Southern Fried Catfish

Name: Southern Fried Catfish
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 600g catfish fillets or tilapia; 150g fine cornmeal; 50g plain flour; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp cayenne; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp salt; 200ml buttermilk; oil for frying about 1L; hot sauce and tartar sauce to serve

Cornmeal-crusted Southern fried catfish with hot sauce and tartar sauce — a Mississippi classic. Pressing the cornmeal coating firmly onto the fish rather than just dredging it keeps the crust attached once it hits the hot oil.

Total time

45 min

Prep

35 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

gluten-free

Ingredients

600gcatfish fillets or tilapia

150gfine cornmeal

50gplain flour

1 tspgarlic powder

1 tspcayenne

1 tspsmoked paprika

1 tspsalt

200mlbuttermilk

oil for fryingabout 1L

hot sauce and tartar sauceto serve

Instructions

Soak catfish in buttermilk 30 minutes.

Mix cornmeal, flour and all spices.

Remove fish from buttermilk, coat in cornmeal mixture pressing firmly.

Heat oil to 180C.

Fry fish 4 minutes each side until golden and crispy.

Drain on paper towel.

Season with salt immediately.

Serve with hot sauce, tartar sauce and hush puppies.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

210

Protein

5.8g

Fat

2.2g

Carbs

42.7g

Fiber

3.5g

Sodium

532mg

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