Recipe#26713

Title: Blackened Catfish

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Blackened Catfish
 
4 catfish fillets
olive oil
1/3 lb cheap fatty bacon
2 t each of:
garlic powder
thyme
white pepper
black pepper
cayenne pepper
lemon pepper
cumin or chili powder
rosemary (crush in hand before adding)
fennel seed (crush with back of spoon)
1 t allspice
1 t oregano
1/2 t salt
 
First off, you should cook this in a well-ventilated kitchen.  Fry
the bacon, then feed it to the dogs and hang onto the grease.  Keep
it just this side of smoking.  Combine all dry ingredients, rub
fillets with olive oil then coat liberally with spices. Drop in
hot grease and cook until a you can easily put a fork through them
(nothing more evil than overcooked catfish).  Serve with lemon
butter, below:
 
1/4 c melted butter
1 T lemon juice
1/2 t Tabasco
sliced green onions
 
(note: This is a very robust recipe. I have varied proportions by
as much as 100%, and left out ingredients entirely, with varying,
interesting, but never disastrous effect.)