Fried Catfish Benedict on a Biscuit – TCI

Fried Catfish Benedict on a Biscuit

Serving Size: 4

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What you’ll need:

  • 4 U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish fillets
  • ¾ cup yellow cornmeal
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • Vegetable oil for frying
  • 4 eggs, poached
  • 4 frozen biscuits, baked and halved
  • 2 slices ham
  • HOLLANDAISE
  • 3 egg yolks
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 9 oz clarified butter
  • Salt to taste
  • Hot sauce to taste

How to prepare:

COMBINE cornmeal, flour, salt, cayenne pepper and garlic powder.

COAT Catfish with mixture and shake off excess.

FILL a large skillet half full with vegetable oil.

HEAT to 350° F.

ADD Catfish in a single layer, and fry 5 to 6 minutes or until golden brown.

REMOVE Catfish from oil and drain on paper towels.

POACH eggs.

PLACE ham and Catfish over the 2 halved biscuits and top with poached eggs.

DRIZZLE with Hollandaise.

For the Hollandaise, COMBINE egg yolks, wine and lemon juice in a bowl and PLACE over a hot water bath.

WHISK and COOK until a figure 8 ribbon forms.

Slowly DRIZZLE in hot clarified butter while whisking.

If the sauce gets too thick, whisk in a few drops of warm water.

SEASON with salt and hot sauce to taste.