Alexandra Hill

Catfish PoBoys

Alexandra Hill
Catfish PoBoys

Living in this pandemic is weird and difficult and it seems like there’s no end in sight. While on the other hand it’s giving me a lot of time to dive in to my passion which is obvi cooking!

This past weekend my bestie Ash came over because we both had a LONG like super long week. So I got up early on Saturday (which is my fave thing to do) and went to my favorite coffee shop in Fort Greene, Bittersweet, to get my almond milk latte and a ham & cheese croissant.. thee best!

My mission for my morning walk was run to Wegmans to buy catfish for some catfish poboys! I usually make shrimp poboys but decided to switch it up. One of my fave foodies @Itsholly posted a cajun shrimp with a remoulade she quickly whipped up. I decided right then I was making catfish for our bestie pandemic brunch!

Try the recipe below!

Ingredients (feeds 2)

  • 2 pieces of catfish filets

  • 1/2 cup of fine yellow cornmeal

  • 2 eggs for coating the fish

  • your favorite cajun seasoning for adding to the cornmeal mixture

  • salt & pepper

  • crusty bread

  • LTO - lettuce, tomato & red onion

  • vegetable oil for frying

    Bread & Butter Pickle Remoulade

  • 1/2 cup of mayo

  • 1 tablespoon capers

  • 1/2 cup of bread & butter pickles

  • 1 small shallot, finely chopped

  • 1 tablespoon grain mustard

  • a couple of dashes of hot sauce

  • 1/2 lemon, juiced

  • 3 green onions chopped

  • salt & pepper, to taste

    Directions

  • in separate bowls, add the cornmeal & a couple of shakes of your favorite cajun seasoning (about a teaspoon. sometimes cajuns seasoning is v salty so go easy on this part) and in another bowl whisk your eggs and set aside

  • season the fish with salt & pepper

  • The Remoulade: combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine. season with salt & pepper and taste to adjust.

  • you want to dip your catfish in the egg mixture first then in the cornmeal mixture. to get a good crunchy catfish you want to go heavy on the cornmeal!

  • pour some vegetable oil in a cast iron pan on medium heat. Fry the catfish on each side for about 3-4 minutes until done. transfer catfish to a paper towel to drain excess oil.

  • serve on crusty bread with LTO and lots of remoulade!