Tried this recipe today and it was absolutely fantastic.

Take fillets and dip in flour for a light coating.

Then take the coated fillets and dip them in Picante sauce, rather than your traditional egg wash. I used Pace Picante sauce - medium heat.

Next dip the fillets in your favorite dry batter and deep fry.

These fillets turned out to be some of the best I've ever made, they have a great wonderful flavor.

Enjoy!

thanks for passing this on, I'm always looking for different ways to cook are favorite fish, crappie

dang that sounds good. thanks for sharing i'm gonna give it a try soon

This sounds good for something a little different. Thanks

Had some friends over and used this recipe on crappie, bluegill, and yellow stripe fillets. Thought I was going to have a few leftovers with all the fish I was frying, man was I wrong, they ate them all. This is one you all have to try.

Will have to try that; always looking for something a little different. What do you use for your dry coating?

Lately, I've been using Zatarains Fish-Fri dry seasoned mix. We bought a large container from Sams club. Its a good all around dry mix for fish.

Alot of times I make my own with a 2/3rd flour and 1/3rd corn meal. Then I add Emerils Original Essence seasoning.