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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: wdborgeson@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Cajun Blackened Fish or Chicken
- Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9405131402.A8058-0100000@othello.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 14:50:01 -0700 (PDT)
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- CAJUN BLACKENED FISH OR CHICKEN
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- INGREDIENTS AND EQUIPMENT:
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- Fish fillets or chicken parts
- Cajun spice mix (recipe follows)
- Large cast-iron skillet
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- CAJUN SPICE MIX
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- 5 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon cayenne powder (more to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon finely ground white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
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- Mix spices very well, and store in an air-tight container.
- Or, use a commercial Cajun spice mix such as Paul Prudhomme's.
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- TO PREPARE FISH FILLETS (redfish, grouper, mahi, snapper, rockfish, etc.)
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- Rinse fillets and pat mostly dry with paper towel. Leave slightly
- damp, as this moisture is going to adhere the spice paste to the fish.
- Coat fillets with spice paste. Coat skillet with small amount of canola
- or other high-heat oil, or oil spray (can be omitted, with slight risk of
- sticking depending on condition of skillet). Get the skillet good and
- hot, oil should be starting to smoke. Arrange fillets in skillet. Turn
- when half-done. Cooking time will depend on heat, and thickness of
- fillets - a minute on each side would be enough for typical rockfish
- ("Pacific red snapper") fillets. You want the spice coating NOT to be
- fully black - just darkened. Serve with lemon or lime wedges.
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- TO PREPARE CHICKEN PARTS
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- Skin parts, and remove excess fat. Rinse and pat mostly dry.
- Coat with spice paste. Arrange in hot skillet. Cook 5 minutes on each
- side, or until spice paste darkens up. Lower heat and continue cooking
- until done (juice should run clear, not pink, if a thick piece is pierced
- deeply with a knifetip), or finish in a 350 degree oven.
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- Will Borgeson <wdborgeson@ucdavis.edu>
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