Buffalo Catfish

Ingredients

• 2 pounds catfish fillets 
• 1.5 cups cracker meal 
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes dried
• 2 large eggs beaten
• 0.3 cup hot sauce 
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil 

Equipment

• frying pan
• paper towels
• oven
• whisk
• wire rack

Directions

1. Stir together first 4 ingredients.
2. Whisk together eggs and hot sauce.
3. Cut fillets into 2-inch pieces; dip in egg mixture, and dredge in cracker meal mixture.
4. Cook fish, in batches, in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 1 minute on all sides or until golden; drain on paper towels.
5. Place fish on a wire rack in a jelly-roll pan, and keep warm in a 200 oven.