Three Favorite Crappie Fish Recipes

Three favorite crappie recipes that will delight the family are the Crappie Casserole, Crispy Crappies and the Gumbo Crappies are so easy to make and very tasty. You can have a touch of the south or a touch of the north when you use these recipes to make your filets into a meal. There are so many recipes for crappie, but the best recipes that you will find are your favorite are these three great recipes.

Crappie Casserole

This special recipe gives you a taste of crappie in a delicious casserole. If you have no time for preparing meals, this is the dish you want to make. It only takes a few minutes to mix and then all you do is wait for the oven to bake it.

Italian salad dressing (about 2 cups)
Crappie filets (6 or 7)
Potato chips (half of a bag)
Cheese shredded (2 cups)
Onion
Salt to season
Pepper to season

Wash the fish and place them in a casserole dish. Salt and pepper to season.
Pour the Italian salad dressing over the filets in the dish. Then cut up the onion and lay over the top of the fish and salad dressing. Crunch up some potato chips and sprinkle over the fish covering the entire mix.

Cover the dish and bake at 400 degrees for thirty minutes. Take the dish out of the oven and place a layer of the shredded cheese over the mix. Place the dish back in the oven, bake until the cheese is bubbling, and melted.

Crispy Crappies

Crispy crappies are very tasty. You will enjoy the deep fried fish on any night of the week. It is very easy to mix together and fry in a pan or deep fryer.

Crappie filets (2 pound)
Garlic salt (2 tsp)
Onion powder (1 tsp)
Crushed butter crackers (2 cups)
Egg (1)
Beer (1/2 cup) any flavor
Cooking oil

In a small bowl, mix onion and garlic together. Place crappie filets on a piece of wax paper. Sprinkle half a teaspoon of garlic and onion mix over filets.
Place the crushed crackers in a bowl and add the remaining garlic and onion mix.

Place about a inch of oil in a fry pan. Heat this to about 375 degrees or use a deep fryer at 375 degrees.

In another bowl, beat the egg and beer together. Dip each filet into the egg mix and then in the cracker mix. Make sure to coat entire filet. Drop in the fry pan or deep fryer and fry for about four minutes or until golden on both sides.