Make our Cracker Barrel Southern Fried Catfish Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Fried Catfish will taste Southern, just like it does at Cracker Barrel.

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Cracker Barrel Southern Fried Catfish

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Cracker Barrel Southern Fried Catfish Recipe

Make our Cracker Barrel Southern Fried Catfish Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Fried Catfish will taste Southern, just like it does at Cracker Barrel.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Active Time20 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Seafood, Southern

Keyword: Cracker Barrel

Ingredients

• 4 - 6 Catfish Fillets (about 1 - 2 pounds)
• 1 cup Buttermilk (or fresh Milk)
• 3/4 cup fine Cornmeal
• 1/2 cup Flour
• 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon Paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne
• 1/4 teaspoon Celery Seed
• Oil as needed, for frying
• Salt as needed, to taste

Instructions

• Place catfish fillets in a shallow bowl.
• Pour buttermilk over catfish. Gently move the fillets to make sure all side are covered with buttermilk. Set aside for 10 minutes.
• In another shallow bowl, add cornmeal, flour, garlic powder, black pepper, paprika, cayenne and celery seed. Mix together. Set aside.
• Place a wire rack on top of the cookie sheet.
• Place cookie sheet inside oven.
• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• In a heavy frying pan, pour enough oil to come 1/2-inch up the sides of the pan.
• Place on stovetop over medium-high heat. Bring the oil up to 350°F (Use a candy thermometer, if have one, or flick a little of the dry breading into the oil - if it sizzles at once, you're good to go.
• One at a time, remove fillets from buttermilk, allowing excess to drip off. Sprinkle with a bit of salt.
• Place in flour mixture and turn to dredge them. Shake off the excess and lay on a plate. Repeat with remaining filets.
• Gently place 1 - 3 breaded filets into the hot oil - Do not crowd. Fry until golden brown, about 2 to 4 minutes, depending on how thick the fillet is. Use a metal spatula and gently turn the fish over. Cook for another 2 to 4 minutes. Be careful to monitor the heat as you fry - you may need to raise or lower the heat on the burner at some point.
• Once the fish is nicely browned, remove from the oil and place on the wire rack in the preheated oven. Keeping the fried catfish warm in the oven will help keep it crispy.
• Repeat until all the filets are cooked.
• Serve at once with your favorite tartar sauce, cole slaw and some hush puppies (See the box below for some good recipes - Included some from Cracker Barrel.)

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Photo of Cracker Barrel Southern Fried Catfish is by Mark and is free to use and share under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) License. Recipe is our adaption of a recipe courtesy of the Wayback Machine. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.