Miss Nerva's Baked Catfish

Miss Nerva's Baked Catfish
Categories: Seafood, Maindish, Southern, Dixie
Yield: 4 Servings

8 ea Catfish filets
2 1/2 c Cornmeal
1 tb Salt
1 tb Pepper
1 tb Lemon-salt
1 tb Lemon zest
1/2 c Butter melted

Mix cornmeal with the pepper & salts.
Dredge the fish filets through mix until all sides are well coated.
Place fish ona tray, cover with a towel & allow to rest for 20-25 mins. in refirgerator.
Pre-Heat oven to 400 deg-F.
Place filets skin-side down on a greased cookie sheet & bake for 30 mins.

ORIGIN:
Nerva Foster, Tallahassee-FL, circa 1977

Comments: 5

LaRue B. Aug 5, 2008, 7:27am UTC

Sounds really good! I usually fry or grill!

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Rachel D. Aug 5, 2008, 8:13am UTC

Sounds delicious. Gotta find that lemon zester somewhere in that junk drawer...

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Dorine H. Aug 5, 2008, 9:53am UTC

Rachel, depends on whether you want the zest in strips r grated I think grated is what works here, so use your microplane.

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Donald H. Aug 5, 2008, 10:26am UTC

Back in the day of Miss Nerva's reign...she use a fine grater...!

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Lyn C. Aug 11, 2008, 9:42am UTC

Now one can use True Lemon in those little packets if the zester is hiding or the lemon is too old.
I use this same method for other fish- white bass, sauger, bluegill, or catfish except I use an egg wash and panko. My husband has high cholesterol so we eat a fairly low fat diet. We call this "fried" fish!

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Miss Nerva's Baked Catfish

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