Spicy Catfish Tenders With Cajun Tartar Sauce

This was absolutely delicious! We could not quit eating it. I doubled the recipe and we ate until it was all gone. I will be making this one again. It is a keeper. I am really sorry that I am late on this review. I think that I am about 2 weeks late but I am so happy that I made it. I do have to say that the next time I will cut the salt a little. It wasn't too salty but it made us really thirsty afterwards. This is excellent. Thank you for posting it.

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Ohhhh, the suffering, the waiting, the humiliation of drooling all while standing in front of my fry daddy.

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I made both the catfish and the sauce. They were both delicious. I would have liked it a bit more crispy but it's a great flavorful recipe none the less. Thank you! I'm looking for a copycat recipe for the Sweetwater Catfish they serve at Famous Dave's BBQ. The fish is crisp and a bit spicy.

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I am only rating the Cajun sauce. It was wonderful. Served it with oven fried fish. Great for a fish friendly Friday.

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Quoting Guy Fieri, "this is money!!!" Used catfish fillets soaked in milk for an hour and patted dry. I tweaked things a little, 1 TBS hot sauce per egg, and omitted the salt in favor of 1 tsp of granulated garlic. The tartar sauce I followed to the letter. It was the perfect compliment to the catfish although the catfish was really good without the tartar sauce. The spices of both were just right, none of it really spicy even for a tender pallet. The catfish along with corn on the cob, cole slaw, corn bread with 1/2 of a medium pablano pepper and 2 TBS finely chopped onion that made it taste like hush puppies without having 2 deep fried items in the meal, and old fashioned strawberry shortcake for dessert. Yeah, baby!!

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Made for the *Best of 2008* cookbook game, we do not get catfish in Iceland & I used haddock for this recipe w/my supply of Tony Chachere's Famous Creole Seasoning by Miss Annie for the Cajun seasoning + Tobasco for the hot sauce in both the fish & the tartar sauce. Made as written & served w/oven-baked potato wedges & cucumber salad, both were such a treat to eat! The # of servings will depend largely on what is served w/it. 5 oz servings (4) were sml & 10 oz servings (2) too lrg, so 3 adult servings seems right to me. The nutritional data is skewed by the 8 cups of oil (1 cup for ea 2.5 oz of fish to fry) & should be reduced IMO. I know I did not use near that amt. That said, we so enjoyed this fish & esp the tartar sauce like most reviewers. Thx for sharing this great recipe w/us. :-)

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Very tasty and the tartar sauce is excellent. I used dill rather than sweet relish and a little extra horseradish.

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This was fantastic. Everybody who likes catfish needs to use this recipe. You will not be disappointed. The breading was easy and delish! And the sauce was right on! Thanks for the recipe, Barb!

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This was great! Like the others, we just loved the sauce. Thanks for sharing!

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This is an awesome dish and the tartar sauce is to die for! I only used 1 T. of hot sauce for the catfish,but followed the recipe exactly for the rest. The catfish was crispy and well-flavored on it's own, but the tartar sauce definitely pushed it over the top! This is the way I'm making tartar sauce from now on ! Thanks for posting this, Barb!

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It's all about the sauce... it was terrific.

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This is now my mom's and my favorite dish to make when she visits. She really loves spicy fried fish and this is a winner. The tartar sauce is great too. I've made it with and without the capers and I like it with the capers better.

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Like several other people, I also made the sauce only. Made it twice, in fact. (Minus the capers, which some of my guys don't like.) I purposely held off on reviewing the recipe because I wanted to 'tweak' 2 things and let you know how it turned out. Actually, there were mixed results. The first time -- which was a 'trial run', luckily -- I used commercial sweet pickle relish and Cajun seasoning, both in the full amounts specified. The relish sort of overwhelmed everything else, and the seasoning made it way too salty. But you could tell the problem was with the (poor) quality of the ingredients I used rather than with the recipe. Second time, I used a pickle we really like (Heifetz brand "Sweet & Zesty"), cutting each thick slice in half and then chopping. That only added about 5 minutes to the easy prep and made such a difference in taste! If you're a canner, homemade sweet relish would surely be even better. To cut the saltiness, I tried making the seasoning from a 'zaar recipe. Definitely far less sodium -- but also far less flavor than Tony Chachere's. Next time, I think I'll stick with Tony, just using a little less. Third time's the charm, right? And this one is definitely worth 'fiddling with' until you get it just right. Even though I don't think it's quite perfect yet, everyone I've served it to has loved it. Thanks a bunch, Barb!

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I just made the tarter sauce, but it was the best tarter sauce I have ever had! Thanks!

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Barb-this is for the tarter sauce! I had another recipe for the catfish, but couldn't resist the sauce when I read the ingredients. It is great, and will be just as good tomorrow on catfish sandwiches. Thanks, Carole in Orlando

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