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Fish fry recipes · From a local fishing guide

Texas Fish Fry Recipes: Catfish, Hush Puppies & Desserts

A good Texas fish fry starts with catfish, but the hush puppies and dessert deserve some attention, too. These are the recipes I use and share with North Texas Catfish Guide Service customers, from fried catfish and Betty Newby’s hush puppies to Big Red ice cream and Dr Pepper cake.

Pans of Southern fried catfish with fries, hushpuppies and fried okra
Fried catfish with fries, hushpuppies and fried okra.

Start With Your Catch

Six bags of fresh catfish fillets under the North Texas Catfish Guide Service sign
How to store and freeze catfishAfter the trip, wash the fillets again, package them in meal-sized portions, and freeze them so they’re ready for fish-fry day.See how to freeze catfish
Pans of Southern fried catfish with fries, hushpuppies and fried okra
How to fry catfishDip the fish in milk, coat it in Whisker Seeker breading, and fry it in peanut or canola oil, keeping the oil in the 350–375°F range.See how to fry catfish

Add the Hush Puppies

Golden hush puppies in a basket, one broken open to show corn and peppers
Betty Newby’s hush puppiesJiffy Corn Muffin Mix, Rotel, corn, a large minced red onion and pickled jalapeños — the hush puppy recipe I call Texas’ best.Get Betty Newby’s hush puppy recipe

Finish With Dessert

Pink Big Red homemade ice cream with strawberries and pineapple in a white bowl
Homemade Big Red ice creamSweetened condensed milk, whipping cream, Big Red, pineapple tidbits and sweetened strawberries, churned in an ice-cream freezer.Get the Big Red ice cream recipe
Frosted chocolate Dr Pepper sheet cake with a slice on a plate
Grandma Spears’ Dr Pepper cakeA chocolate sheet cake or layer cake from a family clipping, finished with the original Dr Pepper frosting amounts.Get the Dr Pepper cake recipe
Apple dumplings in cinnamon sauce served with vanilla ice cream
Mountain Dew apple dumplingsGranny Smith apples wrapped in crescent rolls and baked with a butter-sugar sauce and Mountain Dew poured around the pan.Get the Mountain Dew dumpling recipe

Need the main ingredient? Come catch catfish with me. We provide the equipment, and on regular trips we clean and bag your keeper fish.

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