Mississippi Blackened Cat-Fish – Healthy Way To Eat It
- 24
- February
- 2011
Crispy Oven-Baked Fish:
Southern Cooking – Blackened Cat-fish (not fried but baked)! Since, I have rooted at Mississippi for a long time, now…I have a slight incline towards Southern delights (U.S.A). No wonder that many call it as soul food n comfort food. I have strong affinity towards anything down-home country cooking! Well, to me it reflects the culture. And moreover studying ‘Food-Ways and Culture’ is part of my Thesis! Though, I cook frequently the local flavor’ I have to admit that I haven’t mastered the art of Southern cooking, yet! So, I never blogged about the food that I encountered in my kitchen:(
Since, there are plenty of water-bodies around, preparing cat-fish is inevitable from the menu. So, this is one of the famous recipe around my area…blackened cat-fish, pan-fried with lots of seasoning, considered very spicy(However, it won’t be that spicy for an Indian palate)! I have followed all the thumb rules of an authentic recipe…but switched to oven-baking instead of pan-frying!Hmmm, the fish looked’ like all sucked up, without any moisture…but you got to trust me, it turned out to be good, well-done! The good news is, it was very crispy than I imagined, guilt-free and quite comforting:)
Ingredients:
Cat-fish fillets 4
Salt
Vinegar 1 cap-full
Onion powder 1-2 spoons
Garlic powder 1 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Black pepper powder 1 spoon
Oil for spraying.
Method:
Marinate the fish briefly with all the above mentioned spices.
Grease the tin-foil with butter/oil. Place the fillets and bake them for at least one and half hours over 350 F. Check whether it is done-thoroughly.
Serve warm as a side dish.
The oven baked fish is so inviting and lip smacking…slurp!!
nice photography..eventhough I am veggie, I could try the marination on vegetables and try…
I enjoy Southern cooking…. This recipe looks so good. Thank you.
yummy fry..tempting
Very interesting dish, never had cat fish,coz am quite choosy if its comes fish..
was wondering reading the title as to how can you try a cat and a fish. Anyways
the recipe is nice.. new to baking so no special comments.
Fish look so crispy and delicious…nice recipe which is healthy too..thanx for sharing!
Love these fish fillets, much addictive to fish! should try this now,Thanks
hello dear
, have always stayed away from catfish , here they have the live ones flopping around. would rather someone else cooked it for me 
ohhh…droooooling here…perfect n tempting..
Glad to see a baked fish recipe, am actually on the look out for such recipes. Keep promising myself I will eat healthy but go back to frying.I find the subject of your thesis quite interesting, it is a subject which quite fascinates me.
I am down for southern style cooking too.. Fish looks awesome and its baked? WOW cant get any more awesome..
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looks crispy and spicy:)