Crappie not fried

[turk870]

With this new diet my cardiologist has me on fried is not an option, so I'm thinking grilled or baked y'all got any recipes

 

[74MOPAR]

Try the smoker if you have one.

 

[bigjohn]

May still be too fried but it's good.
Blackened Crappie
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped very fine.

Mix above ingredients in bowl. Dip crappie fillets into melted sweat cream butter, then coat fillet with mixture. Drop into a very hot cast iron skillet in which you have melted about a tablespoon of sweat cream butter. I'd recommend to do this outside

Baked
butter, lemon pepper and dots pretzel rub or club crackers crushed up in a glass dish covered

 

[swampbadger]

There's only two ways to cook crappie… deep fried and wrong!

Good Luck.

 

[Trapper John]

Blackened or baked as mentioned above. Love blackened crappie.

 

[gtk]

Blackened on the blackstone..

 

[redblood]

Crappie patties, browned in olive oil.

 

[Mud Creek]

Blackened in a skillet, grilled crappie tacos, baked lemon pepper crappie, tons of good recipes. My wife would rather have them grilled or baked these days.

 

[ADR]

Crappie tacos are legit

 

[Savage]

Blackening seasoning, brush with olive oil and stick in the oven at 400 for about 15 minutes.

 

[Hymie3]

Air fryer has been pretty good for me.

 

[Pilchard]

 

[brassmagnet]

There's only two ways to cook crappie… deep fried and blackened!

FIFY, blackened is always a good excuse to eat more whole fries after the fillets get gone.

 

[redblood]

Air fryer has been pretty good for me.

Please elaborate. Looks great. Fried fish is the only fried food i eat. But that looks incredible

 

[Forvols]

If you dont have one a blackstone griddle is great for using little oil but still get a fried effect I have done fish on it before just using cajun seasoning or salt black pepper and lemon turned out really good. Also consider an air fryer, Ive done fish in it before also. Blackstone's you can get 17", 22", 28" and 36". I have the 22in perfect size for wife and I very versatile cooking equipment. Both can help really reduce oil usage for cooking but still come close on deep fried.

 

[Harold Money jr]

My family absolutely loves pan fried (olive oil and butter mixed) crappie and anything else. Old bay seasoning is the star of the show.
Dip cold crappie fillets in melted butter.
Liberally sprinkle old bays on both sides.
Olive oil and butter mixed in hot skillet just enough to keep fillets from sticking.
I put these fillets on a stack of "yellow rice"
It's a huge hit whenever I fix it.

 

[swampbadger]

most of these recipes need oil or butter to keep fish from sticking to a baking sheet, skillet or blackstone.

I can't see how they'd be much all that much healthier than deep fried.

Grilled or smoked with the fish hanging away from flames and cooked on low would make the most sense but also take forever and be the most work.

I've put fresh fish in an airfrier and they came out chewy and weird. precooked nuggets, gordmans fishsticks and fries come out ok, but that's been it.

Maybe I did it wrong but I eventually broke down and fried them and that made everything right.

 

[7mm08]

Usually it's the cigarette after the fried crappie that gets ya.

Blackened sounds awesome.

 

[Hymie3]

Please elaborate. Looks great. Fried fish is the only fried food i eat. But that looks incredible

You can use whatever coating you like either from a box or make your own with corn meal ect. Just rinse off the filets then pat dry, run them through the mix and lay them out on the air fryer basket. Then after you have them coated, spray with an oil, I use avocado oil spray. Do one side then air fry them for I think 4 minutes on one side. Pull out flip over spray other side. 4 more minutes then done. They look just like a traditional deep fry except none of the bad oil. And taste great.

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

I've never done it with crappie but I blacken sauger all the time. Season the fillets with a seasoning of your choice, melt some butter in a skillet, then toss them in. My favorite is to eat them over a bed of wild rice. I'd almost rather have them that way than fried.