Best Front Porch Fried Catfish Recipes

CLASSIC FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Whisk together buttermilk and hot sauce.
• Place catfish in a single layer in a 13- x 9-inch baking dish; pour buttermilk mixture over fish. Cover and chill 8 hours, turning once.
• Combine cornmeal and next 6 ingredients in a shallow dish.
• Let fish stand at room temperature 10 minutes. Remove from buttermilk mixture, allowing excess to drip off. Dredge fish in cornmeal mixture, shaking off excess.
• Pour oil to depth of 2 inches into a large, deep cast-iron or heavy-duty skillet; heat to 360°F.
• Fry fish, in batches, 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack on a paper towel-lined jelly-roll pan. Keep warm in a 225°F oven until ready to serve.

CLASSIC FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Rinse fillets, and pat dry.
• Combine all dry ingredients in a shallow dish.
• Dredge catfish in flour cornmeal mixture, pressing on breading so it adheres to fish, and place on waxed paper.
• Fry catfish in a large skillet in about 1/4" of hot oil (about 350 degrees F) until golden brown on both sides, about 6-8 minutes total.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Serve with lemon wedges and tartar sauce.

SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• wash and drain well fillets.
• season fillets with salt and pepper.
• mix eggs with lemon juice, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.
• in a recatngluar type dish for dredging mix flour, cornmeal, salt, pepper.
• dip fillet in egg then flour making sure to get a really good coating on the fish, pat the flour in to get a good seal- if desired do it twice to get a heavy coating on.
• we use a long cast iron frying pan that covers two burners on the stove to fry but you can fry outside or in a deep fryer using peanut oil which withstands higher heats. heat your oil very hot.
• fry a few fillets at a tme until golden brown and let drain on paper towels or brown paper bags.
• serve with tartarsauce, lemon juice and hot sauce if sesired.

SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix buttermilk, water, salt, and pepper. Pour mixture into a flat pan large enough to hold the fillets. Spread fish in one layer over bottom of pan, turning to coat each side, and set aside to marinate.
• In a 2 gallon resealable plastic bag, combine the cornmeal, flour, and seafood seasoning. Add fish to mixture, a few fillets at a time, and tumble gently to coat evenly.
• Heat oil in deep fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).
• Deep fry fillets until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Avoid overcrowding so fillets have room to brown properly. Fish should be slightly crisp outside, and moist and flaky inside. Drain on paper towels.

JUSTIN WILSON'S FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Soak fish in milk Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly in a bowl or bag.
• Roll the fish in dry ingredients Fry in hot cooking oil deep enough to float the fish.
• (Be sure grease or oil is not too hot, about 350 degrees).

SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Heat the peanut oil in a 5-quart Dutch oven over high heat until it reaches 350 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer. Adjust the heat to maintain the temperature.
• Whisk the cornmeal and flour together in a shallow dish. Combine the seafood seasoning, kosher salt, paprika, and pepper in a small bowl. Season the catfish fillets evenly on both sides with the spice mixture. Pour the buttermilk into another shallow dish. Dip each fillet into the buttermilk, flip once to coat both sides, hold over the pan and allow the excess to drip off. Coat both sides of the fillets in the cornmeal mixture. Set the coated fillets on a cooling rack and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Gently add the fillets, 2 at a time, to the hot oil and fry until golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes. Remove the fried fillets to a cooling rack set over a newspaper-lined half sheet pan. Repeat method with remaining fillets. Arrange the catfish on a serving platter and serve immediately.

SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, mayonnaise, scallions and relish to make a tartar sauce. Refrigerate until needed.
• Heat oil in deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.
• Combine cornmeal, Blackfish Spice and salt and pepper, to taste. Dredge catfish fillets in seasoned cornmeal. Deep-fry coated pieces in batches until they are cooked through, about 10 minutes. (For basic reference, use the manufacturer's instructions for your deep fryer for similar foods, then test the fish see that it is fork tender.) Allow to drain on paper towels and serve with tartar sauce and fresh lemon wedges (to squeeze lemon juice over the fish).

DEEP FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Heat oil to 365F degrees.
• Dip fish in milk, then in flour mixture.
• Fry a few at a time, turning once, about 2 minutes each side.
• Drain on paper towels.

SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Heat a fryer or a deep pot halfway filled with oil to 350 degrees F.
• Sprinkle both sides of each catfish with salt and Old Bay seasoning.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour and the cornmeal.
• Dredge the catfish in the flour mixture and place in fryer.
• Deep fry for approximately 7 to 8 minutes until done.
• Drain on paper towels.

TEXAS FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Thaw frozen fish.
• Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper.
• Beat eggs slightly and blend in the milk.
• Dip fish in eggs and roll in cornmeal.
• Place fish in a heavy fry pan which contains about 1/8" melted fat, hot but not smoking.
• Fry at a moderate heat.
• When fish is brown on one side, turn carefully and brown on the other side.
• Drain on absorbent paper.
• Serve immediately on a hot platter, plain or with a sauce.

FRONT PORCH FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients in a shallow dish.
• Dip fillets in buttermilk, allowing excess to drip off; sprinkle with salt and peppers, and dredge in cornbread mixture.
• Pour oil to depth of 4 inches into an electric fryer or Dutch oven; heat to 400 degrees.
• Fry fillets, two at a time, 2 to 3 minutes or until they float; drain on paper towels.
• Serve immediately.