Best Spicy Oven Fried Catfish Recipes

SOUTHERN-STYLE OVEN-FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 13x9 glass baking dish with the oil, and set aside.
• Rinse the catfish fillets, and pat dry. In a shallow bowl, combine the cornmeal, creole seasoning, paprika, sugar, and black pepper. Combine the eggs and hot sauce or water in a another bowl. Dip the fillets in the egg mixture, dredge in the cornmeal mixture, and arrange in the baking pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown. Turn once during cooking. Place catfish on a paper-towel lined plate, and serve immediately with additional hot sauce.

OVEN-FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray.
• In a shallow dish, stir together the cornmeal, paprika, thyme, salt, celery seed, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper. Dip the catfish fillets in milk, then place them into the cornmeal mixture and coat liberally; place on the greased baking sheet. Coat the tops of the fillets with cooking spray until wet.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until fish is easily flaked with a fork.

SPICY OVEN-FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Place oven rack in the top 1/3 of the oven and preheat it to 425 degrees F.
• Set a wire rack in a baling pan and coat the rack lightly with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
• In a food processor, fitted with the metal blade, or in a blender, combine the cornflakes, chili powder, thyme and garlic powder.
• Use the on/off pulses until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Transfer the mixture to a shallow bowl or plate.
• If the fillets are large, cut them into serving-size pieces.
• In a bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, salt and pepper and then dip the fish into the mixture to coat.
• Dredge the fish into the crumb mixture next, turning to coat both sides.
• Place the fillets on the prepared rack and repeat with remaining fillets.
• Coat both sides of the fillets with the non-stick cooking spray.
• Bake 14-18 minutes, or until the crumb coating is golden brown and crisp and the fish is opaque at the center.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

OVEN-FRIED CATFISH RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Cover rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Mix dressing and seasoning in shallow dish until blended. Combine corn flake crumbs and cheese in separate shallow dish.
• Dip fish fillets, 1 at a time, into dressing mixture, then corn flake crumb mixture, turning to evenly coat both sides of each fillet with each mixture. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork.