Never had catfish until I was stationed in Texas (I'm from NY).

It's still one of my favorite fish dishes, but it's hard to come by up here unless I make it myself.

It looks great, OP! Hope you enjoyed it!

Yum!

Would the cornmeal give a crunchy bite? Or is it soft?

Edit: grammar

This is farm raised channel catfish from the Mississippi delta. We drive 2 hours to get it fresh to cook at family events and such. When my father cooks it, it’s always perfect. When we cook it, it’s super easy to overcook. We’ve watched him more than a dozen times and can’t get it down and still screw it up half the time. It’s not a timing thing. It’s an eye test thing. Waiting for the bubbles to slow with that perfect color. It’s also hard to keep the temperature perfect when you’re cooking a big batch in a 25 gallon cast iron pot.

Served fresh, it’s crispy. But the cornmeal isn’t very thick. The sides and ends have more of a crispy bite.

Try dipping it in a spicy mustard or a buffalo style hot sauce before the cornmeal. Yum.

Those of you who don't know, find out.

Canola oil = one of the worst oils for human foods

I have had stripper dipped in hot sauce before the cornmeal before and it was delicious.

Catfish is life.

It's no worse than peanut, sunflower, corn, etc... they're all trash. If you want proper fried food, it's the way to do it though. You're not deep frying in extra virgin olive oil. Maybe lard, but that's trickier.

What was her name?

LOL, guess I should have spelled checked that.

Canola oil is rapeseed oil. Only from Canada.

man that looks amazing

I’m from Houston. Grew up with cornmeal breading like this, it’s the best way for fried fish imo.

Friday staple during lent

Then don't use it. Go away.

I love catfish on that way! I really need to stop looking at all this food you guys make it when it’s almost bedtime!

Had a stripper dip me in the sauce once, but I don’t remember much about it

Yum. I used to eat the fried tails, too.

Try blackened catfish, delicious. I grew up eating catfish stew with hush puppies

Try grilled stripper with butter and lemon. Twice as good when camping

Yes! Tails and fins

Super crunchy if made right

So jealous

Wild caught or farmed?Cuz wild is the best freshwater fish around,Farmed is mediocre.BTW,my G-Pas exact recipe.He grew up in Arkansas,before the depression.Got by on fish(mostly catfish) and small game.

I'm from Massachusetts and never had fried catfish. It looks amazing.