Hey Cookaholics Chef Kendra here and today we are making catfish stew
so let's you and I do we do and make it happen! we're going to wash our vegetables off
these are fingerling potatoes let me give these
nice wash let's off our bell pepper
and our celery we have some Italian peeled tomatoes
first thing we're going to handle is these potatoes i'm just going to cut them
half inch and something like that bite size pieces
now i'm celery
not a bill it's a funny looking bell pepper right
you use red bell pepper green yellow it doesn't matter
what i like about this dish
is that the chopping is big
now believe it or not this is bacon it's not smoked
now you're smart you got your bacon in the freezer for about 20 minutes and it makes it easier to cut
i unfortunately did not and sometimes baby the show got to go on
we have some beautiful catfish fillets right here look at that so what we're gonna do is we're gonna
cut the catfish into bite-sized pieces also and then we're gonna put it back on this plate cover
the plate and put the catfish in the refrigerator cover because you don't need it until later on
now like i said i'm gonna cover this with plastic wrap and i'm get it back in the refrigerator and
i'm going to come back to a little bit later now i'm going to take those tomatoes
got these tomatoes and i'm going to pour them in here
and i'm going in with my nice clean hands and i'm just going to squish them i actually enjoy this
yeah boy
we're there
we're gonna get this pan and it's a large one over medium heat we're going to add the bacon
we're just going to cook and stir this bacon until this releases almost all of its fat
and i have a little seasoning blend here it has cloves nutmeg allspice and it smells so good
okay guys look at that that's just where we wanna be
look at all those crispy bacon bits
look at all that rendered fat now we're gonna add our onions pepper and celery
we're going to stir and cook this for a couple minutes
mmm smells so good in here are you kidding me how could it not
now we're to add the garlic
and we're going to cook this for about another minute
we have our crock pot over here that we've been warming up for about 15 minutes take the top off
and grab this turn off the heat with a little shake
and we're going to pour it in here in the bottom of my crock pie all of it
now guys we're going to add the potatoes
some salt
those cloves nutmeg and allspice
this is clam juice
these are those beautiful tomatoes that we squish with our hands
we have all our goodies in there we're going to give this a stir
now we're not done yet don't go running off thinking you got the whole thing
it's more toward than this
let's get the top on
we're gonna set our timer for five hours
and we're gonna walk away
you know the largest catfish ever caught was the mekong
giant catfish this thing weighed in at 656 pounds and it went down in northern thailand
actually the mekong giant catfish is an endangered species
hey guys you can find this and other fine recipes
at chef kendrick.com that's chefkendra.weebly.com you know i got you
that's it for this time i'll see you next time chef kendra is out peace