Our Crappie Recipes will leave your tastebuds screaming for more! Poor Man's Lobster This crappie recipe will make a great meal when you are crimped for time.
As long as the crappie fillets are completely thawed, microwave takes 5 minutes and oven time takes 20 to 30 minutes for this dish.
Looks like Crappie tastes like Lobster Ingredients: 2 lbs Crappie fillets ½ to 1 Stick of butter (Depending on number of fillets)  Granulated garlic powder Lemon juice Paprika  Directions:  Take crappie fillets and wash thoroughly.
This crappie recipe suggests using a microwaveable glass dish, large enough to slightly overlap your crappie fillets.
Add butter in dish and microwave until completely melted.
Lightly sprinkle crappie fillets on both sides with your granulated garlic power.
Add crappie fillets one at a time and dip in butter to coat both sides, when done, top all fillets with a light coating of paprika for presentation or as a substitute use red pepper, use caution,  season as needed because the more red pepper you add the hotter your crappie fillets will be.
Microwave on high for 5 minutes or until crappie fillets are flakey.
Pull out of microwave and add lemon juice over the top of fillets and this crappie recipe is ready to eat.
For oven, pre-heat oven to 350 degree and put this same crappie recipe in for 20 minutes.
Baked Crappie Recipe Ingredients:  6 to 8 Crappie fillets (approx.
3 lbs.
)  1 stick butter  Dash of Lemon  Fresh parsley (chopped)  Tony Chachere's original Creole Seasoning Directions: This crappie recipe calls for coating the bottom of an oven proof dish with butter.
Place crappie fillets in pan, pour melted butter over the crappie and sprinkle each filet with Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning and the chopped parsley.
Bake in a pre-heated 375 degree oven until this crappie recipe is done, about 20 minutes.
When you remove the crappie fillets from the oven, sprinkle them with Lemon.
Serve immediately.
Enjoy this tasty crappie recipe, it's quick & easy..
Southern Fried Crappie My crappie recipe is sure to please your taste buds.
Great for family or large gatherings anytime and can be prepared indoors or when your camping outdoors.
You will need an electric or LP gas deep fryer that will heat up to 375 degrees, large enough to handle crappie fillets, french fries & hush puppies.
A question for most folks is how many pounds of fish do I prepare for the number of guest I have coming to my event? You will allow ½ Lb per person including children, some adults will eat more than ½ Lb where kids and other adults will eat less.
You will need 5 Lbs of fillets for 10 people.
Remember LP gas fryers should always be used outdoors or a well ventilated area.
Ingredients: 2 Lbs Crappie Fillets or more ½ to 1 gal.
Canola Oil 1-20 oz bag Uncle Bucks seasoning will season 2 to 3 Lbs 1 bag French Fries 1 package Hushpuppies Directions: Completely thaw fillets at room temperature and wash all fish fillets.
Preheat canola oil in fryer to 375 deg.
Add fish seasoning to your 1 gallon Ziploc bag, have a bowl of water handy to dip fish in before adding 2 to 3 fillets in bag , shake and coat well.
  Immediately add one piece at a time to oil, do not over fill fryer.
Cook to 3 minutes and separate pieces with spatula and cook for additional 3 minutes.
6 minutes total cooking time per batch.
Try using seasoning on your fries.
Prepare yourself for a mouth watering experience with this crappie recipe.