How to Make Perfectly Fried Catfish – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• About 1½ cups canola or peanut oil
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal, medium grind
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp. garlic powder
• 1 tbsp. Creole seasoning
• ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp. salt (plus more for seasoning fillets)
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 6–10 catfish fillets
• 2 cups Duke’s mayonnaise
• 1 cup chopped bread- and-butter pickles
• 2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
• 3 tbsp. chopped green onion, both white and green parts
• Juice and zest of 1 lemon
• 2 tsp. whole-grain dijon mustard
• 1 heaping tbsp. finely chopped garlic
• 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce
• 2 oz. whiskey
• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt