Southern Fried Catfish and Hush Puppies

Ingredients - Fried Catfish
•	3 pounds of catfish fillets, cleaned
•	1 1/2 cup stone-ground corn flour
•	1 teaspoon salt & pepper
•	1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste)

Ingredients - Hush Puppies
•	1 large egg
•	2 cups buttermilk
•	1 3/4 cup stone ground whole grain cornmeal
•	1/2 cup minced onion
•	1 teaspoon baking powder
•	1 teaspoon baking soda
•	1 teaspoon salt
                      
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. 
2. In a stockpot, pour 1 1/2 inches of oil and heat oil until it reaches 375 F. 
3. Place wire racks on 2 baking sheets.
4. In a large bowl, mix the corn flour, salt, pepper and cayenne.
5. In a medium bowl, prepare the hush puppies batter by mixing the egg and buttermilk well.
6. Stir in the corneal to the hush puppies batter until well blended.
7. Stir in the onion. 
8. Dip each fish fillet into the seasoned corn flour; be certain to coat it well but shake off any excess. 
9. Put each fillet into the pot, fry until it is golden brown. This will take approximately 2-3 minutes on each side.
10. Set aside the remaining corn flour. 
11. Remove each fillet from oil, allowing the oil to drip off and placing it on one of the prepared baking sheets. 
12. Immediately place sheet in heated oven to keep fish warm. Repeat this process with all fillets. 
13. For the hush puppies, add the baking powder, salt and baking soda to the batter and mix well.
14. Add the leftover seasoned corn flour to the batter slowly, until the batter is thick enough to be spooned. 
15. Using two teaspoons, drop the hush puppies into the 375 F oil.
16. Fry until they are golden all over, which will take approximately 3 minutes.
17. Once done, take each hush puppie and place it on the heated rack in the oven with the fish. 
18. Once all hush puppies are done, serve immediately.