Mouthwatering Fried Catfish

Ingredients:

Enough catfish fillets for 3 or 4 medium

pieces per person.

1 cup Yellow Corn Meal (This should be enough

to coat the catfish fillets)

2 teaspoons Lawry's Seasoned Salt

Crisco or your favorite vegetable cooking oil.

(Enough to cover the catfish).



(I use a deep fryer although a frying pan will

work just as well)





The secret to fried catfish is cooking

it at just the right temperature to

seal in the moisture and flavor. When

you first drop it into the grease you

want to seal it and then cook it.



You can use fresh catfish fillets, or

you can use the farm raised variety

available in the supermarket freezer section.





Rinse the fillets thoroughly and then

pat dry with a paper towel. If using fresh

catfish, skin the catfish and then wash

thoroughly. Pat dry with a paper towel.



Roll the fresh, catfish fillets in

a mixture of corn meal and Lawry's

Seasoned Salt. If you cannot find

Lawry's Seasoned Salt, then your favorite

seasoned salt will have to do. It's

just that Lawry's Seasoned Salt is a

southern favorite. A quick way to coat

the fish in the corn meal and season

mixture is to place it in a plastic bag

and just shake it.



Drop into deep fryer at 325 degrees.

Fry until it turns golden brown, about

5 minutes. Dump onto paper towel and

allow to drain.



Serve with collard greens, macaroni

and cheese, cole slaw and hush puppies.



Makes me hungry just thinking about it.