Fish And Hush Puppy Skillet With Ketchup Tartar Sauce

Total Time: 52 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups self-rising cornmeal mix
• 1/4 cup sliced scallion
• 1 red jalapeno chile, seeded and minced
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 3/4 cup lager beer
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 2 catfish fillets, cut into 2-inch pieces (8 oz. each)
• 1/2 cup fish-fry mix (we use zatarain's)
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
• 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°.
• 2 combine the cornmeal mix, scallions, jalapeno, garlic, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
• 3 whisk together the beer, buttermilk, and egg; stir into cornmeal mixture; set aside.
• 4 heat oil in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet until it shimmers.
• 5 dredge each fish piece in fish-fry mix, then fry, on only one side, in hot oil, 2 minutes.
• 6 pour hush puppy batter over fish in skillet.
• 7 transfer skillet to oven and bake until hush puppy is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
• 8 let meal rest 5 minutes, then loosen edges with a knife.
• 9 top skillet with a serving plate, and flip both the plate and skillet over together quickly (use caution, skillet will still be very hot).
• 10 cut into wedges and serve with sauce.
• 11 sauce: whisk together ketchup, mayonnaise, relish, and horseradish in a small bowl.