I pan fry mine now unbreaded....pat the fillets down to remove all the water.....just a little coconut oil in the skillet and sprinkle fish with Slap-Ya-Mama...the last fish fry I used for deep frying was plain yellow corn meal seasoned with salt and cayenne pepper...first I removed all the water from the fillets and coated them with mustard....then put them in a plastic grocery bag on top of the corn meal mix....shake and fry.....360 deg till they float....friend of mine taught me that the sto-bought mix I had been using had flour in it....and that the flour would burn after a while and turn the fillets black and I had that problem but not with the yellow corn meal....