How to Cook Catfish: 4 Mouthwatering Recipes
Delicious fried, grilled, and baked catfish recipes Catfish is a tasty fish that is most commonly enjoyed by people living in the southern United States. The most common cooking method is deep-frying, but catfish can be grilled, baked and...
Ingredients
Instructions
Prepare the catfish. To get the catfish ready to frying, you should first rinse 4 (8-oz.) catfish fillets under cool water and then pat them dry with paper towels until the extra moisture is absorbed.
Make the cornmeal mixture. To do this, mix the cornmeal, flour, salt, creole seasoning, paprika, and pepper together in a shallow dish until the ingredients are completely combined. Mix together 1/2 cup of yellow cornmeal, 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 tsp. of salt, 1 tsp. of creole seasoning, 1/2 tsp. of paprika, and 1/4 tsp. of ground black pepper together in a shallow dish.
Pour 3/4 cup of milk into another shallow dish.
Place the catfish fillets into the milk and then coat them in the cornmeal mixture. The milk will help them absorb the cornmeal mixture. When you're done coating them, shake them to remove any excess mixture.
Heat 3 tbsp. of butter in a large skillet. Place the skillet over high heat.
Fry both sides of two fillets for 3 minutes each. Fry each side for 3 minutes or until the fish flakes when you test it with a fork. Then, flip over the fish and do the same to the other side. It may take slightly less time to fry the second side.
Move the fillets to a serving platter. Repeat the frying process with the other two fillets.
Serve. Garnish the catfish fillets with lemon wedges and serve them immediately.
