Besides frying, what are some good catfish recipes???

yeah but grilled catfish just falls apart...too flaky for the grill IMO

k i'll give it a shot....any other "recipes"??

Tigre, would it make me unsophisticated, if I say fried, is the only way I'll really eat catfish? Or, is that like uber-sophisticated?

I used to have a really good recipe for Parmesan coated catfish baked in the oven. This is the best I can do from memory:

Mix together flour, salt, pepper, paprika and shredded Parmesan cheese. Dip catfish in melted butter, then dredge in flour mixture. Bake for about 20-30 minutes.

Probably just as bad for you as frying, but different.

Catfish in a gravy!!!

Years ago my wife and I had an unlimited supply of catfish fingerlings from Des Allemands, likely the best catfish in the world. Since we were poor we took full advantage of it and, of course, started out just frying it. We got tired of fried so we tried baked, chowder, grilled, courtbullion, probably dozens of different recipes.

Guess what? Catfish was meant to be fried. It just falls apart if you do almost anything else with it. Try different coating and sauces, but to me, its best fried.

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catfish fingerlings from Des Allemands,

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You ever eat a place called Spahr's over that way??? Their "Fish Chips" are frickin awesome........

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the Best Bloody Marys!!

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Franks right down the road!!!!!!

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The woman behind the counter had ONE tooth. It looked so lonely in her sweet, sweet mouth.

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dare I ask how you know her mouth was sweet?