Gary's Catfish Recipe Corn Meal Catfish Fillets
Beer Batter Fried Catfish
Gary's Catfish Recipe
2-3 lbs Catfish Filets
3 cups yellow cornmeal
2 eggs
2 cups butter milk
5-10 Jalapenos
salt
black pepper
cayenne pepper
Oil
Cut filets into 1- 3 inch strips. Beat egg and buttermilk together. In
large bowl mix cornmeal, salt and pepper to taste. In large
pot add enough oil to cover filets and bring to boil, add Jalapenos to
oil. Drop catfish strips in buttermilk and egg mixture, then
place roll in cornmeal, repeat if you want extra crispy. Catfish is done
when strips float and are golden brown.
Beer Batter Fried Catfish
1-1/2 lb. catfish fillets, cut into strips
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 cup flat beer
1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
1 inch peanut oil in a skillet
Sift and blend the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Mix the
tablespoon cooking oil, beer and Tabasco sauce and add to
the flour mixture, stirring until smooth. Chill the batter.
Heat the peanut oil to 375 degrees. Dip the cold strips of fish in the
cold batter and cook in the hot oil for about 4 minutes.
keep each batch of fried fish warm in a 200 degree oven while the next
batch is cooking. Allow the oil to return to 375 degrees
before cooking more fish. Serve with cocktail or tartar sauce. Serves 4.
Corn Meal Catfish Fillets
1/3 cup yellow corn meal
2 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp.paprika
1 lb. fish fillets
1/4 cup salad oil
Combine corn meal, flour, salt and paprika. Dip fish in corn meal
mixture to coat. In skillet, heat oil. Fry fish fillets till brown on
one side. Turn and fry the other side.