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Cynthia’s Catfish Stew

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds or so of fresh potatoes sliced
  • 3 large Vidalia sweet onions sliced
  • 1 pound sugar cured bacon
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 6 really good and fresh catfish fillets
  • you can add cayenne pepper if you like it spicy

Instructions

  • Arrange bacon in the bottom of a cast iron dutch oven,cook slowly until browned.
  • Add a layer of sliced potatoes over bacon,then a layer of sliced onions,a layer of catfish,dash of salt and pepper,alternate until pot is full.
  • Add 2 1/2 cups water..pour down side of dutch oven so you don't wash the spices off
  • cook slowly on medium heat for 1 hour...then simmer for 30 minutes. It is done when potatoes are tender.