Sometimes my husband and I get frustrated\/disappointed\u00a0 when we are out fishing for our coveted Walleye, Crappie or Bass and we reel in a catfish.\u00a0 Once we started making these cakes we changed our minds!\u00a0 Now every time we catch one and are disappointed I have to say,\u00a0 “Good Eats” to remind both of us how good catfish are to eat.<\/p>\n
Catfish cakes and Corn\/Avocado Salsa recipe:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cakes:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1lb Catfish, 1C. finely chopped red bell pepper, 1 garlic clove – minced, 1\/4C. thinly sliced green onion, 3T. reduced fat mayo, 1\/2 tsp. hot sauce, 1\/2 tsp. sugar, 1T. lime juice, 1\/4 tsp. salt, 1 Lg. egg, 1\/4 C. finely chopped cilantro, 3\/4 C. Panko (Japanese bread crumbs) – Divided<\/p>\n 1). Steam Fish (I put water in a frying pan with a grate over top with fish on it and the lid on top) maybe 5 minutes<\/p>\n 2). Place fish in a food processor until finely chopped – set aside.<\/p>\n 3). Saute bell pepper in cooking spray (We like to use the pump it yourself Misto brand spray) over medium heat (3 min) add garlic (1 min) Remove>put in bowl>add fish, green onions and next 6 ingredients (through egg) STIR WELL. >stir in cilantro and 1\/4C. panko bread crumbs.<\/p>\n 4). Divide into patties (1\/2 inch thick) dredge both sides in 1\/2C. panko bread crumbs **CHILL AT LEAST 1 HOUR**<\/p>\n 5). Heat pan to medium add cooking spray and 5 cakes.\u00a0 Cook 4 minutes on each side or until browned – serve warm. Repeat.\u00a0 These freeze well, we cook and freeze in a vacuum sealed bag single layer, then when ready to eat, thaw and lightly brown in a frying pan.<\/p>\n Corn\/Avocado Salsa:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Can WHITE sweet corn, 1 avocado peeled and diced, 1\/4C. chopped fresh cilantro, 1\/2 red onion finely chopped (can sub green onion for a less strong raw onion flavor), 2T. finely chopped seeded poblano pepper,\u00a0 Fresh lime juice – can use half or whole depending on taste, 1\/4 tsp. salt.<\/p>\n Combine all ingredients – stir very gently, avocados are fragile fruit!\u00a0 This also freezes well, I do smaller quantities and then add fresh avocado when I thaw.\u00a0 Enjoy!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes my husband and I get frustrated\/disappointed\u00a0 when we are out fishing for our coveted Walleye, Crappie or Bass and we reel in a catfish.\u00a0 Once we started making these cakes we changed our minds!\u00a0 … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers","category-main-dish","category-recipes","category-salsas","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdg.net\/catchatarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}