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How About a 14in Crappie Poor-Boy?
Fishing today, hunger pains prodding me to quit, I built this sandwich in my mind the entire drive back home.
Start with cooking the Crappie (and one Goggle-eye) I knew I wanted a crispy Crappie fillet. I dreamed how to cook the perfect Crappie fillet to put in a Poor-Boy while the road noise was drowned out by my imagination.
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I've been dry aging these fillets for a week and all the excess water is gone. First coating in AP Flour and allowing to rest till wet out.
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Then into a Buttermilk-Egg wash before dropping into Zatarain's Seasoned Fish Fry.
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Now I keep a large Rubbermaid container of said fish fry in the Chiller ready to go. Periodically I have to run the Fish Fry thru a Sifter to clean it up.
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Now that the fish fry is cleaned up I drop the Buttermilk Egg washed fillets in the fish fry then lay the fillets back on the Parchment Paper to wet out again.
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Into the 360 degree oil they go till the bubbles clear around the edges of the fillets. I made videos about Reading the Bubbles today but I don't really like the way YouTube reduced the file size, really hurt the quality. I will go back to my old phone for videos.
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On to Poor-Boy Construction...........you really need a great Poor-Boy bread and this bread fills the bill.
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I cut a hunk, split it on the side, spread real butter on both sides, then toast the bread under the broiler before construction starts.
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Dressing out a Poor-Boy is a pleasure, adding the Mayonnaise, Lettuce, homegrown Tomatoes, Hamburger Dill Pickles Oh, yes!
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But the Gran Finale is the extra crispy Crappie fillets.
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In the recliner digesting as I write this. Super delicious late lunch.
P.S. That Pyrex baking dish next to the Fish Fry in the Chiller? That is what's left of a Shrimp & Eggplant Casserole. Bon Temps handed me another bag of Eggplant and we put it to very good use.
