Fish: Fried Catfish

By fsilver4

My Aunt Nell and Uncle Rob lived in Sanford, North Carolina. In Sanford there were two "Catfish houses". One was "upscale" and the other, well, let's just say, a bit on the lower scale side. My Uncle Rob, whom was from Merigold, Mississippi, preferred the "lower scale" catfish house, because the catfish was so much better there. Although I would agree with my Uncle Rob, that catfish house had the best catfish in all of the south, I agreed with my Aunt Nell, any place that required you to wear shirts and shoes was okay by me.

Ingredients

• 4 catfish filets, skinned and boned
• Old Bay Seasoning
• 1 cup all purpose nonbleached flour
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• salt
• pepper
• peanut oil

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat Oil to 350*

Mix the flour and cornmeal in a pie plate with a whisk.

Sprinkle catfish with Old Bay Seasoning, salt and pepper, and rub into the fish.

Dredge the fish in the flour and cornmeal and place in the oil.
Cook for 7 minutes until lightly golden. Serve with tarter sauce.