Delta-Style Fried Catfish

Name: Delta-Style Fried Catfish
Prep time: 24 min
Cook time: 24 min
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 680 grams catfish fillets; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons garlic powder; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon ground red pepper; 2 drops hot sauce; 355 milliliters milk; 2 teaspoons salt; 6 servings Vegetable oil; 177 milliliters yellow cornmeal

Delta-Style Fried Catfish is a pescatarian main course. One serving contains 363 calories, 23g of protein, and 20g of fat. This recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 24 minutes. Head to the store and pick up hot sauce, milk, garlic powder, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert.

Instructions

Whisk together milk and hot sauce.

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Place catfish fillets in a single layer in a 13- x 9-inch baking dish; cover with milk mixture. Cover and chill 8 hours, turning once.

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Combine cornmeal and next 5 ingredients in a shallow dish, and set aside.

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Let catfish fillets stand at room temperature in milk mixture in baking dish 10 minutes.

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Remove fillets from milk mixture, allowing excess to drip off.

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Dredge catfish fillets in cornmeal mixture, shaking off excess.

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Pour oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches into a large, deep cast-iron or heavy-duty skillet; heat to 36

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Fry fillets, in batches, 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Remove to a wire rack on a paper towel-lined jellyroll pan. Keep warm in a 225 oven until ready to serve.

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Servings:

680grams

catfish fillets 59milliliters

all-purpose flour 0teaspoons

garlic powder 1teaspoon

ground black pepper 1teaspoon

ground red pepper 2drops

hot sauce 355milliliters

milk 2teaspoons

salt 6servings

Vegetable oil 177milliliters

yellow cornmeal

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are my top picks for Catfish. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. One wine you could try is Rabble Pinot Gris. It has 4.9 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 20 dollars.