This rich cake was a Christmas morning tradition from my grandmother. It looks lovely and tastes fantastic! I’m carrying on the custom now that Nana is no longer here.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds catfish fillets, cut in strips
- 2 teaspoons Cajun-style blackened seasoning
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 cup sliced green onions
- 1 pound small, peeled shrimp
- 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of shrimp soup
Instructions
- Sprinkle catfish strips with blackened fish seasoning. Spread catfish with mayonnaise. Place in a shallow dish, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- In a large skillet, heat 4 tablespoons butter until it begins to sizzle. Sear the fish strips until golden, turning once. Transfer to a 9×13 inch baking dish, and arrange fish in a single layer.
- In the same skillet, heat remaining 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Cook and stir mushrooms in butter until golden. Stir in parsley, green onions, and shrimp. Reduce heat to low, and cook until shrimp are pink and tender. Stir in cream of shrimp soup, and blend well. Ladle soup mixture over fish in baking dish.
- Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 484 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 225 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 34 g |
| Saturated Fat | 16 g |
| Sodium | 1291 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 34 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Just love this dish! I brown the catfish in a cast iron skillet, remove and then sauté the mushrooms, yellow onions, jalapeno and celery. Toss in the shrimp, green onions and parsley and use freshly made cream of shrimp soup vs canned. Have used both blackened seasoning and Cajun, both work well, just whatever you like. Will make this so many more times!
This recipe has a lot of potential but the way it was written calls for way too much butter. It’s a butter nightmare lol. Cut it in half at least. Also this dish does not require being baked that long. In addition to some other suggestions by others, this dish needs some kind of crunch, like almonds maybe to even out the texture.
Family requesting I make it again!
Made this tonight and my bf said we need to make this more often. Which he rarely says when I try new recipes. I used Tilapia because that is what I had, precooked shrimp, and 1 can of cream of mushroom that I thinned out with some half and half and only used half the butter. Also used Tony Chacheres for the season. It was delicious!
Fantastic
My husband can’t quit talking about this dish. Really good. Didn’t have mushrooms but added finely cut onions and garlic to the shrimp sauce. Only used one can of shrimp soup Yummy!
This is probably the best thing I have ever made. I had to use cream of mushroom soup because I couldn’t find cream of shrimp and only used one can because I misread the recipe but it was delicious. Definitely will be making again. I made Zattarain’s black beans and rice with it and broccoli.
This was easy and delicious. I made it with just catfish(no shrimp) and I cut back alot on butter and exchanged mayo for avocado oil. This recipe is simple to alter to your liking. I’ll definitely make it again!
I followed the recipe this time. It was just a little salty. I will definitely make it again.
Made it for my family tonight. However, I didn’t have time to refrigerate for an hour and it turned out just fine. I used very little butter because of the catfish and its fat content. Also, I made the sauce before searing the catfish and not using the same pan because I didn’t have the time to refrigerate. I used 4lbs of catfish, and opted for cilantro instead of parsley. I also added spinach and garlic. Once I seared the catfish (which wasn’t “seared” enough for me), I broiled it for about 5 min before topping it off with the sauce. And then in the oven for about 15 more minutes. Served over rice and it was a HUGE hit!
OMG! Wish there was an option to double the stars, this was AMAZING. Not terribly difficult to make. Our grocery stores do not carry cream of shrimp soup here, so we substituted 1 can cream of onion soup & 1 can cream of mushroom soup. I will say, we didn’t think it was quite spicy enough so we added extra blackened seasoning to the soup mix before pouring over the catfish: this dish gets spicier as it cooks 😉 it turned out we didn’t need to add the extra spices, so dont worry if you taste it and it doesn’t seem spicy enough-it will be in the end. Such a big hit, AMAZING meal!
I sautéed about a cup of chopped green peppers with the mushrooms. Wow! This was really good. I reduced the number of pans by browning the catfish in a large cast iron pan. As per the recipe, I made the sauce in the same pan. Then I just tossed the fish back in with the sauce and put the whole pan in the oven. I also reduced the amount of butter down to a couple of tablespoons because there was plenty of mayo on the fish, and I increased the amount of Cajun seasoning to about 1 tablespoon. I ended up using 2 lbs of fish and 1 lb of shrimp. There was plenty of sauce for the entire dish.
Made almost exactly to recipe, had a little more of everything except the butter, when it was time to cook the shrooms I still had butter so I didn’t add the other half a stick. I added a little Tony’s to mine afterwards but didn’t use it in the dish as most people probably wouldn’t need it. Tasted great and I’ll be frying a lot less of my catfish
So amazingly good! Even my picky kids were asking for a second bowl. I ended up omitting the mayo marinating step because I was out at the time but it still came out superb! Making it again tonight!
We loved this – a great alternative to fried catfish. Make modifications according to your personal taste preference. Glad I tried it!
I had to use the mushroom soup instead of shrimp so I added a little lobster bouillon. I also used Cajun seasoning instead of blackening. Other than that I followed the recipe and it was delicious! Husband thought it was great. Will definitely make again!
This was surprisingly easy! I will agree about it being too salty, I will be fixing that next time around. Other then that, it was good. *Note to self* don’t be lazy, pull the tails off the shrimp, and don’t forget to cook the rice.
It was very tasty. We loved it. I will certainly serve it again.
Sooooooo good! Reminds me of Red Lobster cajun shrimp alfredo. Served over pasta. Slight modifications: 1 can cream of shrimp 1 can cream of onion soup. Also added 1 cup white wine.
I made this recipe twice and both times is was perfect. Easy to follow and the taste was great.
Cut the butter and used Tilapia in place of catfish. Served with rice, and toasty garlic bread! Sooooo good!