Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2009

Had to use corn meal, couldn't find corn flour. Added a T of seasoned salt to the mix. These made excellent catfish po'boys on toasted french rolls topped with shredded cabbage, carrots, and spicey tartar sauce.

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Shannon J.

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Home Town: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2008

I'm surprised at how great this fish turned out! I used a LOT of cayenne and put some cajun seasoning in the Maseca Masa I used for the corn flour. My only recomendation is they need plenty of salt. Salt the flour and salt them when they come out of the hot grease. I also fried up some corn fritters, might as well while the grease is hot, right!

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Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2008

I was looking for a way to use up corn flour. I love this recipe. No need to buy fish fry if you have corn flour. I let it cook until it gets nice and crispy. I also like to add a little thyme in with the cayenne. Thanks for the recipe.

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Honey Pie

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Reviewed: Feb. 29, 2008

needs more heat but i always say that

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J. Pecoraro

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Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2008

Woooo hooo! Finally, a base recipe which allowed me to make the catfish I've always wanted! The cayenne dry marinade was fabulous, and cutting the fillets while frozen made for skinny and ultimately crispy finished "fries." I coated in a mixture of fine organic cornmeal, fine flour, seasoned salt, granulated garlic, onion powder, and a little more cayenne for extra kick. Crunchy, delicious, and very addictive, even for my toddler grandson. Frying catfish may not be "rocket science" (to quote a previous reviewer,) but if it were? This recipe made it into orbit for me! Thanks for posting!

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E J

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2007

Honestly this recipe isn't that big of a secret to have been kept secret. Frying catfish isn't rocket science.

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Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2007

We used corn meal rather than corn flour, and added some salt. Everyone loved this catfish and it was wonderfully crispy. The best cornmeal catfish we've had.

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2007

I don't do spicy foods so I substituted the ceyenne with smoked paprika. Instead of fries I made nuggets. I also sprinkled the nuggets with garlic powder once they came out of the oil. But the overall finished product was very yummy.

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Lola

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2006

This was good but thought could use more seasonings so after frying one for taste I added some garlic powder, onion powder, and seasoning salt to the corn flour. Do think I will continue to use my mixture of cornmeal with a bit of flour.

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Wilemon

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Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2006

Mmmm. Although 1tsp cayenne really wasn't that spicy. Next time: MORE. No corn flour, so used corn meal. Nice, crunchy texture. I just used the nuggets I had and sliced them in half. We enjoyed!

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Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2006

Simply awesome. Nothing more to be said.

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Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2006

Dry marinade was a bit tooo spicy for us and deep frying - well, you know.

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MARGARETD

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2005

I loved it, but make sure not to put too much breading on catfish like I did.

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Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2005

My yankee super market didn't have any corn flour so I substituted fine corn meal. But they did have fresh farm-raised catfish fillets. I served it as a sandwich on toasted hard rolls slathered with creole tarter sauce. With cole slaw on the side it made a great dinner.

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Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2005

I was not a fan of catfish in the States, and I've never seen it here in Australia...so I tried it with a salmon fillet I had in the freezer...WOW is all I can say...this is amazingly tasty for the few ingredients it uses! Once you are done with frying the fish - deep fry your fries. The oil (now flavored with the cayenne) makes them tastier too.

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