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What to do with catfish fillets

poster
poster Posts: 1,167
I have a couple catfish fillets that are marinated in the stores cajun seasonings. How would you cook these? Usually when i grill i have the skin side down, but no skin here. Im trying to avoid frying also. Catfish is very unfamiliar to me as well, think ive had it once before maybe

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  • dbCooper
    dbCooper Posts: 2,061
    Pan or deep frying is all I know for catfish.
    1 cup Bisquick or equivalent.
    1 egg
    Enough beer to make it moist.
    Corn flakes if you have them and want crunchy crust.
    Good eats!
    LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
    Great Plains, USA
  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,629
    Battered and fried is the only way to go.

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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Blackened in a skillet is good too. 
    Coleman, Texas
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  • Ike
    Ike Posts: 288
    Breaded fried catfish in skillet ain't bad at all
    Owensboro, KY.  First Eggin' 4/12/08.  Large, small, 22" Blackstone and lotsa goodies.
  • poster
    poster Posts: 1,167
    SciAggie said:
    Blackened in a skillet is good too. 
    I think ill try this. It has a sauce on it, but i can wipe it off and re-season then blacken
  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,457
    Hot CI and minimal oil 


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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 18,944
    Cubed and fried!  I live cat fish bites!
    A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,551
    Fried-


    southern staple and the only way to go
    Greensboro, NC
  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,110
    Hot CI and minimal oil 

    If you don’t want fried...Do this.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
  • RajunCajun
    RajunCajun Posts: 1,035
    Courtboullion, without a doubt
    The problem with a problem is that you don't know it's a problem until it's a problem, and that is a big problem.
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  • RajunCajun
    RajunCajun Posts: 1,035
    Choupique recipe, if you ever get your hands on choupique, this is a good one.  Scale the fish and season as you would for baking fish.  Set the whole fish in a greased baking dish.  Place potatoes and carrots around the fish in a liberal manner, onions go well also.  Bake the dish @450deg for one hour.  Remove from the oven, remove the fish and throw in the garbage, eat the vegetables.  Bon appetite!  :)
    The problem with a problem is that you don't know it's a problem until it's a problem, and that is a big problem.
    Holding the company together with three spreadsheets and two cans connected by a long piece of string.
  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,314
    edited May 2020
    To really bring out the flavor of catfish I like to marinate it overnight in a bowl of mud, then season with clumps of mud followed by a shallow pan-fry in clarified mud. Serve it along side a nice pan sauce of mud. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,759
    this stuff is awesome!

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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,352
    Catfish Courtbuillon
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