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Nashville Hot Catfish

Crispy Nashville-hot catfish brushed with spicy oil over crunchy apple-pecan slaw.

Serves 2Prep 20 minCook 10 minDifficulty mediumCuisine Cajun - Southern

spicymain

−Servings: 2+

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Ingredients

• Catfish fillets
• Scallions
• Gala apple
• Red cabbage
• Roasted pecans
• Mayonnaise
• Rice vinegar
• Catfish spice blend
• Sugar
• All-purpose flour
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Instructions

1. Slice cabbage and apple; slice scallions (separate whites/greens); chop pecans.
2. Make slaw with cabbage, apple, vinegar, sugar, mayo, and scallion whites; season and rest 10 minutes.
3. Mix spicy oil: olive oil + part of spice blend.
4. Combine flour + remaining spice blend on a plate.
5. Pat catfish dry, season, and dredge in flour/spice mix.
6. Pan-fry catfish in oil until browned; flip and spoon spicy oil over fish until cooked through.
7. Stir pecans into slaw.
8. Plate fish with slaw; garnish scallion greens.