Mouthwatering Fried Catfish

Ingredients:

Enough Catfish fillets, about 3 or 4 medium
pieces per person.

1 cup Yellow Corn Meal (This should be enough
to coat the catfish fillets)
2 tsp. seasoned Salt
½ tsp. paprika
1 tsp. black pepper
¾ tsp. onion powder
Crisco or your favorite cooking oil.
(Enough to cover the Catfish).

Preparation:
You can use fresh Catfish fillets, or you can use the farm raised variety available in the supermarket freezer section.

Rinse the fillets thoroughly, trim the Catfish of any skin or membrane, pat dry with a paper towel. If using fresh Catfish skin the Catfish and then wash thoroughly. Pat dry with a paper towel.

Roll the Catfish fillets in a mixture of corn meal and seasoning. A quick way to coat the fish in the corn meal and seasoning
mixture is to place it in a plastic or brown bag and just shake it.

Drop into deep fryer at 325 degrees. Fry until it turns golden brown, about 5 minutes. Dump onto paper towel and allow to drain. (I use a deep fryer although a frying pan will work just as well)

MY DAD SECRET TO THE BEST FRIED CATFISH

The secret to frying Catfish is cooking it at just the right temperature. A good test to determine if the oil is hot enough is to toss a one-inch cube of bread in the oil. If the cube becomes golden brown in less than a minute, the oil is ready.
When you first drop the Catfish into the hot grease it will seal in the moisture and flavor, this is my dad secret to best fried Catfish on west coast.