If you grew up with family fish fries, you know just how tasty fried fish and all the trimmings are.
Cajun Catfish
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 40 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup stone-ground cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons Cajun Creole seasoning
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 1 egg
- 2 pounds catfish nuggets, skin removed
- Salt
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In heavy 3-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat to 375°F.
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Step2In shallow dish, stir together flour, cornmeal, Creole seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder and red pepper. In another shallow dish, beat egg with fork until foamy.
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Step3Sprinkle catfish nuggets with salt and lemon juice. Dip each nugget into beaten egg, then roll in flour mixture to coat. Drop 4 to 6 nuggets at a time into hot oil. Cook 2 minutes; turn and cook 1 minute longer or until deep golden brown. Remove from oil; drain on paper towels.
Nutrition
360
Calories
22g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 360
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 105mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 450mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 14%
- 14%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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