Top 5 Catfish Recipes Every Southern Kitchen Needs – Must Try!

catfish fillets

🥗Healthier: tilapia fillets

💰Cheaper: pollock fillets

Tilapia is lower in calories and has a milder flavor, while pollock is often more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is more nutritious, while vegetable oil is usually cheaper.

Coat catfish fillets with mustard and hot sauce.

Add 2 capfuls of Dirty Bird rub and ensure fillets are well coated.

Mix flour and cornmeal with more Dirty Bird rub.

Coat the catfish fillets with the corn mixture, shake off excess, and let rest on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

Heat oil to 325°F and fry catfish for 5 minutes until golden brown.

For Nashville hot sauce, mix 1 cup frying oil with 2 capfuls of Dirty Bird rub and drizzle over fried catfish.

Zest a lemon and mince garlic, then chop parsley.

In a bowl, mix garlic, lemon zest, parsley, olive oil, and Delta dust blackening seasoning.

Add lemon juice to the mixture and season catfish with Delta dust.

Pour marinade over catfish and let sit in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400°F and bake catfish for 12-15 minutes.

For the dip, mix half a cup of mayonnaise, 1 cup sour cream, diced red bell pepper, green onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and Delta dust.

Mix everything well and add flaked catfish to the dip, cover with cheese, and bake at 375°F for 20 minutes.

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