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Rock & Roll Catfish
Serves 2
1/2 Pound Private Selection Catfish Nuggets
(Catfish pieces are found with fresh seafood)
1/4 Teaspoon (or to taste) Old Savannah Seafood Seasoning
1 Bottle of Rolling Rock Beer
1 Cup of your favorite tempura batter (such as Zatarain’s Onion Ring Batter, Golden Dipt Beer Batter or Golden Dipt Tempura Batter), made with Rolling Rock instead of water. Find tempura batter mixes on display cases in the seafood department.
2-3 Cups Enova Oil, or enough to cover the fish. (Foods made with Enova oil taste just like foods made with traditional oils, but studies show that, compared to other cooking and salad oils, less Enova oil is stored in the body as fat.)
Seafood Sauce
Mix together:
1 Tablespoon Private Selection Sweet Garden Cruncher pickles,
diced small, plus 1 teaspoon pickle juice.
1 Cup mayonnaise
1/8 Teaspoon (or to taste) Old Savannah Seafood Seasoning
As with any recipe, you can increase or decrease ingredients or cook time to suit your own tastes.
- If possible, open the beer a few hours before starting to prevent excess foaming when you mix the batter. Mix the batter according to directions on the box, using Rolling Rock instead of water and adding the Old Savannah seafood seasoning to the batter. You can make the batter up to a day ahead and keep it refrigerated.
- Heat oil over medium-high to 375°, using a candy thermometer to verify temperature. While the oil is heating, pour the batter into a shallow plate (about 1/3 cup for each filet).
- When the oil reaches 375°, pat fish dry with paper towels, coat the fish with the batter, and slip them into the hot oil. Cook about 2-3 minutes or until fish puffs up and the batter turns golden brown. Remove fish from the oil with tongs or slotted spoon and drain briefly on paper towels.
- Mix the seafood sauce ingredients and serve with a refreshing glass of Rolling Rock.
CHEF’S NOTE: ROLLING ROCK BEERis made in Latrobe, PA (hometown of Arnold Palmer) in the Laurel Highlands. First made in 1939, the beer is named for the smooth-pebbled streams from which the beer comes. Rolling Rock has developed an undeniable mystique, stemming largely from the enigmatic “33” which has been on every bottle since 1939. There are numerous theories about the meaning of this mysterious number and you can
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