A quick and easy to make warm and flavorful apple side dish that goes great with many entrees.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds catfish fillets, cut into 2 inch pieces
- 1 cup milk, or as needed
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cornmeal
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
- 1 dash pepper sauce (such as Frank’s Red Hot®) (Optional)
- ¼ cup oil for frying, or as needed
Instructions
- Soak the fish pieces in milk for at least 30 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and hot pepper sauce. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, cornmeal, pepper, mustard and Cajun seasoning. Dip fish pieces into the dry mixture, then into the egg, then back into the dry mix. Set on a plate in the refrigerator and chill for about 15 minutes. This will help the batter stick to the fish.
- Heat more than enough oil to cover the bottom of a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Fry fish pieces for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until golden brown. Depending on how much and what kind of Cajun seasoning you used, some of the breading may get darker than the rest.
- Drain the fish on paper towels and serve with hot sauce or tartar sauce. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 448 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 158 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 41 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 877 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made the batter but air fried instead of oil and it was amazing!! didn’t use as much mustard do to my using yellow mustard as binder and this is so simple and flavorful. its my new go to for frying seafood.
Very good tasty just the right amount of spiciness with Tony Chacere seasoning
I quadrupled the recipe and added more corn meal, flour and I used Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning.
this is a delicious recipe. However I may have used too much hot sauce as the fish was very very salty
It was great! Followed the steps and the results are great. Normally, I don’t like eating fish but this made it more than edible. The seasoning I used was a little too salty but other than that I would definitely make it again!
this was really awesome! my son and I loved it. it was so moist and so well seasoned.
I didn’t have any cornmeal, so I coated in the flour mixture, dipped in the egg, and the coated in panko, just because that’s all I had. In this scenario, I feel I could add another tablespoon of Cajun seasoning. Maybe not with the cornmeal? Anyway, even my stepdaughter liked it! Bless her, she knows I’m not a cook. I served with corn on the cob and broccoli. Very good.
Made this tonight! Ohhh so gooood!!! Next time I will add more hot sauce 😀
We rarely ever eat fried foods but I had some catfish and wanted to do something other than just bake it. This was very good. I doubled the flour/cornmeal mixture and used 2 eggs for less than 1 1/2 pounds of catfish. It was not greasy at all, as I cut the catfish into small pieces as recommended and used very little vegetable oil, draining it all on paper towels once cooked. I also made the remoulade sauce at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/remoulade-sauce-a-la-new-orleans/detail.aspx, but made a healthy version with Miracle Whip Lite dressing and no olive oil. Served with broccoli, this was a good cold weather meal.
Old school trick is to drain fish in a paper grocery store sack…double sack though
Excellent, double the dry ingredients!
Yum.. I cut the catfish in nuggets and followed the recipe. I served with Remoulade Sauce a la New Orleans which is on this site. Will be buying catfish again to use this recipe.
LIKED IT GREAT FOR fISH bITES JUST ONE SUGGESTION iF YOU LIKE A LIGHTER CRUST USE HALF WHITE FLOUR TOHALF CORNFLOURD FRIES UP TO A NICE GOLDEN BROWN AND SOAK OVERNIGHT IN BUTTERMILK AND CORNMEAL REMOVES ANY POND TASTE IT MAY HAVE JUST A SUGGESTION (:
My husband said this was really good catfish, so thanks for sharing the recipe.
Great and simple recipe for catfish. It turned out great and husband asked to add it to our recipes. Thanks.
AMAAAZING!!!! I myself am not a big fish lover but i made this for my boyfriend and i for dinner with dirty rice and it turned out absolutely amazing! Had just the right amount of heat to make both him and i happy. He’s all about spicy HOT food, me not so much. Will definitely be saving this to make it again and again! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
This was an easy and awesome recipe. This was also my first successful fried cat fish. The only thing that I had to tweak was the temperature from med high to med low. I guess electric stove tops are a bit hotter than gas.
Excellent recipe every one in my house loved this including the kids who does not eat fish very well I agree with some of the other people the only thing that could make this better is if there were more tips on cooking fish for people who never have but the recipe is rocking by itself
Not my fave, just not used to flour in my catfish batter.
This was tasty and one I will make often in the summer while my catfish are biting. I used a lot more Frank’s because we like extra heat. The ingredient combo blended nicely in this recipe. I found that a Fry Daddy works nicely with this too.
This was an easy to make and flavorful dish. I served it as a sandwich with tartar sauce and cajun mayo. I added more than a dash of hot sauce to the batter and it was just the right amount of spice for me.