Southern Fried Catfish - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs catfish (fillets)
salt
pepper
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
dredge
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
peanut oil (for frying)
hot sauce or tartar sauce, for serving

Preparation

wash and drain well fillets.
season fillets with salt and pepper.
mix eggs with lemon juice, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.
in a recatngluar type dish for dredging mix flour, cornmeal, salt, pepper.
dip fillet in egg then flour making sure to get a really good coating on the fish, pat the flour in to get a good seal- if desired do it twice to get a heavy coating on.
we use a long cast iron frying pan that covers two burners on the stove to fry but you can fry outside or in a deep fryer using peanut oil which withstands higher heats. heat your oil very hot.
fry a few fillets at a tme until golden brown and let drain on paper towels or brown paper bags.
serve with tartarsauce, lemon juice and hot sauce if sesired.