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    </head><p>Thinking more on the tastes in Richtee's rub I decided it might go
    well on catfish.&nbsp; Whilst not a smoked product... time in the outdoor
    kitchen with the fryer going full tilt is still good time!&nbsp; And so I set
    out to put together a little catfish fry complete with a modified Sylvia Woods
    hush puppy offering.&nbsp; If you have never picked up a copy of Sylvia's Soul
    Food cookbook... it has many many soul food favorites in it.&nbsp; And they are
    classics, the nice thing about the classics is you can modify them when you want
    to since they are very adaptable.</p>
    <p>First I divide up the remaining Richtee rub.&nbsp; I like one third the
    seasoning in the under coat on fish as I do on the top coat.&nbsp; Basically I
    learned in Albany Georgia to coat with season flour, egg wash, coat with final
    seasoned flour and cornmeal.&nbsp; This method offers excellent adhesion for the
    coating.<br>
    <br>
    One word about catfish, an old southern gentleman showed me how to prepare them.&nbsp;
    You really need to get the water out of them.&nbsp; In the commercial kitchen I
    use a squeezing mop bucket (one dedicated only to food obviously) to squish the
    water out of the fish.&nbsp; Works great. here at home I just put the fish in
    some paper towels and squeeze the water out of them with a rolling pin.&nbsp;
    Mild pressure will remove a lot of water without mashing the fish into fish
    meal.&nbsp; The more water out, the better the final product will hold its
    coating.</p>
    <p>To start with I have some nice 1/3 pound boneless catfish fillets.&nbsp; My
    prep set up contains, first dredge of 1.5 cups milled flour, salt, pepper, and
    1/4 cup Richtee's rub. then the egg wash consisting of two eggs and 1/4 cup of
    water, then the final coating which is 1 cup corn meal, 1 cup milled flour, and
    1/3 cup Richtee's rub and some course black pepper.</p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/catfish.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/eggwash.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>This set up is ready to roll.&nbsp; Now to prepare the hush puppies.&nbsp;
    For this I am using 1 cup of corn meal, half a cup of milled flour, 2 tbsp of baking
    powder, 2 tsp of salt, 2/3 cup of milk, and 1.5 Tbsp of oil.&nbsp; After I have
    that mixed in I add in my part of the recipe, 1.5 cups of a mix of white and
    yellow sweet corn, with a 1/4 cup of pimento diced, 1/4 cup of diced onion, and
    a 1/4 cup of diced green bell pepper.</p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/hushpupmix.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>Now that everything is prepared we are ready to head outdoors for the frying.&nbsp;
    I like to fry outside in my turkey fryer.&nbsp; It keeps the mess out of the
    house.&nbsp; And it allows me to fry like I am at the commercial kitchen.&nbsp;
    Most home fryers can not keep up with the BTU loss that food places on the oil.&nbsp;
    A turkey fryer can keep up with almost anything you through at it.&nbsp; I keep
    a thermometer in the unit to ensure I am at my 350 F to 400 F frying point and
    start to fry.</p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/hushpupfry.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/fryinghush.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/hushpups.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>I don't know if you have ever had the chance to eat hushpuppies, if you have
    not you are missing out on one of life's simplest pleasures.&nbsp; You can snack
    these down til you will pop when they are prepared correctly!&nbsp; These came
    out excellent.&nbsp; Cover and rest for 15 minutes while we cook the fish.&nbsp;
    </p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/catfishprep.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>Now notice the background color that Richtee's rub added nice red speckles in
    the fish coating and two layers of it at that!&nbsp; This is what I love about
    cooking, I don't want to cover the food up with spice, I want to enhance that
    natural sweetness of the catfish and then augment that with just a little zip
    and surprise to it.</p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/dipfish.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/fryingfish.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>Be patient, remember the fish will continue to cook after it comes out of the
    hot oil, so I generally cook it for 6 minutes.&nbsp; Depends a little on
    thickness, but 6 to 8 minutes is usually all it needs, along with a 7 minute
    rest to drain and steam.&nbsp; Finally is it completed, pull to cover off the
    hushpuppies, crack an icy cold one and enjoy.&nbsp; Thought I have to admit I am
    a malt vinegar nut, so that is on the table as well!</p>
    <p>
    <img src="http://www.horsehelmets.com/blogpics/catfish09/donefish.jpg" width="636" height="480"></p>
    <p>All and all the rub made a very nice backgrounder for the catfish.&nbsp; The
    Cayenne pepper is there gently reminding you that things are happening in your
    mouth, but the sweet meat that is catfish is coming through loud and clear.&nbsp;
    I would say this rub is an excellent fish fry spice./p>
    <p>'til we talk again, fry some up.... it don't get any better!</p>
    <p>Chef Bob Ballantyne<br>
    <a href="http://www.thecowboyandtherose.com">The Cowboy and The Rose Catering</a><br>
    Grand Junction, Colorado, USA</p></html>
    Last edited by bbally; 05-31-2009, 09:10 PM.
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    I love catfish but I have never had hush puppies however by the look of them if I did start I would never stop eating them.
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    • #3
      And yet another thing I had not thought of. Damm... What about walleye? I have only had catfish a couple times and it was a long time back- but I do have some walleye around! Love those Hush Puppies!

      I think I should ship Bob another batch of rub...he seems to know what to do with it better that I do! :{)

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      • #4
        Hush puppies rule! Never had them with whole kernel corn though. Looks interesting.
        Hey Chef, that catfish looks great. When we do fish, we mix our seasoning in 3 lbs flour and 2 lbs cornmeal in a brown paper sack, then add the fish, shake the crap out of it, then leave it in the fridge for 24 hours bag and all. That gives a really nice coating. I always assumed that the moisture distributed itself throughout the dry flour and meal.
        I never thought about squeezing it out. I'm gonna try that rolling pin technique next time. for sharing pro stuff with us.


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        • #5
          Again Bob, another mouth watering, hunger inducing post...
          I am going to ask the traditional blonde question, the recipe is worded
          "For this I am using 1 cup of corn meal, half a cup of cornmeal, "
          Is this 1.5 cups of cornmeal, or is there a difference between "cornmeal" and "corn meal"?? I did a search on the net and could not find a difference... We love hush puppies and would love to try your recipe,
          Thanks
          Bbqgoddess



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          • #6
            Originally posted by Bbqgoddess View Post
            "For this I am using 1 cup of corn meal, half a cup of cornmeal, "
            Is this 1.5 cups of cornmeal, or is there a difference between "cornmeal" and "corn meal"?? I did a search on the net and could not find a difference... We love hush puppies and would love to try your recipe,
            Should be half a cup of milled flour. White flour
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            • #7
              Thank you!



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