I really enjoyed this, although I personally found it tricky to cook the catfish all the way through without burning the cornmeal. I also added lemon pepper garlic powder in the cornmeal mixture in place of frying real garlic.

This was good, but I don't think I enjoy corn meal. I prefer breading with a flour base.

Absolutely fantastic! I rubbed the fish with Adobo seasoning on both sides before dredging it in the cornmeal coating. I did not use the milk. The fish already had enough moisture for the coating to stick to. I recommend seasoning the fish in some manner (eg salt and pepper or Adobo) before adding the coating. Doing so enhances the overall flavor. Also, this recipe creates a lot of cornmeal seasoning. Store some for later before using the rest to coat the fish, or else you'll be throwing away alot of excess cornmeal seasoning mix. Regarding concerns on cooking thick pieces of fish, I used a cast iron skillet which holds and distributes heat well. You can turn down the heat to slow down the cooking if needed. Thanks for the delicious recipe!

this is great, although it didnt need anything, i added a egg to the milk to give it a more thicker coating and some cajun seasoning, to make a little more spicier, the fish turned out exqusite and it was delicious

If I were to make this again, I would cut the corn meal in half and add 1 cup of flour and add some garlic, maybe some kosher salt, something to add some flavor to it.

Delicious! We have an abundance of catfish around here, and I am always lookiing for different ways to prepare it and this will definitely be added to my catfish menu rotation. Thanks.

I used a packaged fish fry mix and just added garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika. The mix already had a good amount of cayenne and also had some lemon juice added to it. My fish turned out very flavorful and juicy. And yes, make sure your oil is hot enough before laying anything battered in it or else the batter 'melts' off and burns into a clumpy mess.

Maybe it was me, I doubled the recipe because I had to serve eight and it was way too much cayenne. I also cut the fish in strips so maybe too much batter per strip. Half of my guests could not eat the fish because it was so spicy. Good thing I also had chicken strips.

We made this with cod and it came out great! Very crispy, tasted good with tartar sauce. We subbed a teaspoon of garlic powder for the minced garlic.

This breading is also great with flounder.

I thought this recipe was just ok but my super picky husband liked it so im giving it 4 stars. If I were to make again I would add more spices, seemed a little bland to me.

I made this last night and it was fabulous. I deep fried it so I used quite a bit more oil. I didn't bother with the garlic and I don't think it was needed. The only other difference is that I deep fried it and it was nice and crispy. I felt that it was quite easy to put together, too

This was very good. I did add some lemon pepper and it turned out well. Thanks for the post.

Pretty good. I tried to follow another reviewers suggestion and finish them of in the oven because they were a bit thick but this made the bottom soggy with oil.. I guess next time I will drain them real good on a paper towel before moving them to the oven. This will just takea time or two for me to figure out. Im not real good with frying fish

This dish had so much flavor, followed the receipe to the letter, first time in 40 yrs of cooking my husband did not use anything on the fish to kill the taste of the fish used catfish and fillet of sole.

I won't make this again. A much better coating is Italian bread crumbs with Seasoned Salt and more Oregano. Dip fish in milk/egg, coat with coating and fry. Serve with lemon juice. Works with any lean fish like perch, walleye, catfish etc.

I think this would be better by just adding some garlic powder to the cornmeal mixture and frying in canola oil. I will try it anyway.

This was the first time using this recipes for fried catfish. It was great! Did make one change and used 1 teaspoon of garlic instead of the garlic cloves. Hubsand is already asking when I'm going to make it for dinner again!

This recipe was good. As always when frying, be sure the oil is hot enough before adding your fish. Otherwise, you'll end up with a not-so-tasty disaster (which I did the on my first attempt at this recipe).

I really like this recipe, never made catfish before, but it came out great.. I used a more flavor neutral vegetable oil instead of olive, and I also added more cayenne because I'm from the South and love spicy food. I probably added an extra 1/2 tsp, but next time I think I'll add more. Also, maybe my filets were thin, but I didn't need to cook them as long as the recipe called for, a minute or two less on each side actually.