Crispy Former Bay Fried Catfish

Ingredients:

ii lb catfish fillets, cutting inwards half length-wise if needed
Old Bay for sprinkling
1 1/3 loving loving cup self-rising cornmeal mix
1/4 loving loving cup Old Bay (low sodium okay)
1-2 tablespoons lemon pepper seasoning
canola unsmooth crude for frying

Directions:

Rinse the fish. Place fish inwards single layer inwards a shallow bowl or tray, sprinkle a adept amount of Old Bay over the fish every bit good every bit rub it inwards on both sides. Heat 1-2 inches of canola unsmooth crude inwards large, heavy-bottomed skillet. In a shallow bowl, whisk together the cornmeal mix, 1/4 loving loving cup Old Bay, every bit good every bit lemon pepper. Do not add together together extra salt! Dredge the fish inwards the mixture to thoroughly coat.

Fry fish fillets inwards the oil, for nearly 4 minutes on each side, depending on thickness.

Make for sure the fish is cooked through. Drain on paper towel-lined plates every bit good every bit serve immediately.

My thoughts:

Years ago, private told me that the secret to super crispy fried fish was self-rising cornmeal mix. I had never bought such a thing before every bit good every bit e'er made my own mix of flour every bit good every bit cornmeal to build fried fish (like this) exactly when I saw nigh self-rising cornmeal mix on sale at Aldi, I picked upwardly a bag. And you lot know what? It genuinely does work! I don't know if it rose any exactly it genuinely stuck to the fish slice it was frying every bit good every bit when removing it from the pan every bit good every bit dishing up. Maybe it was partially the Old Bay rub that helped too? Who knows? All I know that this was nigh of the crispest, tastiest catfish I've had ever. And I am a catfish connoisseur.  I testament say it was slightly salty (self-rising cornmeal mix has nigh tabular array tabular array salt inwards it, every fleck does lemon pepper every bit good every bit Old Bay) every bit good every bit too then if you lot wish to role depression sodium Old Bay and/or lemon pepper, this is i recipe that they would operate perfectly in.




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