Catfish is a freshwater predatory fish. From such inhabitants of rivers and lakes as pike, carp, and crucian carp, catfish compare favorably with the absence of durable scales and completely non-bony meat. Catfish do not have such small and sharp bones as, for example, the same pike. Catfish meat is tender and fatty. Fish lends itself perfectly to any culinary processing.

It’s not difficult to fry catfish deliciously; any novice cook can handle this process. To prepare fried catfish you need:

• catfish weighing 1.5 - 2.0 kg;
• salt;
• flour 100 g;
• pepper;
• oil 80 ml;
• dry herbs as desired.

1. Before cooking, catfish must be gutted. Before doing this, the fish must be rinsed well under the tap and all mucus removed. Cut off the head; it will be quite useful for a delicious fish soup. Remove all the innards and rinse the carcass again.

2. Cut the prepared catfish into pieces. The thickness of each piece should be about 2 cm. Pepper the fish. Add salt to taste. If desired, the fish can be sprinkled with dry basil or a mixture of herbs.

3. Leave the bowl of fish for 15 - 20 minutes.

2. Heat a frying pan with oil poured into it. Before frying, roll each piece of catfish in flour.

3. Fry the catfish on each side for 8-9 minutes. Each piece should be well browned.

Step 1: Prepare the fish for the dish.

Frozen catfish fillets must first be removed from the refrigerator about an hour before cooking. Next, defrost it under natural conditions: at room temperature until completely softened. In order to speed up this process, the fillet can be dipped in a bowl of cold water, in which half a teaspoon of salt must be dissolved. Afterwards, rinse the fish thoroughly in water and cut into portions. In size, each of them should not exceed 5 centimeters. Place the pieces of catfish fillet in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Leave the fish in this form for 5 minutes so that the flesh is saturated with spices. Heat butter in a frying pan. Dip the fish pieces one by one in wheat flour, and then place them on a hot frying pan. Fry the fillet on both sides until golden brown. Overall it will take no more than 3-4 minutes. Be careful not to burn the fish.

Step 2: Fry catfish with tomatoes.

We wash the tomatoes thoroughly, after which we make a small incision in the skin of the fruit. Next, dip the tomatoes. in boiling water for 10-15 seconds, after which we take them out with a spoon and easily remove the skin from them. Cut them into circles with a sharp knife. Peel the onions, wash and cut into rings. Pour vegetable or olive oil into a hot frying pan, then put the onion on it and fry it lightly, then add the tomatoes and fry the vegetables for a few more minutes. Place pieces of previously fried catfish in a frying pan with tomatoes and onions and add a quarter glass of water. Cover the dish with a lid and simmer the contents until all the liquid has evaporated.

Step 3: Serve catfish fried with tomatoes.

Wash the greens in water and chop finely. Place the finished dish on individual serving plates or on a shared plate and sprinkle with fresh herbs. Catfish fried with tomatoes is served, preferably hot. Fish prepared according to this recipe turns out incredibly juicy and aromatic. You can eat it directly as is or serve it with an additional side dish. Boiled rice or mashed potatoes are perfect. Although you can cook any one that suits your taste. Enjoy your meal!

As for the sauce for catfish, you can use garlic, cheese or creamy variations. Often this fish is eaten with sauces containing pickled cucumbers or citrus fruits. But the latest proposals apply only to “amateurs.”

For such a dish, you can also use fresh catfish, but in this case it must first be cleaned and gutted. Then divide into fillets and separate from the skin.

To enrich the taste, along with salt and pepper, you can use other spices and seasonings to suit your taste. Catfish can also be flavored with crushed garlic. In this case, the dish will be filled with incredible aroma and a spicy aftertaste.

Fried catfish in a frying pan is a simple and affordable dish that anyone can prepare, from a bachelor to an experienced cook. The whole process of frying fish in a frying pan is incredibly simple and takes very little time, which is why such a delicacy is a fairly frequent guest on my table.

To prepare today's dish, we will need the following products: catfish (whole or already cut into pieces), black pepper, herbs, salt, flour and vegetable oil. If you have had to cook fish fried in a pan at least once in your life, then you should not have any problems with cooking catfish. At the same time, despite the formulaic nature of preparing such a dish, there are moments in it where you can express yourself. Basically we are talking about using additional ingredients that will further emphasize the taste of fried catfish: spices, seasonings, herbs and lemon.

Also, in addition to the traditional method of breading with flour, you can use egg mass. In a similar way, I once prepared fried fish in batter, the step-by-step recipe for which I shared with readers on the blog pages earlier.

After the fried catfish is ready, before serving, you need to remove any remaining fat from the fish. This can be done using paper napkins. After this, such a fish dish can be served with vegetables, herbs or a side dish.

Ingredients:

• 1 som
• Black pepper
• Herbs
• Wheat flour for breading
• Vegetable oil for frying

Cooking the dish step by step with photos:

Bon appetit!

Fried catfish is a fish dish that can easily be classified as a “quick dish”. From the start of cooking until the finished fried fish is on your table, no more than half an hour will pass, and as a result you will have a complete dish for a hearty lunch or dinner. Finally, as always, I want to give a few tips so that your fried catfish turns out delicious to the delight of all tasters:

• Both store-bought catfish and the specimen that you get yourself while fishing are suitable for cooking. Most often it is the second representative that ends up on my cutting board, thanks to my fisherman father;
• Before further cooking, the catfish should be thoroughly cleaned, the fins and tail should be cut off, and then the fish should be washed in running water;
• Before frying, be sure to marinate the catfish in a mixture of salt, seasonings, spices and herbs;
• You can bread the catfish pieces in flour, egg, starch or breadcrumbs, choose the option that suits your taste best.

Catfish is readily used by chefs to prepare real fish delicacies. Its meat is tender, soft, practically boneless and moderately fatty. Its only drawback is the strong smell of mud, but even this does not stop gourmets around the world from enjoying the delicate flesh of the fish. And in our article you will find out what kind of fish catfish is and what recipes for its preparation exist.

Catfish is the largest river predator. Its length can reach five meters and its weight is more than 200 kg. In 2006, Thai fishermen caught a catfish weighing 395 kg! Many people believe that catfish are a nasty scavenger fish, but in reality, this freshwater predator prefers hunting live fish, shellfish and other river inhabitants. Sometimes cases of catfish attacking birds and domestic animals have been recorded.

The catfish has a long body with a large head, small eyes, a wide flat mouth and two large mustaches. There are not a single scale on the predator’s body, it is smooth and covered with mucus. The catfish lives in silted areas of the reservoir and does not leave its habitable place until the end of its life.

Catfish meat consists of 70% water, the rest is proteins and fats. Nutritionists were able to appreciate the beneficial properties of fish, since it contains a high protein content. Catfish fats are also used for cosmetic and medical purposes.

Catfish is also widely used in cooking.

Its meat is soft and suitable for steamed or oven-cooked dishes; you can use it to cook fish soup, make pickles and smoke it.

Catfish fish baked in the oven with potatoes

Any housewife can handle this dish. The cooking process is simple, and the result is a very tasty and appetizing dish.

Ingredients:

• half a kilo of potatoes;
• half an orange;
• a spoonful of butter, full-fat mayonnaise and hot mustard;
• salt, spices.

The first step is to eliminate the smell of mud, which is characteristic of all river inhabitants. For this purpose, prepare a solution of salt and citric acid and keep the fish in it for 20 - 30 minutes.

Cooking method:

1. Next, you need to remove the mucus from the carcass by simply rubbing the body with coarse salt, and then peeling it with the blunt side of a knife. After this, all that remains is to remove all the insides, cut off the head, tail and fins. The prepared carcass should be cut into pieces and washed well.
2. Pour orange juice over the fish preparations, add salt and pepper and leave to marinate.
3. Mix potato cubes with mayonnaise, butter and mustard sauce.
4. Place the marinated potatoes on foil, distribute the fish steaks on top, wrap the food and cook in the oven for an hour at 180 degrees. You can remove the foil 15 minutes before it’s ready.

How to cook deliciously in a frying pan

If a housewife knows how to deliciously fry fish, then it will not be difficult for her to feed her family a delicious dinner. Today we will fry large fish, because we caught a catfish in our nets.

Cooking method:

1. For the dish we need catfish fillets, which we simply cut into portions and sprinkle with salt and other spicy fish spices. Leave the workpiece to marinate for half an hour.
2. Then bread each piece in flour and fry in oil until deliciously crispy.

Recipe for cooking in batter

A simple frying recipe with flour in oil is suitable for a modest family dinner, but if you are planning to have guests, then you should do something special for them. For example, cook catfish in batter.

Ingredients:

• 500 g catfish fillet;
• bulb;
• egg;
• three tablespoons of flour;
• salt, spices, oil for frying.

Cooking method:

1. To make the catfish meat tender and even more tasty, you can marinate it using dry white wine or just the juice of one lemon. If such delights are unnecessary in our case, then simply sprinkle the fish portions with salt, any spices and remove them to soak for half an hour.
2. We make the batter from an egg, flour, salt and an onion, which must be grated to form a paste.
3. Take pieces of fish, dip them in batter and immediately place them in hot oil. Fry until a nice crust forms.

Tender catfish fish cakes

Catfish meat is very juicy, tender and has virtually no bones, so you can make delicious and moderately fatty cutlets from it. They can be served with any side dish and sour cream (mayonnaise) sauce.

Ingredients:

• 600 g catfish fillet;
• two white onions;
• three pieces of loaf;
• half a glass of milk;
• half a head of garlic;
• two potato tubers;
• two eggs;
• flour, spices.

Cooking method:

1. Using a meat grinder, grind the fish fillet.
2. Add bread soaked in milk, finely chopped garlic and onion to the minced fish. We also send grated potatoes here, and also beat in two eggs, add salt and aromatic seasonings.
3. From the resulting mass we form cutlets, bread them in flour and fry in warm oil until cooked.

Fish fried with mushrooms

You can simply fry the juicy catfish meat in a frying pan - it will be very tasty. But if you also prepare mushroom sauce, you will get a truly festive and aromatic treat.

Ingredients:

• 450 g fish fillet;
• 45 g dried mushrooms;
• two tablespoons of vegetable and ghee;
• half a glass of fish broth;
• salt pepper.

Cooking method:

1. We cut the fish fillets into steaks, add salt and pepper and fry in oil until cooked.
2. Pre-boil the dried mushrooms, then cut them into pieces and place them in a frying pan with melted butter. Fry for 10 minutes, then add spices, pour in the fish broth and simmer the mushrooms for 15 minutes.
3. Place the fried catfish pieces on a platter and pour over the mushroom sauce.

Catfish baked in a sleeve

Tasty and sweet river catfish is suitable for preparing a wide variety of dishes. So, it can be baked in the oven with any vegetables and herbs. To make the fish meat more juicy, it is better to bake the catfish in a baking oven.

Ingredients:

• two onions;
• Bell pepper;
• lemon;
• salt, seasonings.

Cooking method:

1. We make cuts on the cleaned fish carcass, rub it with salt, pepper and sprinkle with lemon juice. We close the cuts with citrus slices.
2. We will bake the catfish on a bed of vegetables. To do this, mix onion rings and sweet pepper slices.
3. We put vegetables in the sleeve, place the fish on top and put the preparation in the oven for 40 minutes at a temperature of 180°C.

With cheese and cream in the oven

Preparing a hearty and healthy fish dish is not as labor-intensive as it sometimes seems. You just need to buy soft fish meat, such as catfish, and bake it in the oven with a delicate creamy sauce.

Ingredients:

• three onions;
• 280 ml heavy cream;
• salt, seasonings;
• 180 g cheese.

Cooking method:

1. Pour lemon juice over the catfish carcass so that the smell of mud does not spoil the finished dish. Then we cut it into steaks and place it on a baking sheet with foil. Sprinkle the workpiece with salt, pepper and other spicy seasonings.
2. Place onion rings on the fish pieces, pour cream over them and sprinkle with cheese shavings.
3. Cover the food with foil and place in the oven for 40 minutes, temperature – 200 degrees. 15 minutes before cooking, remove the foil.

Kebab made from catfish is no less tasty. To do this, marinate the fish pieces overnight in a brine of white wine, lemon juice and spices. Place the fish pieces on a skewer along with bell peppers and pickled onions. You will definitely like this kebab! And in general, any recipe for preparing catfish turns out surprisingly successful.

Details

This large freshwater fish can be cooked in many ways, but it turns out tastier and juicier in a frying pan. Catfish meat is fatty and can have a specific smell, so you need to know the correct cooking technology and use different spices. Today we will tell you how to properly fry catfish in a frying pan, look at our recipes and cook delicious and healthy fish.

Catfish in batter in a frying pan

Required ingredients:

• catfish fillet – 900 g;
• salt – 1 tsp;
• yellow corn flour – 100 g;
• wheat flour – 50 g;
• Creole seasoning - 1 tsp;
• milk – ¾ cup;
• butter – 6 tbsp. l.;
• paprika – ½ tsp;
• ground black pepper – ¼ tsp.

Cooking process:

We thoroughly wash and dry the fish fillets. Then mix all the seasonings, salt, ground black pepper and flour in a container. Pour milk into a separate container. Now dip each piece of fish in milk and coat in the flour mixture.

Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the fish on each side for three minutes until golden brown. Place the fried fish on a serving plate, decorated with lettuce leaves, place lemon slices next to it and serve.

Catfish with vegetables in a frying pan

Required ingredients:

• catfish – 1 carcass;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• wheat flour – 150 g;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• onions – 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil;
• spices and salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Carefully clean the catfish, remove the entrails and cut into medium pieces. Wash well and dry with paper towels. Rub with salt and your favorite fish spices.

Beat the egg into the container and beat lightly with a fork or whisk. Pour flour into a separate deep plate. Heat a frying pan with oil, then dip the catfish pieces into the egg first, and then into the flour. We repeat the procedure three times.

Fry the fish for five minutes on each side. While the fish is cooking, peel the onions and carrots. Finely chop the vegetables and sauté in a separate frying pan with vegetable oil.

Place the finished fish on a serving dish, sprinkle each piece with fried vegetables and serve.

Catfish with potatoes in a frying pan

Required ingredients:

• som – 400 g;
• potatoes – 4 pcs.;
• green onions - 4-5 feathers;
• dill – 1 bunch;
• vegetable oil;
• spices and salt.

Cooking process:

Clean the catfish, gut it and cut into medium pieces. Rinse and rub with salt and your favorite spices. Crack the butter in a frying pan and fry each piece for five minutes on each side.

While the catfish is frying, peel and rinse the potatoes. Boil the whole thing in salted water for half an hour. Rinse the greens, shake and chop finely.

Place the finished catfish pieces on a serving dish, decorated with fresh lettuce, place potatoes on the fish and sprinkle with herbs. Serve and enjoy.

Catfish in dough in a frying pan

Required ingredients:

• catfish fillet – 800 g;
• egg – 2 pcs.;
• wheat flour – 100 g;
• milk – 100 ml;
• vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
• lemon;
• favorite spices for fish and salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Rinse the catfish fillet, dry it and cut it into portions. Sprinkle with salt, spices and lemon juice.

Let the fish marinate for half an hour.

Separately, pour milk into a container, add flour and add yolks. Beat the whites to a strong foam and carefully add them to the milk-flour mixture. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.

Now dip each piece into the dough and place it in the frying pan; the fish should be completely submerged in the oil. Fry until golden brown on both sides, transfer to a paper towel to drain excess fat. Serve and enjoy.

Enjoy your meal.