CRAPPIE RECIPES (Tell others how you cook your slabs)

[Captain Dan]

Hopefully we'll get some action on the board since not too many people are fishing on the frozen lakes yet.
Post your favorite crappie recipes.
I'll start it off with a couple of mine.
MICROWAVE SLABS
Place, patted dry between paper towels, fillets in a 9-10 inch Pyrex cake dish.
Pour on enough melted butter or margrin to just cover the fillets.
Add lemon juice or lemon pepper to taste.
Sprinkle on some almond slices to just cover the fillets.
Cover the dish with wax paper and tuck under dish.
Microwave on high for 2 minutes, turn 90 degrees, another 2 minutes, turn another 90, another 2 minutes.
Check with fork to makes sure fillets are cooked.

BEER BATTER CRAPPIE
2 cups ice cold beer (cheep is okay)
2 large eggs
2 cups flour
Mix beer and eggs together first, add flour, wisk until mixed good. Leave some lumps, it's okay.
Dip fillets in batter then put in pan with enough hot oil to come up 3/4 way on fillets. Turn over when golden brown. Could be deep fried also.

[cnote]

Soak fillets in beer for 10-15 minutes
pat dry for the most part
I use a Batter Pro and use Andy's Fish Fry(good stuff), coat the fillets
put them in the deep fryer @ 350 until golden brown
use a few squirts of Tapatio hot sauce and eat w/ ice cold beers

[Ronald Meeder]

We need to have a crappie cookoff, I would take time out my busy schedule to volunteer to be a judge, or taster. Would need beer to cleanse the palate between tasting.

[saltcityjim]

We need to have a crappie cookoff, I would take time out my busy schedule to volunteer to be a judge, or taster. Would need beer to cleanse the palate between tasting.

L.O.L. Now that's a plan...Jim

[gabowman]

Patted down fillets put into ziplock bag of white corn meal which is salted and peppered to taste (we go fairly heavy on the salt.) Panfry on medium heat in black iron skillet with fillets covered 1/2 way in cooking oil. Crispy fillets are the result.

Deep fry using same recipe with hotter oil.

[Blackdog40]

Soak fillets in a solution of water and wine vinegar for and hour or so. Then drain then coat with Andy's fish breading deep fry at 350 for 2 to 3 minutes. Then enjoy. You might want to not get between your guest and the cooked fillets.

[Flint]

Lately I have using the Cabela's Down Home coating's, they are pretty good.

[inaboat]

I dip the filets in a beaten egg or 2 then shake them around in a baggie with 1/2 crushed corn flakes & 1/2 dried bread crumbs and a little salt and pepper. Fry them in "Butter Flavored Crisco" until golden brown..........Never any left over!

[Ronald Meeder]

I use Krusteaz buttermilk complete pancake mix, using a baggie to coat the fish, then into a fry daddy. Or using the same mix with 7UP make a paste and roll the fish into it and fry in a skillet.

[Blackdog40]

I prefer a light breading rather than a batter. Of course like a little kick in the breading cajun spice and/or cayenne pepper is always a good addition to any breading.