Cajun Catfish With Spicy Strawberry Sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs catfish fillets
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 ounces hot pepper sauce
• 1 1/2 cups strawberry preserves
• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/4 cup seafood cocktail sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, minced (or more to taste)
• 2 teaspoons horseradish
• 3/4 cup cornmeal
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup safflower oil, or other vegetable oil
• fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1 sprig parsley (or a bit of chopped basil)

Recipe

• 1 place fillets in large shallow dish.
• 2 season fish with salt, black pepper and hot pepper sauce; cover and refrigerate 1 hour to marinate.
• 3 when ready to cook the dish: in a small saucepan over low heat, combine the preserves, vinegar, soy sauce, cocktail sauce, garlic and horseradish; let simmer, stirring occasionally.
• 4 in a shallow dish, combine the cornmeal and flour.
• 5 drain catfish and dredge in cornmeal mixture, coating on all sides.
• 6 in a heavy skillet over medium high temperature, heat the oil; when it is hot, add the dredged catfish fillets and fry, browning both sides. drain the cooked fillets well on paper towels; keep warm.
• 7 prepare to serve: get out the individual serving plates, then spoon 1/4 cup sauce on each and top with the catfish fillets.
• 8 garnish with sliced strawberries and parsley (or a bit of chopped basil). serve and enjoy!
• 9 this is an adopted recipe.