Fried Blue Catfish Tacos
Fried Blue Catfish Tacos
Author: Urban Oyster - Baltimore
Ingredients
Catfish fillet cut into 2 inch nuggets
Batter
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 3 tbsp Old Bay Season
- 2 tbsp Garlic Pepper
- 2 tbsp Lemon Pepper
Remoulade
- 2 cups Mayonaise
- 2 tbsp Hot sauce
- ⅓ cup Stone ground mustard
- 1 tsp Capers
- 1 tsp Garlic pepper
- 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
Honey cilantro slaw (dry mix)
- Purchase cole slaw mix from any local grocery store
- ¼ cup Cilantro chopped
Vinaigrette
- ⅓ cup Honey
- 3 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
Instructions
Batter
- Mix spices with flour
- Toss catfish in the flour and spice mixture
- Heat cast iron skillet with canola oil (2 cups) at medium temp
- Oil should be ready after 10 minutes. Test by drop a little bit of flour in the oil. If the flour sizzles then it is hot enough
- Fry catfish nuggets until golden brown. Allow oil to drain with a rack or paper towel lines plate
Remoulade
- Combine the ingredients then blend
Honey cilantro slaw (dry mix)
- Mix cilantro with dry cold slaw
Time to build it!
- Toast soft flour tortillas to your desire, add 2-3 pieces of the dried catfish, honey cilantro slaw, and top it off with the remoulade
