Catfish Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
• Season the catfish on both sides with 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper. Brush the grill pan with some of the canola oil and grill the catfish until cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Remove to a plate and let cool.
• Into a large bowl, add the cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, mustard, and egg. Shred the fish with a fork and add to the bowl. Fold everything together. Form into 8 small cakes and set them aside.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, add the remaining canola oil. When it is hot, add the catfish cakes and cook until browned on each side, 4 to 5 minutes total. Drain on brown paper.
• While the cakes are cooking, make the remoulade: In a bowl, stir together the remaining 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning, 1 teaspoon mustard, hot sauce, lemon juice, and garlic. (Reserve 1/2 cup remoulade for Round 2 Recipe Cajun Quesadillas.)
• Serve the catfish cakes with the remoulade.

Steps:

• Poach or bake catfish fillets until fish flakes easily with a fork. Drain and refrigerate. Flake cooled fish into a large bowl. Add the eggs, potato, onion, parsley, pepper sauce, garlic, salt, pepper and basil and mix well. Shape into eight patties. , Place cracker crumbs in a shallow bowl. Coat patties in cracker crumbs. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook catfish cakes in oil in batches on each side or until golden brown. Serve with tartar sauce if desired.

Steps:

• Place catfish in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until fish flakes easily with a fork. Drain off water, and mash up the fish. Stir in the onion, mustard, salad dressing, Old Bay™, cracker crumbs and egg. Mix until evenly blended.
• Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Form the fish mixture into patties, and fry in the hot oil. Drain on paper towels, and serve hot.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a skillet over med heat.
• Add the catfish, onion, jalapeno and garlic.
• Saute until the vegetables are wilted and the catfish is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine the cooked fish and vegetables, mayonnaise, chives, cilantro, mustard, crumbs, egg, zest, salt and pepper.
• Form the mixture into 10 3-oz.
• patties; pack them fairly tight so it will stay together while cooking.
• Set aside on a plate.
• Heat the peanut oil in a pan until smoking slightly.
• Dust each cake with flour and gently slip it into the hot oil.
• Fry the cakes for approximately 2 minutes on each side, or until they are golden brown.
• Do not crowd the cakes; it is better to cook them in batches.
• Remove the cakes and drain on paper towels.
• Serve hot.
• Note 1- you can also make smaller cakes and serve as appetizers.
• Note 2- I served this once as a replacement for the Canadien Bacon in Eggs Benedict- buttermilk biscuit on bottom, catfish cake, then a poached egg on top and added 2 tbl.
• of salsa to my hollandaise.
• My guests went crazy for them.

Steps:

• In a large bowl mash the cooked catfish fillets.
• Add in all remaining ingredients except flour; mix to combine (adding in more Cajun seasoning if desired and salt and pepper to taste).
• Shape into 8 patties.
• Place flour onto a plate then dredge the cakes into the flour to coat on both sides.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat, then fry four cakes at a time in hot oil turning once until golden brown (about 3 minutes on each side).
• Place onto paper towels.

Steps:

• Broil catfish fillets in baking pan 5-8 minutes or until fish flakes easily; refrigerate.
• Flake cooled fish into a large mixing bowl.
• Add eggs, potato, onion, parsley, hot sauce, garlic, salt, pepper, and basil; mix well.
• Shape into 8 patties; coat with cracker crumbs.
• Heat a small amount of oil in a large skillet.
• Cook patties a few at a time, until browned on both sides and heated through.
• Serve with tartar sauce or ketchup.