Crisp Fried Catfish

Ingredients:

6 medium catfish fillets
1 tsp. salt;., tsp. pepper
I (2–oz.) bottle bot sauce
2 cups self rising cornmeal vegetabl. e oil
(2-oz.) fresh parsley sprigs optional Fluted lemon halves optional

Instructions:

Sprinkle catfish with salt and pepper. Marinate in hot sauce for 2 hours in the refrigerator. Place cornmeal in a paper bag; drop in fish, one at a time, and shake untiJ completely coated. Fry in deep hot oil over high heat until fish float to the top and are golden brown; drain well. Serve hot. If desired, garnish with parsley and lemon halves. yields 6 servings.