Fish and Hush Puppy Skillet With Ketchup Tartar Sauce

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Cuisine at Home"

 

• Ready In: 52mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 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

directions

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.