Sea Kittens

Michelle Malkin has linked to a PETA campaign aimed at renaming fish "sea kittens".

Well, I like most fish I've had, including catfish.  Maybe young catfish would be called "river kittens"?

Anyway, for those who might want to try frying up some sea kittens, here's a recipe I use for tilapia.  (And it would probably work on catfish, too -- or any light fish.)

 

1 1/2 lb tilapia fillets

1/2    cup flour

2       tbsp white pepper

2       tbsp garlic powder

2       tbsp garam masala

1       tbsp salt

butter for frying

olive oil for frying

 

Melt the butter in a frying pan with some olive oil (helps keep the butter from burning).

Mix the flour and spices and pour into a shallow bowl or plate.

Dredge the fillets through the flour, coating both sides.

Place the fillets in the hot oil and fry on both sides, for a total of 10 minutes per inch of thickness.

Serve

 

This is great as is, or with a sauce.  The residual oil/butter mix in the frying pan can be mixed with some of the flour mix to make a good gravy.

 

Next week, we'll try something with shrimp, hereinafter referred to as "ocean puppies".