Fried Perch Fish Recipe

How to make it

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• Take off heads and scales an inside guts of fish and wash them with warm water to clean them .
• sprinkle salt and pepper onto them.
• Place black pot onto burner
• pour hog lard into pot
• turn on burner let this get hot ( away to tell if oil is hot get a large white tip kitchen match and throw it in ..if it lights up for a second then goes out ...it is ready for frying)
• Now you are ready to fry..
• Take one of your brown paper bags
• pour some of the bag of corn meal into the the brown paper bag with salt and pepper
• then add a few of the fish at a time .
• close bag and shake this will coat the fish
• now take one at a time and place into hot oil do not over load your pot with fish put just a few at a time around 5 to 6.
• let them cook until brown or another way if the fish start to float it is time to take them out.
• While the fish is frying
• take the other 2 brown paper bags and place one into the other for thickness.....place some of the paper towels inside of the bag. to help absorb the oil from the fish.
• After fish is cooked place fish inside the bag onto the paper towels and close bag.
• this will keep them warm until all the fish is fried. repeat the paper towels in between each frying of fish.
• This can be served with a salad or french fries.....