Another Great Fried Fish Recipe

Crispy Crunchy Fish
Raven's variation on a theme....


Ingredients:

• Parmesan cheese (finely grated from a can)
• Almond flour (meal)
• Golden flaxseed meal
• (Optional) Finely crushed pork rinds for extra crunch; lowers the total carb count.
• 1 tablespoon sugar free Mayonnaise
• Cajun seasoning or seasoning of your choice
• Fish fillets that are fresh or thawed (I love to use catfish pieces that are the size of large nuggets)
• Oil for deep fat frying (I used Canola)

How To Prepare:

Mix equal parts of the Parmesan cheese, almond flour and golden flaxseed meal in a bowl or pie plate. Season the mixture if you'd like with the seasoning of your choice (I used Cajun seasoning). Don't add salt, the Parmesan Cheese is salty enough.

Set aside.

Slather a thin coating of Mayonnaise on the fish pieces, roll in breading mixture.

Heat up your oil 'till it sizzles when you flick a drop of water into it.


Fry the fish a few pieces at a time until golden brown--about 3-5 minutes each side.

Drain on paper towels.
I served this with a fantastic dip...mayo mixed with Cajun seasoning and minced garlic.

Another favorite; Sour Cream with salsa.

(1) I have made this using Crushed Pork Rinds instead of the Almond Meal, which I didn't have at the time. I still got awesome results. It's great with all four breading ingredients, though. For a real kick, use Salt and Vinegar flavored Pork Rinds.

(2) The breading reminded me a lot of what I remember from the Church Picnic Fish Frys I went to as a kid, in Southern Illinois. Definitely the best thing about having to go to church!

Nutritional Info:

almond meal: 5 grams
Parmesan Cheese: 0 grams
pork rinds: 0 grams
flax meal: 4 grams
fish :0 grams
mayo :0 grams
spices :1 gram

Total Grams per recipe: 9

Why Another Low Carb Blog?

I'm a big fan of Low Carb...because it works.

I think that there are a lot of misconceptions about my diet-- which is the 1972 version of Atkins.

It means I have no more than 20 grams of carbohydrate per day. Not Net Carbs, Carbs.

Well, so far since late May of this year I've lost 21 lbs... easily. Things I'll likely do with this blog:

Post some of my original recipes,
Pontificate about the evils of the sugar industry,
Post links to sites and other Bloggers,
List Books and Articles I find helpful,
Talk about the differences between Atkins '72 and Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution (DANDR)
...And I'll probably talk about day-to-day-Low Carbing, joys, trials and tribulations...

Here's one of my favorite recipes, which I have when I'm feeling nostalgic for Soul Food.

Raven's Southern (Oven) Fried Catfish
Atkins's Induction Friendly (Both '72 and DANDR)
Makes 6 servings.

Ingredients

Catfish, 6 fillets
1 egg
1 large bag of Mission Chiccarones (Pork Rinds)
2 Tablespoons Paprika
1 Teaspoon Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Lowry's seasoning salt
1 Teaspoon Cumin
2 Teaspoons Granulated Garlic
1/2 Teaspoon Granulated Splenda
1/2 stick of butter

Directions:

Pre-Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Place a 9x12 pyrex baking dish with 1/2 stick of butter in oven.
Beat egg in small bowl, pour into pie plate.

Using a rolling pin, crush chiccarones in the bag, till they form very fine crumbs. Add seasonings. Pour *some* of the breading into a shallow pie plate. Dip each fillet into beaten egg, drain off excess, and then press into breading mixture in the pie plate. Turn the fillet over, and bread the other side. Place onto a plate. Repeat this procedure with all the fillets.

By now, the butter should be melted and sizzling. Place all fillets in baking dish, sprinkle with a handful for crushed pork rinds. Cook for 20 minutes at 400 degrees, then turn fillets, and lower heat to 350. Cook for an additional 15-30 minutes. Remove from oven, place fillets on a plate with paper towels to drain grease. Serve with Mustard, Turnip and Collard Greens, Cauliflower Dirty "rice" Cajun style. (Recipes to follow.)

This recipe should only have a trace of carbs per serving.