Fish Essentials Lazy Day Catfish Recipes

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. THE COATING
• 3. Gather your ingredients.
• 4. Add all of the coating ingredients to a large bowl, thoroughly mix, and reserve.
• 5. THE CATFISH
• 6. Gather your ingredients.
• 7. Place a rack in the middle position, and preheat the oven to 425f (220c).
• 8. Add the hot sauce and the buttermilk to a shallow dish large enough to hold the filets.
• 9. Place the filets in the dish, and allow them to sit for 8 minutes.
• 10. After eight minutes, flip the filets over for an additional 8 minutes.
• 11. Chef's Note: In place of the dish, you could always use a large Ziploc sealable bag.
• 12. Chef's Note: I tried several ways to make the wet ingredients for this recipe. I tried eggs; however, I didn't like the taste of the eggs with the coating, and they made the fish feel mushy. I tried using regular and non-fat milk, but neither of them gave me the taste I was searching for. I finally settled on that old Southern favorite buttermilk... that and a bit of hot sauce did the trick.
• 13. While the catfish are soaking up that yummy buttermilk/hot sauce mixture, place a wire rack over a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• 14. One at a time take a filet, shake off the excess buttermilk, and thoroughly coat with the cornmeal mixture.
• 15. Place on the wire rack, and repeat for the remaining filets.
• 16. Place in the preheated oven and cook until golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• 17. Chef's Essentials: If you don't have a wire rack that you can use in baking, I highly recommend that you purchase one. They are so useful. For example, if you don't use a wire rack in this recipe, you should go in halfway through baking and flip the fish. In my opinion, this is an essential tool that all chefs should have in their kitchens.
• 18. PLATE/PRESENT
• 19. Serve up while still nice and warm with some homemade hushpuppies, some coleslaw, and maybe a few fries. Oh, and don't forget good tarter sauce, and maybe more hot sauce. Enjoy.
• 20. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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Steps:

• Place the water, wine and key lime juice in a large saucepan over a high heat and reduce by half, about 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic power. Add pepper to taste. Cut the butter into pats about the size of 1 tablespoon. Reduce the heat to low. Add one pat butter and whisk until the butter is incorporated. Add another pat and continue until all of the butter is used.
• Mix the water and cornstarch together and add to the sauce. Raise the heat to medium and stir until the sauce thickens and a few bubbles appear. Set aside while the fish cooks.
• Mix the eggs and water together in a small bowl (whisk vigorously til combined).
• Place the flour on a plate and dip the fish fillets into flour, coating both sides.
• Dip the fish into the egg wash.
• Place the bread crumbs on a second plate and coat the fish with bread crumbs, making sure both sides are coated.
• Heat 4 tablespoons of the Key lime butter sauce over medium-high heat in a skillet large enough to hold the fish in one layer. Add the fish and sauté for 4 minutes. It should be golden. Turn the fish and sauté for 4 minutes for 1 inch thick fillets. Sauté 2 minutes longer for thicker fish or 2 minutes less for thinner fish. The fish is cooked when the flesh is opaque, not translucent. (I had trouble sauteing in the sauce, and did use olive oil or coconut oil here).
• Place the fish on 4 dinner plates. Spoon the sauce over the fish. Sprinkle the tomatoes, scallions, parmesan cheese and parsley over the fish.
• Note: I have had the best success with setting up all ingredients before cooking. My prep time and cook time may be a bit off only because I make it an event and take my time so I guessed at both as if I was trying to get the job done normally. The ingredients are copied verbatim from book, and are in order of use, and I thought a bit confusing at first, but it works! Lastly, use real butter, good fish and fresh herbs and cheese. It makes all the difference.