Southern Classic: Catfish Stew – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 3 slices smoked bacon, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 28-oz. cans whole tomatoes, crushed by hand
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp. paprika
• 1/4 tsp. pinch celery seed
• 1 bay leaf
• A pinch of sugar
• 1/4 cup Texas Pete hot sauce
• 2 lb. catfish filet, cut into 1-inch pieces
• Salt and pepper, to taste