Blackened Catfish Recipe
Packed With Flavors That Will Heat Up Your Dinner Table
If you're looking for a change of routine, give blackened catfish a try. The recipe comes your way courtesy of a cousin from Louisiana.
This Cajun style entrée has just the right touch of spices to give your taste buds some savory flavors. What I like most about this blackened catfish
entrée, is that it's inexpensive and easy to cook. Using ingredients
you mostly have in your kitchen cabinets you can cook up this flavorful entrée in no time.
This recipe calls for the catfish to be cooked in a cast iron skillet
or large heavy skillet. Here is the recipe for your enjoyment.
Blackened Catfish Recipe
Recipe Ingredients:
- 6-8 catfish fillets, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon crushed dried thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- lemon juice
Cookware and Utensils:
- 1 cast iron skillet or large heavy skillet
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 spatula
Recipe Instructions:
As always the key to great cooking is to be prepared and to use quality ingredients.
- Rinse catfish fillets under running cold and then thoroughly
pat them dry with paper towels.
- Make your seasoning mixture by combining
crushed dried thyme leaves, cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika in a small bowl.
- Brush melted butter lightly over catfish fillets and sprinkle with blackened seasoning mix. Repeat for other side. Be sure to completely
coat each fillet.
- Heat iron cast skillet until it is very hot, about 10 minutes. Pour the leftover butter into your skillet. Carefully place the catfish fillets into the
skillet and cook for about 4 minutes on both sides. This blackened seasoning mixture
will produce plenty of smoke in your kitchen, so another way to tell when to turn over you fillets is when the smoke turns gray.
Serve blackened fillets over a bed of white steamed rice. Add lemon juice to the top of each fillet. I also recommend Caesar or Garden salad
with baked potato. Enjoy your skillet fried catfish.
This recipe provided courtesy of http://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com/
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