Catfish fillet
- 2 cups Cornmeal
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 some Pickles
- 1 enough to cover all the other ingredients Mayonnaise

## Instructions

1. Add one egg into a bowl.
2. Add a good amount of Dijon mustard.
3. Add a good amount of Old Bay hot sauce into the bowl.
4. Add some salt and pepper.
5. Add onion powder.
6. Add garlic powder.
7. Add a good amount of smoked paprika.
8. Add more Old Bay seasoning.
9. Zest one lemon into the bowl.
10. Squeeze the juice of the lemon into the bowl.
11. Add some fresh dill to the bowl.
12. Whisk all the ingredients together.
13. Add one cup of milk and mix it all up.
14. Add the catfish fillet into the marinade and toss it all around to make sure it is submerged.
15. In a shallow dish, add about two cups of cornmeal.
16. Add about a cup of flour to create a 2-to-1 ratio of cornmeal to flour.
17. Mix the cornmeal and flour together.
18. Add the same seasonings used for the wet batter to the dry batter, being pretty heavy-handed with it.
19. Mix all the dry ingredients together.
20. For the tartar sauce, chop up some fresh dill.
21. Put the chopped dill in a bowl.
22. Take some pickles and chop them up.
23. Add the chopped pickles to the bowl with the dill.
24. Add a little bit of Dijon mustard.
25. Add enough mayonnaise to cover all the other ingredients.
26. Add a little squeeze of lemon juice.
27. Add a little bit of garlic powder.
28. Mix the tartar sauce ingredients together.
29. Add salt and pepper to the tartar sauce.
30. Pour about two inches deep of frying oil into a pot or cast iron.
31. Put the pot on the stove and let it heat up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
32. Prepare a sheet tray with a wire rack and paper towels for draining the fried fish.
33. Take a catfish fillet from the marinade and let some of the liquid drip off.
34. Place the marinated catfish into the cornmeal and flour mixture, tossing it all over to coat.
35. Let some of the excess dry batter drip off.
36. Carefully put the battered catfish into the hot oil. Fry two at a time for about 5 to 7 minutes.
37. Remove the fried catfish from the oil once done and place it on the wire rack to drain the grease.

## Equipment

- bowl
- whisk
- cutting board
- knife
- pot
- sheet tray
- wire rack
- paper towels
- tongs

## Tips

- You can be pretty heavy-handed with the seasoning for the dry batter.
- When frying, only do about two at a time.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BqQsDT/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/71bc8a0e-4604-4058-82d6-4038c3a634d1
- Extracted: 2025-08-29

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