Blackened Catfish a La Mer

"This is from a local cajun restaurant called Jazz. It's probably my favorite dish that they serve. Notice that both margarine and butter are used - the margarine so that it can be used at a higher temp for blackening."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place the catfish filets and the melted margarine in a flat dish, saturating the catfish completely.
  • Sprinkle cajun seasoning onto one side of the catfish filets, completely covering the filets with a coat of seasoning.
  • Place filets seasoning side down on a white hot cast iron skillet or griddle until edges of filets are white.
  • Sprinkle the same amount of seasoning on the exposed side of the filets as you did in the previous process and turn with spatula.
  • Cook until filet meat is completely cooked but moist, with a blackened exterior coat of spices.
  • Be cautious not to over cook as the blackening skillet is extremely hot.
  • Place the butter, garlic, green onions, shrimp and crab into a two quart saucepan. Gently sauté until lightly browned.
  • Add the seafood stock.
  • Cook until shrimp are just pink.
  • Lower heat and add heavy whipping cream. Cook while stirring constantly until a gentle boil.
  • Add more seafood seasoning to season to taste, mild or spicy.
  • Add parmesan cheese to thicken.
  • Remove from heat.
  • To serve, place a catfish filet on the center of the plate, completely covering it with the sauce. If desired, the catfish can be served over a bed of dirty or white rice.

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  1. Sarah I too moved to NC from Kansas city. I miss jazz so much. This recipe can also be used for the chicken a la Ker, which is my favorite .
     
  2. I love Jazz!! I'm getting ready to move to North Carolina and I will miss it terribly. Thank you for giving me this to take with me.
     
  3. This is also my favorite dish at Jazz. I live in Colorado now and make this all the time. Delicious and decadent.
     
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