Cajunfishwithspinach Food

CAJUN CATFISH SUPREME

Steps:

• Sprinkle catfish strips with blackened fish seasoning. Spread catfish with mayonnaise. Place in a shallow dish, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• In a large skillet, heat 4 tablespoons butter until it begins to sizzle. Sear the fish strips until golden, turning once. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish, and arrange fish in a single layer.
• In the same skillet, heat remaining 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Cook and stir mushrooms in butter until golden. Stir in parsley, green onions, and shrimp. Reduce heat to low, and cook until shrimp are pink and tender. Stir in cream of shrimp soup, and blend well. Ladle soup mixture over fish in baking dish.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

CAJUN FISH FILLETS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine paprika, garlic powder, thyme, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper and oil to make a paste.
• Pat fish dry with paper towels.
• Using the back of a spoon, rub paste mixture evenly over the entire surface of the fish.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Preheat bbq to medium high and grease grill.
• BBQ halibut, turning once, until cooked through, about 3 to 5 minutes per side (Alternately, cook fish in a nonstick frypan over medium high heat).
• Cooking time may vary depending on thickness of fish.
• Remove fish to a serving plate and serve with lemon wedges.
• This rub works equally well with salmon, sea bass or tuna.

CAJUN BLACKENED CATFISH

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, mix together the black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, parsley, cayenne pepper, kosher salt, oregano, and thyme until thoroughly combined. Press the catfish fillets into the spice mixture to thoroughly coat.
• Arrange a portable heat source outdoors, such as a butane burner or side burner of a gas grill. Melt butter in a glass or metal bowl. Light the burner, and place a large cast-iron skillet onto the burner over high heat. Pour about 1/4 cup of melted butter into the skillet; set remaining 1/2 cup of butter aside.
• When the butter in the skillet is smoking hot, lay the catfish fillets into the skillet. Cook until the spices are burned onto the fillets and the catfish is opaque and flaky inside, about 3 minutes per side. Don't breathe smoke from burning spices. To serve, pour remaining 1/2 cup of butter over the catfish.

CAJUN BAKED CATFISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a shallow bowl, mix the first 6 ingredients., Dip fillets in cornmeal mixture to coat both sides. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with paprika., Bake until fish begins to flake easily with fork, 20-25 minutes.

CAJUN FISH

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until tender, drain and toss with dressing.
• Combine Cajun seasoning and flour. Coat fish fillets with this mixture and shake off excess.
• Heat oil in a medium frying pan and pan-fry fish until browned and cooked through, about 3 minutes on each side.
• Toss lettuce with extra dressing and place on 4 serving plates. Set fish on top of lettuce and arrange warm potatoes around plates. Serve with lemon wedges. Sprinkle with extra Cajun seasoning, if desired.

BAKED FISH WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Melt 1/4 cup of the butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
• Add mushrooms and saute until limp.
• Add onion, dill, bread crumbs, salt, and pepper. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
• Add thawed and drained spinach, mix but do not cook spinach.
• Spray shallow round cake pan with cooking spray (or a similar pan with low sides).
• Spread spinach mixture over bottom.
• Arrange fish on top of spinach.
• Melt remaining butter and add lemon juice.
• Brush fish with lemon butter and bake, uncovered, basting several times with more lemon butter until fish flakes when prodded in the thickest portion with a fork. Cooking time is approximately 10 minutes per inch of fish thickness.
• Remove from oven and pour any remaining lemon butter over fish.
• Serve immediately.

MONKFISH WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce: Combine heavy cream with garlic and anchovies. Boil this down until it gets thick--approximately 1 hour. (If it seems too thick, thin it out with water, chicken stock or more cream.)
• Cut the fillet into scallops and salt evenly on both sides. Allow them to sit for a half hour so that they will drain. After a half hour, dry off the liquid and brush off salt. Nick all around the edges of the fillets with a sharp knife. This allows the fillets to stay flat and cook more evenly.
• Heat the clarified butter in a saute pan. Coat fillets with instant or granulated flour, and then saute in clarified butter. The fillets should develop a crunch on the outside.
• Lightly steam the spinach and place on a plate. Dry off fillets on a towel and place them on a nest of spinach.
• Combine the minced tomatoes and the sherry vinegar and place the mixture on top of the fish.
• Drizzle cream sauce on top of the tomato concasse and then drape sauce around the plate.
• Wine: A young, fruity Saint Amour Beaujolais from Georges DuBeouf

CAJUN CATFISH SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Combine the seasoned pepper, chili powder, cayenne and seasoned salt; sprinkle over fillets. , In a large skillet, cook fillets in 1 teaspoon oil for 4-6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove and keep warm., In the same skillet, saute onions in remaining oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat; stir in mayonnaise. Spread over roll bottoms; top each with a romaine leaf and fillet. Replace tops.

CAJUN SPINACH DIP TO DIE FOR

Steps:

• Melt butter in 1 quart saucepan.
• When bubbly, add veggies. Saute until onion begins to look translucent.
• Add herbs and seasonings, stir well.
• Add flour and stir until blended.
• Add cream/milk and whisk until mixture thickens.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stir frequently.
• Add spinach and stir in well.
• Cover and continue to simmer another 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in pepper sauce, allow to cool for 1 1/2 hours.
• May be served hot right from the pot!
• Want it cold? Refrigerate for 6 - 12 hours.
• Freezes well.

BAKED CAJUN FISH

Steps:

• Mix the seasonings in a small bowl.
• Put the fish portions into 2 greased 11x14 pans.
• Sprinkle the lemon juice over each pan; then sprinkle with seasoning.
• Melt the margarine and drizzle it over fish.
• Bake in 350 oven 20 minutes or until fish flakes.

CAJUN-STYLE GRILLED SWORDFISH

Steps:

• Prepare a medium-hot grill.
• Brush the steaks with the oil.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Coat the steaks evenly on all sides with the spice mixture.
• Grill each steak for 5 minutes on one side, then carefully turn and grill for 5 minutes more or until done.

AUNT CAROL'S SPINACH AND FISH BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a bowl, mix the spinach, 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, about 5 tablespoons dry bread crumbs, and the egg. Spread the mixture into the bottom of a small baking dish. Arrange the cod fillets on top of the spinach mixture, and season with salt and pepper. Top with the remaining Cheddar cheese and bread crumbs.
• Cover, and bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

SKILLET FISH WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Sprinkle fillets with seafood seasoning. In a large skillet, cook fillets in oil and butter over medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove and keep warm., Add mushrooms to the skillet; cook, uncovered, for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add spinach and broth; cook 3-4 minutes longer or until spinach is heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with fish.

BAKED CAJUN CATFISH

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; brush over both sides of fish., Place fish in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 10-13 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

CHEESY FISH FILLETS WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter. Stir in the flour, bouillon, nutmeg, cayenne and white pepper until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the cheddar cheese until melted; set aside. , Place spinach in an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Arrange fish on spinach; sprinkle with salt. Spoon sauce over top. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and paprika; bake 5 minutes longer or until lightly browned.