Fried Catfish Recipe

Ingredients

• Celery seed

  Spices

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ½ tsp or 0.9g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 tsp or 2g

• Wheat flour

  White, all-purpose, enriched, bleached

  ½ cup or 63g

• Paprika

  Spices

  1 tsp or 2g

• Peanut oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 cup or 216g

• Catfish

  Fish, channel, farmed, raw

  4 fillet or 636g

• Buttermilk

  Milk, fluid, cultured, lowfat

  1 cup or 245g

• Cornmeal

  Whole-grain, yellow

  ¾ cup or 92g

• Garlic powder

  Spices

  1 tsp or 3g

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 200°F and prepare a cookie sheet with a wire rack on top.
2. Pour peanut oil into a heavy frying pan, such as cast iron, to a depth of 1/2 inch. Heat over medium-high until it reaches 350°F.
3. Soak the catfish fillets in buttermilk. Combine cornmeal, flour, and spices in a separate bowl.
4. Dredge the soaked fillets in the breading mixture, shake off excess, and fry in the hot oil until golden brown, about 2-4 minutes per side.
5. Keep fried catfish warm in the oven while frying the remaining fillets. Serve immediately with hot sauce, cole slaw, and hush puppies.

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