Fried Catfish topped with Crawfish Au Gratin Sauce

Name: Fried Catfish topped with Crawfish Au Gratin Sauce
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams American cheese, cubed; 5 Tbsps butter; 2 servings Cottonseed oil, for frying; 227 grams catfish fillets; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 1 Tbsps chicken base; 473 milliliters cornmeal; 1 Tbsps crab base; 454 grams peeled crawfish tails; 2 servings Creole seasoning, as needed; 0 teaspoons dried basil; 1 pinch Pinch dried thyme; 2 eggs; 473 milliliters flour; 5 Tbsps flour; 0 Tbsps minced garlic; 0 Tbsps granulated garlic; 59 milliliters diced green bell pepper; 2 Tbsps sliced green onions; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 473 milliliters milk; 710 milliliters milk; 177 milliliters diced onion; 1 Tbsp sugar; 59 milliliters white wine

Fried Catfish topped with Crawfish Au Gratin Sauce requires about 1 hour from start to finish. This pescatarian recipe serves 2. One serving contains 2261 calories, 92g of protein, and 86g of fat. Head to the store and pick up granulated garlic, flour, garlic, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

For the sauce: In a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onions, peppers and garlic until wilted.

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Add the flour and stir until a blond roux is achieved, about 2 minutes. Stir in the sugar, chicken base, crab base, granulated garlic, basil, black pepper, cayenne pepper and thyme.

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Crab

Add the milk and wine and cook over medium heat until the milk thickens, stirring constantly, about 6 minutes.

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Add the cheese and stir until the cheese melts and fully incorporates into the sauce.

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Add the crawfish tails and cook until heated through, about 4 minutes.

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Crawfish Tails

Add the green onions just before serving.

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Sprinkle the catfish with Creole seasoning. In a small bowl, beat the eggs and add the milk. Coat the catfish in flour and dip in the milk/egg mixture, then coat with cornmeal.

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Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a large skillet. Fry the catfish until golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes.

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Serve the catfish with the crawfish au gratin sauce.

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Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are great choices 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. You could try Alsace Willm Pinot Gris Reserve. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 16 dollars per bottle.