Cajun fried fish - The Firearms Forum

Salvage33 · 02-01-2005, 02:14 PM

Works really well with bass filets, catfish filets, but I really prefer to do this to crappie.

Take a sealable sandwich bag and liberally dose it with tobasco sauce. Drop filets in bag, seal, and work the tobasco around the filets, then remove and coat with cornmeal (pre salted and peppered) then drop in hot oil (375 degrees..not over 400 degrees) and cook til golden brown OR a fork slides through them easily.

The oil cooks off a lot of the "heat" of the tobasco, but it gives the fish a very nice "zing" and you don't have to doctor it up with pepper after cooking.

For those of you who have access to Tony Cachere's Cajun Seasoning...cook your fish just like you normally would then sprinkle liberally with the seasoning as soon as it comes out of the oil. There's enough black pepper, jalapeno salt, and cayenne in the seasoning to give you all the "zing" you want.

HINT: Cook your hush puppies and potatoes first and have them draining when you start cooking your fish.

bon appetit

John

Deadeye47 · 02-16-2005, 04:54 PM

My coonass girlfriend frys crappie and brim with plain yellow mustard smeared on um befor flouring......try it you'll like it...I gaaarrooonnnttteeee!!

xxxxxxl · 02-17-2005, 08:51 PM

I have had this recipe, and I can vouch for how delicious it is.

Salvage33 · 02-26-2005, 11:10 AM

Deadeye...never did it with fish...but have smoked several hundred pounds of brisket smeared with mustard. They are definitely yummy! I gairontee! LOL

John

woolleyworm · 11-29-2011, 10:27 PM

Reviving a long lost thread here; but I've got few pounds of crappie left and I want to try something new with them, so I'm open to suggestions. I usually cornmeal and fry'em; very tasty, but I'm in the mood for something different.

The Duke · 12-01-2011, 01:05 PM

Never tried it with Tabasco, but have used Louisiana Hot Sauce before and it is delicious...Now I gotta find time to go fishin..

Little Rooster · 02-17-2012, 06:41 AM

ouiiiiiiiiiiii this be sounding gud

Old Grump · 02-17-2012, 09:20 AM

If you are a heathen like some claim I am it also works on early spring trout and suckers that I catch in the same cold clear water. May have to try that the next time I catch bullheads or catfish. Never thought about doing ti with them. Crappies are king though followed closely by bluegill. Only difference between your cornmeal and my preferred coating is I make a beer batter with pancake flour and a bit of beer then add the Tabasco.

carver · 02-17-2012, 12:14 PM

Been using both the LA hotsauce, and mustard, for my whole life. I didn't know there was any other way to fry fish at home. Both the hotsause, and the mustard, will give flavor to your fish, but they both help make the corn meal stick to the fish also!

Little Rooster · 02-17-2012, 05:37 PM

Carver the beer batter method above is a good one add a pinch of baking powder to make it fluffy

Lately I've been using a final dip of Panco flour before frying. Coat inseasoned flour dredge in milk then the Panco.

Gonna try the mustard this weekend

Little Rooster · 02-18-2012, 08:43 PM

Cooked up some catfish fillets tonight, tried some in the mustard. Could smell the mustard as I was cooking it but it sure didn't smell that way when it was done. Had a nice tangy taste to it. Not over powering. I also blackened some and broiled it then fried some for my better half. I will be eating left over fish thru the week. Served it with slaw brown rice stewed apples and corn bread...Ummmmmmmmm

Woodnut · 03-11-2012, 09:15 PM

My coonass wife introduced me to a sprinkle that she uses on fried fish. I always fry the fish, she then once they are dished up puts crushed garlic and chopped parsley on top and man oh man is that good, no matter what batter you make. She showed me that right after we got married and that has been a few years, we still do it every time we fry fish. Try it on one piece some time, I will just about guarantee you will put it on all of them after you taste it.

bamajoey · 03-11-2012, 09:26 PM

Are these crappie big enough to cook like that?

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Woodnut · 03-12-2012, 05:22 AM

Sure would like to have a mess of that size, nice catch.

Old Grump · 03-12-2012, 10:59 AM

Fillet them, coat them and drop them in that hot oil. Lord love a duck where were you fishing to catch those beautiful fish? Live bait or jig fishing?

bamajoey · 03-12-2012, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Old Grump

Fillet them, coat them and drop them in that hot oil. Lord love a duck where were you fishing to catch those beautiful fish? Live bait or jig fishing?

Ten acre pond in Pine Mountain, Ga. Crappie minnows in October. I usually do better in March and April when they are bedding.

02-01-2005, 02:14 PM	#1
Salvage33 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Shreveport, LA why leave the USA to visit a 3rd world country? Posts: 475	Cajun fried fish Works really well with bass filets, catfish filets, but I really prefer to do this to crappie. Take a sealable sandwich bag and liberally dose it with tobasco sauce. Drop filets in bag, seal, and work the tobasco around the filets, then remove and coat with cornmeal (pre salted and peppered) then drop in hot oil (375 degrees..not over 400 degrees) and cook til golden brown OR a fork slides through them easily. The oil cooks off a lot of the "heat" of the tobasco, but it gives the fish a very nice "zing" and you don't have to doctor it up with pepper after cooking. For those of you who have access to Tony Cachere's Cajun Seasoning...cook your fish just like you normally would then sprinkle liberally with the seasoning as soon as it comes out of the oil. There's enough black pepper, jalapeno salt, and cayenne in the seasoning to give you all the "zing" you want. HINT: Cook your hush puppies and potatoes first and have them draining when you start cooking your fish. bon appetit John __________________ Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween. -->

02-16-2005, 04:54 PM	#2
Deadeye47 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3	Re: Cajun fried fish My coonass girlfriend frys crappie and brim with plain yellow mustard smeared on um befor flouring......try it you'll like it...I gaaarrooonnnttteeee!!

02-17-2005, 08:51 PM	#3
xxxxxxl Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 547	Re: Cajun fried fish I have had this recipe, and I can vouch for how delicious it is.

02-26-2005, 11:10 AM	#4
Salvage33 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Shreveport, LA why leave the USA to visit a 3rd world country? Posts: 475	Re: Cajun fried fish Deadeye...never did it with fish...but have smoked several hundred pounds of brisket smeared with mustard. They are definitely yummy! I gairontee! LOL John __________________ Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

11-29-2011, 10:27 PM	#5
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,883	Re: Cajun fried fish Reviving a long lost thread here; but I've got few pounds of crappie left and I want to try something new with them, so I'm open to suggestions. I usually cornmeal and fry'em; very tasty, but I'm in the mood for something different. __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

12-01-2011, 01:05 PM	#6
The Duke Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NW Louisiana Posts: 813	Re: Cajun fried fish Never tried it with Tabasco, but have used Louisiana Hot Sauce before and it is delicious...Now I gotta find time to go fishin.. __________________ Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

02-17-2012, 06:41 AM	#7
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: Cajun fried fish ouiiiiiiiiiiii this be sounding gud __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

02-17-2012, 09:20 AM	#8
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,289	Re: Cajun fried fish If you are a heathen like some claim I am it also works on early spring trout and suckers that I catch in the same cold clear water. May have to try that the next time I catch bullheads or catfish. Never thought about doing ti with them. Crappies are king though followed closely by bluegill. Only difference between your cornmeal and my preferred coating is I make a beer batter with pancake flour and a bit of beer then add the Tabasco. __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA

02-17-2012, 12:14 PM	#9
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,266	Re: Cajun fried fish Been using both the LA hotsauce, and mustard, for my whole life. I didn't know there was any other way to fry fish at home. Both the hotsause, and the mustard, will give flavor to your fish, but they both help make the corn meal stick to the fish also! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

02-17-2012, 05:37 PM	#10
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: Cajun fried fish Carver the beer batter method above is a good one add a pinch of baking powder to make it fluffy Lately I've been using a final dip of Panco flour before frying. Coat inseasoned flour dredge in milk then the Panco. Gonna try the mustard this weekend __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

02-18-2012, 08:43 PM	#11
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: Cajun fried fish Cooked up some catfish fillets tonight, tried some in the mustard. Could smell the mustard as I was cooking it but it sure didn't smell that way when it was done. Had a nice tangy taste to it. Not over powering. I also blackened some and broiled it then fried some for my better half. I will be eating left over fish thru the week. Served it with slaw brown rice stewed apples and corn bread...Ummmmmmmmm __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

03-11-2012, 09:15 PM	#12
Woodnut Forum Sponsor Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Diamondhead, MS Contributor Posts: 2,172	Re: Cajun fried fish My coonass wife introduced me to a sprinkle that she uses on fried fish. I always fry the fish, she then once they are dished up puts crushed garlic and chopped parsley on top and man oh man is that good, no matter what batter you make. She showed me that right after we got married and that has been a few years, we still do it every time we fry fish. Try it on one piece some time, I will just about guarantee you will put it on all of them after you taste it. __________________ Carl Never doubt the beauty of wood. Carl’s Album www.cwgrips.com Web site Updated 01/01/2013 NRA Life Member

03-11-2012, 09:26 PM	#13
bamajoey Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pensacola Contributor Posts: 1,259	Re: Cajun fried fish Are these crappie big enough to cook like that? [IMG][/IMG]

03-12-2012, 05:22 AM	#14
Woodnut Forum Sponsor Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Diamondhead, MS Contributor Posts: 2,172	Re: Cajun fried fish Sure would like to have a mess of that size, nice catch. __________________ Carl Never doubt the beauty of wood. Carl’s Album www.cwgrips.com Web site Updated 01/01/2013 NRA Life Member

03-12-2012, 10:59 AM	#15
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,289	Re: Cajun fried fish Fillet them, coat them and drop them in that hot oil. Lord love a duck where were you fishing to catch those beautiful fish? Live bait or jig fishing? __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA