country fried catfish
Country Fried Catfish 1 pound fresh or frozen catfish or other fish fillets 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 beaten egg 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup...
Ingredients
- 1poundfresh or frozen catfish or
- 1/2cupbuttermilk or sour milk
- 1/2cupall-purpose flour
- 1beaten egg
- 1/3cupyellow cornmeal
Directions
- 1
Country Fried Catfish 1 pound fresh or frozen catfish or other fish fillets 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 beat
- 2
Cut fillets into 3 x 2-inch pieces
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Place 1/4 cup of the buttermilk and 1/2 cup flour in separate bowls
- 4
Combine egg and remaining 1/4 cup buttermilk in another bowl
- 5
Mix 1/3 cup flour, the cornmeal, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a fourth bowl
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Dip fish in buttermilk, then flour, then egg mixture, and finally in cornmeal mixture to coat
- 7
In saucepan or deep-fat fryer heat 2 inches oil to 365 degrees F
- 8
Fry 2 or 3 fillets at a time for 5 to 7 minutes or until golden and fish flakes easily when tested with a fork