How to Cook Tasty Fried Catfish

Fried Catfish.

You can have Fried Catfish using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fried Catfish

1. You need 12 of catfish fillets.
2. It's 1 cup of all purpose flour.
3. It's 1 cup of cornmeal.
4. It's to taste of salt & pepper.
5. It's 1 qt of peanut oil.
6. It's 1 tsp of cayenne pepper.

Fried Catfish step by step

1. Rinse catfish & dab fillets dry with paper towel. In a deep pan heat oil to 350°..
2. While oil is heating, in a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal & seasonings. Once fully blended, add your fillets to the mix & lightly coat each side of your fillets..
3. Now add 2 fillets to the heated oil, careful because they will sizzle & pop! Cook the 2 fillets for 5-8 mins until golden brown. Then remove & place on a psper towel lined plate to absorb any grease/oil. Repeat cooking fillets only 2 at a time until you've fried all fillets. Serve with tartar sauce (optional) & enjoy!.