Fish Fry recipe from a Marina I worked at..used many times @ home.

Take the fish of your choosing (usually speckled trout for me)
Cut fillets into nugget-cube sized pieces. About the size of a Chick-fil-a chicken nugget.
Place nuggets in zip lock bag coated in yellow mustard and swirl around
Pour the nuggets into bowl of fish-fry breading (zatarains will work)
Place nuggets in a wok over an open flame full of vegetable oil
Fry for about a minute or two
Take out nuggets and place in a cardboard beer flat (or any shallow flat cardboard box) coated in seasonings- McCormick Lemon pepper works nicely

Very simple, very tasty. Enjoy!

(04-05-2014 05:27 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Fish Fry recipe from a Marina I worked at..used many times @ home.

Take the fish of your choosing (usually speckled trout for me)
Cut fillets into nugget-cube sized pieces. About the size of a Chick-fil-a chicken nugget.
Place nuggets in zip lock bag coated in yellow mustard and swirl around
Pour the nuggets into bowl of fish-fry breading (zatarains will work)
Place nuggets in a wok over an open flame full of vegetable oil
Fry for about a minute or two
Take out nuggets and place in a cardboard beer flat (or any shallow flat cardboard box) coated in seasonings- McCormick Lemon pepper works nicely

Very simple, very tasty. Enjoy!

I wonder how that would work with catfish.

(04-05-2014 08:14 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(04-05-2014 05:27 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Fish Fry recipe from a Marina I worked at..used many times @ home.

Take the fish of your choosing (usually speckled trout for me)
Cut fillets into nugget-cube sized pieces. About the size of a Chick-fil-a chicken nugget.
Place nuggets in zip lock bag coated in yellow mustard and swirl around
Pour the nuggets into bowl of fish-fry breading (zatarains will work)
Place nuggets in a wok over an open flame full of vegetable oil
Fry for about a minute or two
Take out nuggets and place in a cardboard beer flat (or any shallow flat cardboard box) coated in seasonings- McCormick Lemon pepper works nicely

Very simple, very tasty. Enjoy!

I wonder how that would work with catfish.

Works well. I know a lot of people like the same recipe with catfish but tartar sauce instead of mustard. I'm not a huge tartar sauce fan but it's delicious if it's lightly coated in it before breaded. If you like it a lot I'd say drench it.

(04-06-2014 12:32 AM)ncbeta Wrote:  

(04-05-2014 08:14 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(04-05-2014 05:27 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Fish Fry recipe from a Marina I worked at..used many times @ home.

Take the fish of your choosing (usually speckled trout for me)
Cut fillets into nugget-cube sized pieces. About the size of a Chick-fil-a chicken nugget.
Place nuggets in zip lock bag coated in yellow mustard and swirl around
Pour the nuggets into bowl of fish-fry breading (zatarains will work)
Place nuggets in a wok over an open flame full of vegetable oil
Fry for about a minute or two
Take out nuggets and place in a cardboard beer flat (or any shallow flat cardboard box) coated in seasonings- McCormick Lemon pepper works nicely

Very simple, very tasty. Enjoy!

I wonder how that would work with catfish.

Works well. I know a lot of people like the same recipe with catfish but tartar sauce instead of mustard. I'm not a huge tartar sauce fan but it's delicious if it's lightly coated in it before breaded. If you like it a lot I'd say drench it.

man I just made this with some farm raised catfish I bought. However I mixed my seasoning with white cornmeal.

It was bomb.

With tartar sauce?

(04-06-2014 06:50 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  With tartar sauce?

Yep, I mixed tarter and buttermilk then coated with my white cornmeal/seasoning mix.
I wished I had some slaw to go with it.

(04-06-2014 07:03 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(04-06-2014 06:50 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  With tartar sauce?

Yep, I mixed tarter and buttermilk then coated with my white cornmeal/seasoning mix.
I wished I had some slaw to go with it.

Sounds good to me. I don't eat a lot of cat fish (mainly because I don't know how or where to catch them and I know where to catch other fish) but I have had that recipe, it was delicious.

(04-06-2014 07:25 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  

(04-06-2014 07:03 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(04-06-2014 06:50 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  With tartar sauce?

Yep, I mixed tarter and buttermilk then coated with my white cornmeal/seasoning mix.
I wished I had some slaw to go with it.

Sounds good to me. I don't eat a lot of cat fish (mainly because I don't know how or where to catch them and I know where to catch other fish) but I have had that recipe, it was delicious.

Thanks for sharing it. I normally just dip in buttermilk and add some cormeal. The tarter was a nice change. I going to try your mustard recipe next week. I always caught them in the creek by our house. They are bottom feeders. A net is a good method.

or you can do it Okie Style

(04-06-2014 07:42 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(04-06-2014 07:25 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  

(04-06-2014 07:03 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(04-06-2014 06:50 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  With tartar sauce?

Yep, I mixed tarter and buttermilk then coated with my white cornmeal/seasoning mix.
I wished I had some slaw to go with it.

Sounds good to me. I don't eat a lot of cat fish (mainly because I don't know how or where to catch them and I know where to catch other fish) but I have had that recipe, it was delicious.

Thanks for sharing it. I normally just dip in buttermilk and add some cormeal. The tarter was a nice change. I going to try your mustard recipe next week. I always caught them in the creek by our house. They are bottom feeders. A net is a good method.

or you can do it Okie Style

I'm good on the noodling but there are some places around ECU to catch monster cats. I might check them out. A few guys in my classes used to catch 20+ pounders on the river here.

To be honest with you, I'm not so sure those older bigger cats taste as good as the smaller ones.

One of my favorite treats:

Deep Fried Snickers

vegetable oil
2 cups flour
Buttermilk
Bacon(not peppered)
regular size snickers bars
toothpicks


In a large pan or deep fryer heat vegetable oil. If you are using a pan, make sure the oil is about 2 inches deep.

in a bowl mix flour and enough buttermilk to make a medium thick batter. You want it to thick enough where it doesn't drip, but not too thick where it is almost dry.

Drop bacon slices in the heated oil. Let fry until done BUT NOT crispy. They should be chewy.

Wrap cooked bacon slices around Snickers bar in a spiral formation and secure in place by pinning with tooth picks. Now dip bacon wrapped snickers in buttermilk batter. Use toothpicks as a handle.

Deep fry for about two to three minutes or until outside is light to medium brown.

Remove from oil. Don't burn your mouth. Enjoy.

Damn this guy makes me hungry.

Dixie's Slow Cooker Hopping Johns

1 pound Black Eye Peas(Rinsed)
8 sliced baby carrots(slice into disks)
I medium sized white onion diced
2 half pound ham hocks(smoked)
1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
1 tablespoon salt
2 garlic cloves chopped
4 pieces RAW honey cured bacon(diced)
6 cups purified water

put all ingredients in slow cooker and cook for 10 hours on low. Remove ham hocks, remove all bones from hocks, shred with knife and fork, put back in pot...stir

Serve over white rice with cornbread

Soup beans and cornbread will do in a pinch.

(04-25-2014 09:02 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Soup beans and cornbread will do in a pinch.

Got a good recipe?

Throw some balsamic vinegar, parsley, and garlic in a bag with some chicken and then throw it on a skillet and you have quick and delicious chicken.

Grilled Honey Sriracha Chicken




1/4 cup BBQ Sauce (I used Stubbs Original)
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup stone ground Dijon mustard
1 TBSP Sriracha
orange zest


This was some of the juiciest chicken I've had in awhile. Pretty darn tasty.

Anybody watch Hell's Kitchen?

(04-28-2014 09:55 AM)BucFyre Wrote:  Grilled Honey Sriracha Chicken




1/4 cup BBQ Sauce (I used Stubbs Original)
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup stone ground Dijon mustard
1 TBSP Sriracha
orange zest


This was some of the juiciest chicken I've had in awhile. Pretty darn tasty.

Looks great.

(05-02-2014 12:17 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Anybody watch Hell's Kitchen?

I've watched a season or two.