Will Welch's Blackened Catfish

Recipe Ingredients

4		Catfish fillets
		Olive oil
1/3 lb	151g / 5.3oz	Cheap fatty bacon
		*seasoning mix***
2 teaspoons	10ml	Garlic powder
2 teaspoons	10ml	Thyme
2 teaspoons	10ml	White pepper
2 teaspoons	10ml	Black pepper
2 teaspoons	10ml	Cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons	10ml	Lemon pepper
2 teaspoons	10ml	Cumin
2 teaspoons	10ml	Chili powder
2 teaspoons	10ml	Rosemary - crushed
2 teaspoons	10ml	Fennel seed - crushed
1 teaspoon	5ml	Allspice
1 teaspoon	5ml	Oregano
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
		Lemon Butter
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Melted butter
1 tablespoon	15ml	Lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Tabasco
		Sliced green onions

Recipe Instructions

First off, you should cook this in a well-ventilated kitchen. Fry the bacon, then feed it to the dogs and hang onto the grease. Keep it just this side of smoking.

Combine all dry ingredients, rub fillets with olive oil then coat liberally with spices. Drop in hot grease and cook until a you can easily put a fork through them (nothing more evil than overcooked catfish).

(note: This is a very robust recipe. I have varied proportions by as much as 100%, and left out ingredients entirely, with varying, interesting, but never disastrous effect.)

Source:
Paul Prudhomme

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