New Recipe: Fish & Grits

Each week as part of my duties with TheKitchenHotline.com I plan a full menu of meals that feed a family of four for an entire week. Each day’s menu feeds the family three meals plus a snack for the kiddies. These recipes need to be relatively easy to allow more quality time for the family to spend together. Another part of my charge is to come up with healthy recipes. Each week I will share one of these recipes with you. Here’s this week’s:

Fish & Grits

Fish & Grits

Variations

Any fish is good like catfish, flounder, etc. You can use fillets or whole fish like the fresh caught bream pictured.

Diet (other): Reduced fat

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: breakfast or dinner

Culinary tradition: USA (Southern)

Fried Fish

Ingredients

  • 2 Lbs Fresh white fish
  • 2 Btls Pale beer
  • 1 cup Stone ground cornmeal
  • ½ cup Masa Harina
  • To taste Cajun seasoning or salt and pepper
  • Ample Coconut oil

Instructions

  1. Marinate the catfish in beer for 1 to 2 hours. In a large bag or fish breader combine cornmeal, masa, and Cajun Seasoning to taste and shake well to mix.
  2. Drain the fish and add to breading to coat thoroughly. Fill a large frying pan with oil to halfway and heat to medium high.
  3. Flip fish once during frying, roughly 6 minutes on each side.
  4. Drain by placing fish onto a cooling rack over paper towels, lightly season at this point.

Quick Notes

Frying in coconut oil is extremely healthy – in fact it is healthier than grilling.

Quick Cheese Grits

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cup Water
  • 1 cup Fat free evaporated milk
  • ½ cup Quick grits
  • 4 oz Velveeta or similar cheese-food
  • Taste Salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan add grits to boiling water. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the evaporated milk. Bring to a simmer, cover, cook 13 minutes.
  2. Add the cheese and season. Continue cooking until cheese has melted and grits are tender.

Quick Notes

The evaporated milk will make these some of the creamiest grits you’ve ever had without adding fat.

Variations

Replace the cheese in the recipe with more pungent cheeses like pecorino romano or smoked cheddar.

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Stuart is a celebrity chef, food activist and award-winning food writer. He penned the cookbooks Third Coast Cuisine: Recipes of the Gulf of Mexico, No Sides Needed: 34 Recipes To Simplify Life and Amigeauxs - Mexican/Creole Fusion Cuisine. He hosts two Internet cooking shows "Everyday Gourmet" and "Little Grill Big Flavor." His recipes have been featured in Current, Lagniappe, Southern Tailgater, The Kitchen Hotline and on the Cooking Channel.

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