Catfish Stew

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 lbs cleaned and de-boned catfish
• 4 lbs potatoes
• 5 -6 medium onions
• 4 -5 slices lamb fatback
• 3 -4 hard-boiled eggs
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• hot sauce, to taste (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cut catfish into thumbnail-size squares.
• 2 salt and pepper pieces pretty heavily and put into refrigerator until time to use.
• 3 peel the boiled eggs and chop into small pieces.
• 4 peel potatoes and cut into small cubes and cover with water until ready to use.
• 5 peel onions and slice into rings.
• 6 fry fatback crisp.
• 7 put pieces aside and pour drippings into a large pot.
• 8 bring fatback drippings to a medium heat, add onions and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally; remove onions to a bowl.
• 9 put about 4 or 5 cups of water in the pot, bring to a boil, put the potatoes in the pot.
• 10 you might have to add more fresh water to barely cover the potatoes.
• 11 cook about 15 or 20 minutes;i crumble up the fried fatback and put it in with the potatoes, but you don't have to.
• 12 put the onions back in the pot with the potatoes and bring to almost a boil, throw in a handful of fish, stir a little, throw in some more fish, stir a little more, do this until you use all the fish.
• 13 i use a long skinny spoon so the fish won't get all mashed up; i like chunks of fish in the stew.
• 14 add the boiled eggs and stir.
• 15 cook on medium for about 6 minutes.
• 16 stir a couple of times to be sure the potatoes aren't sticking to the bottom of the pot.
• 17 taste.
• 18 add more salt, pepper, and hot sauce if needed.
• 19 enjoy!