‘Round Midnight Recipes Recipe Blackened Catfish with kale salad and marinated tomatoes

Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 10 mins | Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients Directions • 2 lbs Catfish Catfish • 1 Tablespoon butter 1. Pre heat medium sized pan to high heat and add olive oil • 2 Tablespoon olive oil and 1/2 Tablespoon butter to pan. 2. To a medium bowl add sweet paprika, onion and garlic Blackening Seasoning powder, fresh ground pepper, dried oregano, dried thyme, • 2 teaspoons sweet paprika cayenne, and kosher salt and whisk with a fork until • 2 teaspoons onion powder seasonings are combined. • 1 1/2 teaspoon garlic 3. Season the catfish with blackening seasoning and place powder the fish in the hot cast iron pan. • 1 teaspoon fresh ground 4. Cook catfish for 3-4 minutes on one side and flip. Cook for pepper an additional 3 minutes, turn off heat, and add 1/2 • 1 teaspoon dried oregano Tablespoon butter. As butter is melting add 2 Tablespoons • 1 teaspoon dried thyme of lemon juice and 4 sprigs of thyme. • 3/4 teaspoon cayenne 5. With a spoon, baste catfish in lemon butter sauce and • 1/2 Tablespoon Butter serve. • 1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt Kale salad: • 4 Tablespoons Lemon juice 6. Wash and pat the kale dry. Remove kale leaves from stem • 8 sprigs fresh thyme and cut into 3 inch wide strips. 7. To a medium bowl add kale, lemon juice, and salt and pepper and massage for 5 minutes. Set aside to plate. Kale Salad Marinated Tomatoes • 1/2 bunch curly kale 9. In a small bowl add ice cubes and cold water for • 1 lemon blanching the tomatoes. • salt and pepper to taste 10. In a small sauce pan bring water to a boil. Place tomatoes in boiling water for 60 seconds. Marinated Tomatoes 11. Remove tomatoes and place them in the bowl of cold ice • 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes water to stop the tomatoes from cooking. • 1/2 cup olive oil • 1/4 cup lemon juice 12. Once cooled removed outer tomato skin with a fork or a • 1 Tablespoon fresh thyme small pairing knife, discard skin. • Salt and pepper to taste 13. In a small bowl add olive oil, lemon juice, fresh thyme, and salt and pepper and whisk. Add tomatoes and serve.

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