Ingredients
- 4 fillets tilapia or catfish
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ⅓ cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- ½ cup fish fry mix
- ½ cup yellow cornmeal
- 1 tablespoons ground pecans
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Vegetable or peanut oil for frying
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
Directions
- Season fillets with salt and pepper. Dust with 1/3 cup of flour.
- Beat buttermilk and egg in a dipping bowl. Combine remaining flour, cornmeal, fish fry flour, ground pecans, baking powder, red pepper flakes and baking soda in another dipping bowl. Dip all flour-dusted fillets into egg mixture, then into seasoned flour mixture.
- Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large frying pan or deep fryer. Fry fillets, until golden, about 2 minutes on each side. Season again with salt as soon as your take them out of the pan or fryer. Dry on rack over paper towels.
- Mix 1/2 cup mayo and pickle relish for fish dipping sauce.
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