Monday, February 24, 2014

fried swai, baked, sweet potatoes , cream sauce



this was so good and easy

you will need:

-4 fillets of swai ( this recipe is great for catfish as well)
-vegetable oil
-1 lemon
-1 lime

-2 sweet potatoes
-2 tsp. of butter
-sugar
-cinnamon

Corn Meal seasoning:
-1 cup of corn meal
-1/2 cup of flour
-1 tbsp. of tony chacheres creole seasoning
-1 tsp. of lemon pepper
-1/2 tsp. of salt

egg wash:
-5 eggs whisked
-1/2 tsp. of lemon pepper
-1/2 creole seasoning

Fish dipping sauce:
-1/2 cup of miracle whip
-1 tbsp. of sweet relish
-1/2 tsp. creole seasoning
-1 tsp. paprika
-1/2 tsp. of ginger
-1 tsp. of cayenne pepper
-1 tsp. of garlic
-1/2 tsp. of black pepper
-1 tsp. of lemon pepper seasoning


step 1:

*to cook sweet potatoes you can bake them for 45 mins on 400 degrees, me personally I cook them in the microwave for 5-6 mins I don't see a difference in the taste but that's up to you :)
let sit until ready to serve

-in a large bowl using a fork, mix all your ingredients for your corn meal seasoning
-(egg wash) in a medium bowl, whisk eggs and seasoning and set to side

step 2:
-in a small bowl, mix ingredients for fish dipping sauce and set in fridge

step 3:
-in a large frying pan pour in vegetable oil .. it should be about 2 inches of vegetable oil
-bring to medium heat

step 4:
-dip your fillet in the egg wash and completely coat the fillet
-then dip your fillet in your cornmeal seasoning mix , completely coat
and place in frying pan
*repeat steps for each fillet

**your fillets should not overlap each other while frying

-fry for approx. 3 minutes on each side or until fish is white and flaky

step 5:
- serve fish with sauce, lemon & limes
-cut sweet potatoes in half spread butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon

eat up !


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