Catfish Cakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs boneless skinless catfish fillets
• water or wine, to cover fish
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 chopped celery rib
• 1 chopped scrubbed carrot
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon chopped dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 chopped red bell pepper
• 1 stalk chopped celery
• 1 chopped shallots or 2 chopped green onions
• fish-fry mix, of your choice
• vegetable oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 simmer the catfish until done in the water, wine and vegetables, drain the fish well, let cool. you may refrigerated the fish for a few hours.
• 2 when the fish is cool, flake it and mix with the catfishs mix, flaking the fish well as you mix.
• 3 chill the mixture, which helps firm it slightly.
• 4 with an ice cream scoop, form 9-10 cakes, flatten them slightly and gently coat the cakes in the fry mix. we use a corn-meal based commercial mix with a cajon flavor.
• 5 fry these in a few tablespoons of the oil - keep warm in oven until all are cooked.
• 6 this mixture seems fragile but firms up after cooking for a few minutes.
• 7 servie with lemon wedges or sauce of choice.