Mustard fried gills....

I had to carry out my civic duty to thin out the bluegill population in my friends pond. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. I ended up catching some nice chunks on dough bait(the fish are pellet fed in there).

I filleted them out today. I then rolled the fillets in yellow mustard, and then coated them with a breading that was 50/50 flour and cornmeal, with a dash of tony chachere's cajun seasoning and a dash of garlic powder for extra flavor. I deep fried them in a cast iron skillet.

I hit them with a dash of crystal louisiana hot sauce and plated them with some grits and okra. Not a bad meal at all.....

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Heck yea, that’s the way to roll. Panfish are named appropriately, for the pan. Thin them out and the remaining ones will hopefully get bigger. Pickled or boiled Okra?

Pickled okra, talk of texas brand. It's really good stuff!

I love mustard on my fish! I saw my father in law dipping his fish in mustard when I was just dating my wife. I have used mustard ever since.


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Man, I will have to try that, thanks for the post!

better than egg wash for sure and how I like to roll. I am catching a lot of crappie and given catfish all the time to eat plus catching tons of green sunfish at LSL but don't have a realiable farm pond for BG anymore. Really miss that. Good for you!

You did good!! Sometimes I fix fish, grits, and fried eggs. And when cooking grits ignore the instructions - cook and stir several minutes longer than the container says.

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Thanks for all the comments guys. I have some cajun friends that told me to try this recipe. Glad I did!!!!!

Yeah man, that's some good eating right there! I had a friend from Lake Charles that turned me on to the same recipe, minus the garlic. When he took fish out of fryer, he would put the cooked fish in a paper sack with a hand full of thinly sliced sweet onion. The fish would stay hot and surprisingly still crispy. The onions would steam just enough to be tender and oh so delicious! Gotta hand it to the Cajuns, they sure can cook up some good vittles!

Yep they sure can...I get some every time the wife comes in off the road. About every two weeks. She's a reginal freight relocator...lol. Love me some Turkey wing, or neck Gumbo, Redd beans and Rice, of coarse theirs some homemade Andouille sausage in their too....oooooooii, dat some good eatin' rite dere...

That looks delicious. Not a mustard guy so I'll skip that, but the cajun and hot sauce sound good.

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Originally Posted by ArthurLK11

That looks delicious. Not a mustard guy so I'll skip that, but the cajun and hot sauce sound good.

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You really don't taste mustard after it's cooked, just like people use mustard on ribs to make the seasoning stick to the ribs,it's just to make the batter stick to the fish... that's all.

looks ridiculous good for sure .
I seen an aussie fella one time coat a brisket in mustard before he cooked it
and some don't know this but bar b q sauce has a high amount of mustard in it .
its the base ingredient when you make homemade bar b q sauce

hum had not thought about using mustard as a coating wash, I like to dip it with fish thou and hot sauce. My new hot sauce is Sweet Baby Ray's Hot Sauce.

Can not taste the mustard, but holds coating real good. I'm from south La. and that looks like a lot of hot sauce.:dono haha I use Zatarains seasoned fish fry for the coating and I mix a little hot sauce with the mustard. Never thought about grits. Looks good.

I like more hot sauce than your average fella, so yeah it's not the norm to dump it on fish like I do. Tastes good to me! I'm going panfishing somewhere on tuesday. Now i've got to think of cooking it some other way before I put a report on here. You guys seem to like my catch n cooks!

Good stuff for sure. Mustard is many people's little secret. Great on grilled fish too. A competition cook by me puts mustard on his chicken and ribs after dry rub has set a while. Tried it and good stuff.

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