Hot Honey Catfish Biscuits
Hot honey catfish biscuits, with crispy fried catfish drenched in hot honey sauce on fluffy buttermilk biscuits will be your new obsession! Better than anything you'd find at a restaurant, these sandwiches are perfect for brunch, picnics, and parties.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 419kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Catfish Brine
- 4 catfish filets 3 to 4 ounces each, rinsed, patted dry, and cut in half
- ¾ cup buttermilk whole or low fat
- 2 teaspoons hot sauce such as Crystal
- 1 teaspoon salt
Catfish Breading
- 1 ¼ cups fine yellow cornmeal
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon celery salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Peanut oil or canola or vegetable oil, for frying
Hot Honey Sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup raw honey
- 1 - 2 tablespoons sriracha or hot sauce
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Sliced dill pickles for serving, optional
Instructions
- Combine the buttermilk, hot sauce, and salt in a shallow baking dish or pie plate and place the catfish pieces in the dish, being sure to coat all sides. Cover the dish in plastic wrap and transfer it in the refrigerator.
- Follow the step-by-step instructions in our Southern buttermilk biscuit recipe to make the biscuits. Set the biscuits aside while you prepare the catfish.
- Combine the cornmeal, paprika, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, celery salt, and cayenne pepper in a large zip-top bag. Take the catfish pieces out of the buttermilk brine, remove excess liquid by dangling the fish over the dish with one hand and running your fingers down the sides each piece of fish with other hand, and place them two at a time in the zip-top bag. Gently toss the fish in the bag to coat it with the breading.
- Place the breaded fish on a baking sheet lined with a wire cooling rack while you heat the oil to allow the breading to set.
- Fry the catfish pieces in hot oil for 3 to 4 minutes until crispy and golden brown. Carefully remove the catfish pieces from the oil with a spider strainer or slotted spoon and transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
- Melt the butter for the hot honey sauce in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the honey, sriracha, garlic, red pepper, and salt, and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes until smooth.Assemble the sandwiches by splitting open a biscuit and placing a piece of fish on top of the bottom half.
- Drizzle a generous amount of the hot honey sauce on top of the fish, add a dill pickle if desired, and place the biscuit's top half over it all!
Notes
- Almost any mild-flavored white fish is a good substitute for catfish in this recipe. I recommend tilapia, Seabass, redfish, freshwater perch, or red snapper.
- Store leftover catfish pieces, biscuits, and hot honey sauce separately in airtight containers in the refrigerator. Leftover catfish will keep for up to three days, biscuits for up to five days, and hot honey sauce for up to a week.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 419kcal | Carbohydrates: 45.9g | Protein: 19.8g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3.7g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 785mg | Potassium: 5mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9.1g | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 1mg