Swai and Chips

Swai and Chips

Swai, catfish from Vietnam, cheap and healthier than improperly prepared Puffer fish. I have to pick up some whenever it is fresh and it season. I thought it was funny that Swai is $4/lb frozen and $3.69/lb fresh. So there may be more Swai dishes coming. This one served with 'chips' and homemade cole slaw.

Ingredients
-Swai
-Potato
-Rosemary
-Garlic
-Homemade Cole Slaw

Creation
Homemade Cole Slaw? Yep. Very simple. Cabbage sliced and mixed with mayo, apple cider vinegar and sugar.

Potatoes are also thinly sliced and done on the stove top with rosemary and garlic. Not too much salt cause the Swai will have more.

Fun with plating.. before I wanted Cole Slaw

My usual way of preparing fish. Salt, pepper and hot oil. I like to keep things simple no? Especially when I'm making...

Blackened Catfish

Blackened Catfish over Potatoes

So when I usually have catfish it is almost always salt and pepper deep fried. So far best I found is from a place called Steve's in Charlotte, NC. Actually have no idea what the rest of the menu is. So with three fillets sitting before me I decided to blacken it... kinda. With some kick. Boy were these things spicy!

Ingredients

-Catfish Fillets
-Baby Red Potatoes
-Heavy Cream
-Butter
-Bunch o Spices

Creation

Bunch o spices? Really? Yep. There is rosemary and garlic in the potatoes, but the blackened seasoning... yeah. Good stuff... but so much heat.

So what to do. Pretty easy actually. Blackened anything is usually done on cast iron or a flat top so the heat doesn't drop, but I didn't wanna use it. So non-stick it is. Screaming hot. Dash of oil. Don't want to fry want to blacken. About a minute or two on each side.

Now these potatoes. Chopped petite. Boiled with rosemary and garlic. Finished with heavy cream and butter. This way the potatoes balance the dish a little bit and that finishes...