Pan Fried Catfish

Ingredients:

3/4 cup all-purpose baking mix (Bisquick)
1/1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 Tbsp. Old Bay seasofting
4 (6-oz.) catfish (or crappie) fillets
1/1 cup Ranch dressing
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil lemon wedges

Instructions:

Combine first 3 ingredients in shallow bowl. Pat catfish fillets dry with paper towels; brush both sides of each fillet evenly with Ranch dressing. Dredge in cornmeal mixt. ure; lightly press cornmeal mixture onto fillets. Cook in hot vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat 3-5 minutes on each side or until fish flakes. Serve e immediately ( with lemon wedges and Hushpuppies.

Notes:

When we are at the lake house, we also pan fry blue. gill and perch, as above or in crushed cracker crumbs. If the grand kids catch em, we cook ’em. Drain on paper before lransferring to plates, or eat them out of the skillet while waiting for the next batch to cook. They are great as snacks or as a main course (if you have enough of them).

Servings Yield:

Serve e immediately