Pan-Fried or Sauteed Yellow Perch

4 Servings

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Pan-Fried or Sauteed Yellow Perch Ingredients

6 sm Yellow perch	4 tb Butter
7 7-9 " long	Cornmeal
4 tb Bacon fat or lard	1 Lemon (opt.)
Salt and pepper

Instructions for Pan-Fried or Sauteed Yellow Perch

Dress, scale, and what the fish, pat dry, salt and pepper, then dredge them in the meal or meal-flour combination. Heat the fat until it is hot enough to cook at once, but not burning, sputtering hot. Lay in the fish, turn heat down to barely a medium flame, and begin to brown the fish. Keep the fish loose from the pan bottom with a thin metal spatula. Taking 8-10 minutes to a side (turn heat low if it seems to fry too fast), brown the fish slowly until crisp. Do not overcook. When the flesh is opaque the fish is done; one hopes its all browned by then. Add 4 Tbs. butter to the skillet after removing the fish and squeeze in the juice of a lemon, stir the fat and juices to loosen the dredgings, and pour over the browned fish. VARIATION: After removing the fish from the skillet, toss about 1/3 cup of chopped black walnuts. Brown lightly with the remaining butter and sprinkle over the fish before serving. From Geminis MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

Main Ingredient: Seafood-OtherCuisine: Uncategorized