Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Blackened Catfish with Butter Potatoes

Catfish was on sale this week at Publix.     Sale item = what's for dinner this week!
We also found a bottle of blackened seasoning in our cupboard. So dinner was born. Blackened catfish!
I'd hear terrible stories of smoke taking over the room so I figured an oven bake would be safer.
Definitely will be making it again :)

Recipe:
- 2 fillets of catfish
- 2 tbs of melted butter
- Blackened seasoning
- Olive oil spray

- 24 oz bag of small honey gold potatoes
- 3 tbs water
- 2 tbs butter
- salt
- pepper

Preheat oven to 450 F. Line two baking sheet with aluminium foil. Spray both pans down with olive oil. Cut potatoes in half, place in microwave safe bowl with 3 tbs of water. Cover potatoes and microwave about 7-8 mins or until tender to fork. Drain water out of potatoes, add butter and salt and pepper. Mix potatoes until well covered, place on one of baking sheet.
Rinse catfish fillets, pat dry with paper towels. Baste catfish fillets with butter, sprinkle blackened seasoning to preference. I covered both fillets they were pretty packed with seasoning (fyi pretty darn spicy). Place fillets on aluminum foil, spray with olive oil or a dollop of butter. In our case both :p

Place both baking sheets in oven bake 11-15 minutes. Check that fish is flaky with a fork. Check the thickest part of the fish to be sure. Potatoes should be slightly golden. Serve with salad, green beans, broccoli, veggie medley, etc.

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