Air Fryer Catfish Nuggets

Air Fryer Catfish Nuggets - childhood nostalgia in every crispy gluten free, fish battered seize with teeth!

One of my fondest food memories as a child during the summertime was fried catfish! My brothers and uncle would spend the day angling out on the lake and come home with catfish up to their ears! My mom would deep fry catfish filets and homemade hushpuppies and accept coleslaw and tartar sauce on the side. It truly didn't become any ameliorate than that!

My childhood years were really the only time I ate fried catfish. And then when I moved back southward this past year, not but was I craving fried catfish, but the exact grooming on how my mother used to brand information technology.

With that existence said, I am then thankful that the air fryer was created in my adult years because I am non quite sure how my thirty 1 twelvemonth onetime trunk would react to deep fried foods again!

Now that I have a healthier way to prepare this dish, I need the catfish!

After one nighttime of nighttime fishing out on Lake Hartwell, I defenseless my get-go 15 pound blue catfish!

Nosotros put that bad male child on ice for 3 days (to help draw the claret out / gives information technology a less "fishy" taste), filet information technology, brined it and here we are in the recipe storyline.

Now if "lake to tabular array" isn't your journey and y'all want more "frozen fish to table", then that is okay too! When choosing a fish, neutral flavored and lean fish is the best mode to go like bass, trout, tilapia, Alaskan cod, and halibut.

I have also included a paleo, keto, sugar-gratis and Whole 30 approved tartar sauce recipe that pairs perfectly with the catfish nuggets.

And I promise you lot, even though these catfish nuggets are gluten-free and air fried vs deep fried and tartar sauce is fabricated with cleaner ingredients, you lot will not be able to tell the difference! Information technology is truly childhood nostalgia in every crispy fish battered bite!

Want more seafood recipes, hither is a listing to get you started: shrimp and grits, air fryer love mustard salmon, fresh and piece of cake ceviche 2-ways, smoked sardine toast with radicchio salad and pickled onions, ahi poke bowl & stack, healthy salmon patties with lemon dill potato salad, grilled shrimp summertime salad, and pecan crusted spiced salmon

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Air Fryer Catfish Nuggets - childhood nostalgia in every crispy gluten complimentary, fish battered seize with teeth!

Servings: 9-12 | Prep Fourth dimension: one hour | Cook Time: seven-x min

Ingredients

  • 3 lb prepared catfish filets

  • three Tbsp creole seasoning

  • 2 cups gluten free cornmeal

  • i cup 1-to-1 gluten gratis baking flour

  • ½ loving cup dijon mustard (or archetype yellow mustard)

  • Cooking oil spray (avocado, olive, or kokosnoot)

Tartar Sauce

  • ½ loving cup mayo (primal kitchen brand)

  • 3 Tbsp dill relish or finely diced dill pickles

  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice

  • 1 tsp whole grain mustard

  • ane tsp garlic powder

  • Salt and pepper to flavor

Garnish

Hot sauce, lemon wedge, fresh parsley

Directions

  1. Cut your catfish filets into 2" nuggets. Lightly flavor catfish nuggets with salt and transfer to a resealable purse with mustard. Fully glaze nuggets with mustard and allow to sit in the fridge for at to the lowest degree 1 60 minutes.

  2. To brand the tartar sauce: combine all ingredients into a bowl and stir well. Add any table salt and pepper equally needed, or additional diced pickles for a chunkier tartar sauce.

    1. Identify in an airtight container and air-condition at least a half hr prior to serving to let flavors to meld together.

  3. To another large resealable bag, add together the flour, cornmeal, and creole seasoning and mix well.

  4. Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F.

  5. In batches of about x-12 pieces, add catfish nuggets to the flour mix and milkshake to coat the catfish well.

  6. Identify x-12 pieces onto the air fryer rack (don't overcrowd!) and spray the tops with cooking oil spray. Air fry for about 7 minutes full, flipping nuggets halfway and adding some other glaze of cooking spray.

Notes

  • Don't add too many catfish nuggets to the flour mixture at 1 time, or the pieces will not get coated well. Practice information technology in stages.

  • Once the fried catfish nuggets are cooled completely, shop them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days or in a resealable purse in the freezer for up to a month.

    • To reheat, popular them in the air fryer on 400 degrees F for iii-4 minutes.

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