Large catfish fried in pieces in a frying pan. Fried catfish. Recipe for cooking in batter

The classic catfish is a large predator, reaching a meter in length. But in the south of Russia and Ukraine there are small bottom-dwelling catfish, only 35 cm long. So they are the most delicious. Large fish have rather tough meat with a specific smell, so they can only be used to make cutlets, pie fillings, and pies.

Preliminary instructions

Before you cook catfish , it needs to be cleaned and gutted. This fish has no scales, only mucus on its skin. To remove it (and this must be done, otherwise the dish will stink of swamp mud), rub the carcass with coarse salt. Then open the abdomen, take out the gills and entrails, cut off the tail, head and fins. Rub the inside thoroughly with salt, then rinse thoroughly. Cut large fish into portions. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

What do we need to stock up on to cook catfish?

This is an oily fish, so you shouldn't use a lot of oil on it. But it has a strong smell, and therefore it is necessary not to spare spices, bay leaves and other fragrant herbs in order to fight off the “aroma of the swamp”. Let's not forget about lemon juice, which will make the tender white meat even more delicate. Catfish is made into cutlets, fried in a frying pan, baked in the oven, stewed, stuffed, cooked into shish kebab and even smoked into balyk.

How to cook catfish in a frying pan?

This is the easiest and fastest way to cook fish. Rub portions with salt, sprinkle with pepper, roll in flour breading and fry on both sides in a small amount of vegetable oil. Serve with lemon slices. But you can choose a more complex recipe: in double batter. In one bowl, mix flour with salt, and in the second - egg with salt (leison). First roll each piece of catfish in flour, dip in leison, then again in flour. Then place in well-heated vegetable oil and fry until golden brown.

How to cook catfish in the oven?

Pieces of fish need to be rubbed with salt and spices, wrapped each in foil and placed in the oven for half an hour (temperature should be 200-220 degrees). If you come across a small catfish and you decide to bake it whole, you can stuff it with herbs (parsley, dill, basil) and lemon slices. You can also try this option: stuff the belly with ready-made buckwheat porridge mixed with stewed carrots. Wrap the fish in foil to prevent it from drying out and bake in the oven at 200 C for 40-50 minutes.

How to cook catfish baked in sour cream

First, salt and pepper the portioned pieces, roll in flour and lightly fry. Then fry the onion rings until golden brown. Place the carcass in a deep frying pan, pour in sour cream, and sprinkle with onion rings. Bake in the oven at 180 C for half an hour. The sour cream should boil away, and the catfish should be covered with a delicate crispy crust.

How to cook catfish for barbecue

This fatty fish can be marinated overnight to make an amazing kebabs. To do this, you can take the tail part, fillet or whole catfish, clean it, and cut it into pieces. Salt, generously sprinkle with spices, pour over lemon juice (one lemon per kilogram of fish). Add a glass of white wine to the lemon juice and leave it like that. We put pieces of fish on skewers, alternating them with slices of bell pepper and rings of slightly pickled onion.

It is simply impossible to imagine a complete diet without fish, because it contains a lot of useful substances necessary for the body. In addition to the currently popular trout, you should also pay attention to river/lake representatives.

For example, fried catfish in a frying pan, meaty and tender, with a minimum number of bones, retains all its juiciness, turns out soft and goes well with vegetables or any side dish.

Ingredients:

• catfish - about 2 kg;
• lemon juice - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• breadcrumbs - 70-80 g;
• vegetable oil - about 50 ml;
• salt, spices - to taste.

How to cook fried catfish tasty and simple

1. We cut up the catfish, wash and dry it. We cut off the fins, head and tail - leave all this for. Remove the entrails of the fish and discard. Cut the remaining carcass into pieces about 2-3 cm thick.
   
2. Rub the resulting fish steaks with salt, pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice and, if desired, sprinkle with your favorite spices. Leave to “impregnate” for 5 minutes.
   
3. Pour the crackers into a convenient container. Thoroughly coat each steak in breading, and then place the fish in a hot frying pan with vegetable oil.
   
4. Fry the catfish on each side over medium heat without a lid until golden brown. Next, turn off the heat, keeping the fish on the hot surface of the pan for another 5 minutes.
   
5. Place the finished pieces of fish on napkins or paper towels to remove excess fat. Now the fried catfish in a frying pan is completely ready! Serve the tender fish hot or at least warm, along with vegetables, herbs and a simple side dish, such as rice or potatoes.
   

For a lower-calorie option for preparing fish, you can not fry the catfish, but bake it in the oven according to the principle

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.

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.

Catfish is a unique fish. It can be safely called the largest freshwater fish; its length sometimes reaches 3 meters. The catfish is quite scary in appearance - a large head with a wide mouth filled with teeth. But don’t be afraid of it, you should love it for its tender and tasty meat.

Catfish is a desired trophy for every fisherman. But only the most experienced can catch it. I remember my grandmother telling me how she, while still a girl, went fishing with her grandfather and they caught a huge catfish. Grandfather put the catfish's head on his shoulder, his tail dragged along the floor, and grandfather was almost 2 meters tall. And how then this fish fed a large family with its meat for a long time.

Catfish is very useful for our body; it contains a full range of microelements, vitamins and amino acids. And combined with its low calorie content, only 125 kcal per 100 grams, this fish becomes a desirable product on any table.

We offer a very simple recipe for making catfish - just fry it with onions. Catfish meat is quite fatty; we first roll the catfish pieces in flour. This will help maintain the juiciness of the meat when frying. The dish turns out tender, juicy and tasty so much that after eating one serving you will want to ask for more.

See also the recipe for juicy and tasty.

Ingredients:

• Catfish - 400 grams;
• Lemon - 1/2 piece;
• Flour for breading;
• Onion - 1 head;
• Salt, pepper to taste;
• Vegetable oil for frying.

How to cook catfish:

Step 1

Peel the onion, cut into half rings and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Step 2

Cut the catfish into medium pieces. Sprinkle with lemon juice. This will allow us to get rid of the specific smell of catfish, which many people do not like, as much as possible.

Step 3

Salt the flour and pepper to taste. Dip the fish in it. Shake off excess flour.

Step 4

Fry the catfish in heated vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown. Place on a plate and garnish with fried onions.

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