Sauteed catfish and ginger peach sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup All pupose flour
1 tablespoon Dry thyme
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pepper
4 Catfish fillet( 4-6 oz each)
2 tablespoons Walnut( salad) oil
1 tablespoon Margarine or butter
½ cup Coarsely chopped pecans
1 tablespoon Margarine or butter
1 teaspoon Minced ginger
1 Can 16 oz sliced drained peaches or 1/2 c peeled, chopped fresh peaches
1 cup Peach preserves
1 tablespoon Ketchup
1 tablespoon White wine vinegar
¼ teaspoon Hot pepper sauce (tabasco)

Directions

GINGER PEACH SAUCE

In a med. size bowl combine flour thyme salt & pepper. Rinse fish & pat dry. Dredge fish in flour mixture; shake off excess and lay fillet's in a single layer on a plate.

In a 10 to 12" frying pan over med. heat ; heat oil & butter, add pecans & stir until fragrant( 1 -2 min.) Transfer nuts to paper towel to drain. Add fish to pan, without overlapping( you may need to cook in two batches).

cook until fish is crisp & golden on bottom, about 4 min.; turn fillets over & cook until fis is opaque and tender in center of thickest area, another 4 min.

Transfer fish briefly to paper towel to drain the arrange on plates spoon ginger peach sauce over each serving, sprinkle with pecans. Viola, now here comes the sauce.

Ginger Peach Sauce

1 T margarine or butter 1 t minced ginger 1 can 16 oz sliced drained peaches or ½ c peeled, chopped fresh peaches 1 c peach preserves 1 T ketshup 1 T white wine vinegar ¼-½ t hot pepper sauce (tabasco) Melt margarine in a small sauce pan over medium heat; add ginger and stir 1 min. If using fresh peaches, add and cook, stirring occ., until peaches are fork tender,about 2 min.Add canned peaches, if using, and preserves; stir until jam melts. Stir in ketshup, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce. Transfer mixture to a blender or food processor and whirl until peaches are coarsely chopped.(Sauce can be cooled and refrigerated up to 2 weeks.) To serve, warm sauce, stirring, in a sauce pan over med. heat Will make four servings depending on how well you like it :-)

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