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Deep fried or lots of oil fried fish. Whats your recipte?

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Deep fried or lots of oil fried fish. Whats your recipte?

Postby Lefty » 04 19, 2019 •  [Post 1]

Long ago as a single guy fast and easy,.( and a bit boring)
fillet rolled in eggs than crushed saltines . With a "tarter sauce when using of Miracle Whip and and pickles I said when I was single !!
I
roll fillets in fine cornmeal, Alpine Lemon pepper, onion and garlic powder, and paprika , and fine ground hot red pepper
What do you fella do

I d o not do this with salmon,.. and may add more spice with trout if I not drowning it in Mayonnaise and pickle relish :roll:
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Postby jmez » 04 19, 2019 •  [Post 2]

Shore lunch original recipe if I fry them

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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 04 19, 2019 •  [Post 3]

Best ever was my first set of in laws. They had a cabin on Thompson Lake in MT. They had pretty much what was like a witch’s caldron full of oil. They’d hang it over a fire and we’d basket dip a ton of flowered and salt/peppered filets of bass, perch, sunfish, and pike in it. Soooo good. I think they used the same oil all summer, probably what contributed to the taste ;)
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Postby elkstalker » 05 02, 2019 •  [Post 4]

I love shore lunch or the spicy shore lunch, but my wife is gluten free, so I usually mix 50/50 gluten free flour and corn meal with salt, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and pepper. Soak the fish in milk, combine all the dry ingredients in a gallon ziplock, toss some fillets in the ziplock and shake, then fry. I also used to mix 50/50 breadcrumbs and flour with a similar spice mix. Season to taste with salt or seasoned salt immediately after the fish comes out of the oil.
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Postby Deanmac » 05 02, 2019 •  [Post 5]

Two parts corn meal to one part flour. Lots of lemon pepper spice. Coat and fry.
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Postby Lefty » 10 05, 2019 •  [Post 6]

Deanmac wrote:Two parts corn meal to one part flour. Lots of lemon pepper spice. Coat and fry.

and for catfish ,,,, 1/2 garlic powder :o the other 1/2 cayenne pepper
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Postby 7mmfan » 10 11, 2019 •  [Post 7]

I'm partial to tempura/panko combo. I season the tempura batter with salt, and then mix creole seasoning into the panko breading. Very light layer of tempura, right into the panko, and then I usually pan fry with about 1/2" of oil, since I don't have a deep fryer. Crispy, light, just the right amount of heat and flavor. Whole jar of Marina Tartar sauce. mmmmmmhmmmmmm
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Postby Billy Goat » 05 16, 2020 •  [Post 8]

dont cuss it til you've tried it, but here goes.

rather than using the "normal" milk and egg batter, use yellow mustard + spicy seasoning (Tony Chacheres) for your wet batter, then roll it in whatever dry batter you prefer (cornmeal, or one of the premix bags).

the mustard gives the fish a "zing" that it wont have otherwise.

process:

1. cut the catfish fillets into ~1" wide strips (about like a chicken strip)
2. DRY them off. I use a spaghetti strainer to get as much water as possible out of them
3. mix up the mustard+spice in large mixing bowl
4. put catfish meat into the bowl and mix it up real good
5. put in fridge for a couple hours at LEAST, or as much as a day to let that mustard soak into the fillets
6. roll the meat in dry batter
7. fry at 325F for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally
8. enjoy, and wonder why you never had it like this before.

I got that recipe from a catfish guide about 10 years ago, and I wont hardly make them any other way.

we catch ALOT of catfish every year between March and May.

me + the boy on the first trip this year:
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