Recipe: Perfect Southern Fish Fry

Southern Fish Fry. Drain fish on a plate lined with paper towels. Southern Fish Fry Paula Deen's ultimate fish fry menu. Growing up in Albany, Georgia, fish fries were a staple in Paula's life.

Other good frying fish are flounder, sea bass, red snapper, trigger fish, and even white trout and croakers. Add other ingredients like red or green bell peppers, whole kernel corn, chopped jalapeño peppers, or cheese. It's such a beautiful Sunday which means it's the perfect day to fry fish! You can have Southern Fish Fry using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Southern Fish Fry

1. Prepare 5-10 of flounder fillets cut into strips or catfish, any white fish.
2. Prepare 2 cups of corn meal.
3. It's 2 cups of flour.
4. It's 2 of eggs, beaten.
5. Prepare 2 tbsp of yellow mustard.
6. Prepare 1/2 cup of hot sauce.
7. Prepare 2 tbsp of old bay seasoning.
8. You need 1 tsp of black pepper.
9. You need 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
10. It's 1 tbsp of onion powder.
11. Prepare 1 tbsp of paprika.
12. It's of Lemon to serve.
13. It's of Cooking oil.
14. Prepare of Hot sauce.

There's nothing better than a Southern Fish Fry on a gorgeous sunny day. Oh, and you can't have a real Southern Fish Fry without lots of hot sauce and a glass of ice cold sweet tea. Cut your filet into desired portions, then egg wash the fish and batter in the Corn Meal. Load up on your fish: Catfish is the traditional choice since it's mild in.

Southern Fish Fry step by step

1. Rinse fish and pay dry.
2. Slice fish in half to get long strips.
3. Place fish in large bowl.
4. Heat oil in large pan over medium heat. Not filling more than half way with the oil..
5. Mix seasoning blend and set aside.
6. In a freezer bag add cornmeal and flour and 2 tbsp of seasoning blend. Mix well..
7. Add remaining seasoning blend and hot sauce, eggs and mustard to fish bowl. Mix well..
8. Once oil is ready place a few strips of fish into corn/flour and shake well to coat..
9. Remove excess flour from fish by lightly shaking when removing it from the bag..
10. Place fish in pan and fry for 4-5 mins per side..
11. Don't crowd the pan. Repeat until all fish is cooked..
12. Drain on napkin. Sprinkle a pinch more Old Bay on the top of fish when they come out (optional) serve with lemon wedges and hot sauce..

Fried catfish is a Southern tradition, along with buttermilk hush puppies and buttermilk coleslaw. Pour mixture into a flat pan large enough to hold the fillets. Spread fish in one layer over bottom of pan, turning to coat each side, and set aside to marinate. Southern Pan fried whiting fish seasoned then fried until crispy and golden. Tender, flaky whiting fish is so delicious!