6 texas fish Recipes

pan dressed skinless catfish (or other fish fresh or frozen), salt, pepper, eggs, milk, cornmeal

best olive oil you can afford, leek, cleaned and cut in thin half moons, ribs of celery, finely chopped , including the leaves, fat bulb of fennel , fronds removed and reserved, shave the fennel bulb on a mandoline as fine as you can get it., garlic, minced, hearty red wine , zinfandel is good, fish stock (or 1 cup of clam juice and 1 cup of h20, crushed tomatoes in puree, mild tomatoes and green chiles (or hotter if you want), lemon rind , studded with 1 clove each, orange rind, parsley stems tied together with butcher s twine, bay leaf, salt, crushed red pepper flakes, shrimp, peeled and deveined, crabmeat picked over for cartilage or, substitute florida lobster tails , split down the back 1 for each person, firm white fish fillets, non oily (bass, grouper, snapper, cod) cut in 1 inch thick chunks, fresh basil leaves for garnish, sweet red pepper rouille, fire roasted red peppers, drained (smallest jar possible) and dried off. you want about 2/3 cup of pepper pieces, garlic cloves, (yes, i said five ), saffron threads , soaked in 1/8 cup of dry vermouth, shakes of your favorite hot sauce (louisiana is good, texas pete is just fine), a generous pinch of cayenne, good quality mayonnaise, french baguette or a fine quality cuban bread, cut in 1 inch thick slices and toasted

texas oranges(sweet ), dried grounded thai chilli, powdered roast glutinous rice (found in most asian stores), fish sauce (if you don tsp have try 1/2 tsp. salt)

poblano chile, diced, anaheim chile, diced, green pepper, diced, yellow onion, diced, leek, diced, red onion, diced, stalks of celery diced leaves included, oil, butter, divided use for the items above, flour, adobe seasoning, oregano, marjarom, cumin, red pepper flakes, chipotle pepper ground, worchestershire, pepper vinegar (texas pete table sauce), generous tsp of lobster base, white vermouth, bay leaf, stock- i used chicken and because of the lobster base it was fine, ro-tel (mild ) tomatoes with chiles, water if necessary, peeled deveined raw shrimp 35 ct and up, white fish, cut in 1 inch chunks, refrigerated claw meat crab or special crab-forget the lump, clams. juice included