So anything is good fried. You guys cook crappie any other ways? I have never been much of a fisherman, but got a new boat and ready to get after some crappie. My wife loves fish, but not fried.

Bake them or grill them. I like to blacken them and make fish tacos but don't do it inside the house or you'll set off all the smoke alarms.

The head is the only good part ..... boil them and make fish soup, and I will come by and haul the scrap off for you.

Fried /Fish Tacos/Blackened..Try Zatarans Crab Cake Mix,substitute diced/chopped/ ground/ Crappie..or any other fish for CRAB..Easy too

Afaik it is against the law to eat crappie any way but fried in yellow cornmeal.

I like them fried the best either whole or filleted. One non-fried way that really turned out pretty good was whole on the charcoal grill. Do it similar to how you'd see a snapper or sea bass grilled whole. Descaled, gutted, cut some slits in the sides and season to taste. Stuffing some lemon, herbs and butter in there helps. I guess a lot of people don't like the head on there, but you get the most out of each fish if you cook them whole.

Fillet and skin them, dip in an egg & milk wash, roll in Zatarains Crisp & Bake for Seafood, then put in the oven at 375 for 15-20 minutes. Mmmmmmmmm good!!

If you haven't had Parmesan Baked Crappie, you haven't lived.

Jacob, you mind sharing your recipe. I'd like to give it a shot.

This is not something I thought up. Came from another person on the forum, but it is OUTSTANDING.


Ingredients
1 or 2 eggs
3/4 cup panko italian or any bread crumbs
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon ground dried thyme
fish filets
1/4 cup melted butter

directions
1.pre heat oven to 450
2.in a small bowl prepair egg wash.in a separate bowl mix together bread crumbs,parmesan cheese , and thyme.
dip filets in egg wash then press into crump mixture to coat.place filets in glass baking dish,and drizzle in melted butter.
3.bake on top rack of preheated oven until fish flakes easily,about 15 mins.

enjoy.

I like fried
Batter dipped for Fish Tacos
One of my favorites is Crappie Scampi!

WHAT?????? .... yellow cornmeal is for fish without scales!!!!

Scaly fish use Seasoned bread crumbs or Zatarains.

Parmesan panko bread crumb baked. My wife does not like fish much but loves that recipe. Downsiide it its best with difficult to catch crappie.

I made blackened crappie with pontchartrain sauce last night and it was awesome! You can pretty much put that sauce on anything though and it would be great.

BBQ Crappie , OOWEEE good!

My Home made recipe.

. 3/4 Quart bag of Crappie.
. non stick spray
. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
. McCormick BBQ seasoning
. One Throw away aluminum pan (Or line a cake pan with foil)

1. Spray bottom of pan with non-stick spray
2. Pour a think coak of olive oil on the bottom of he pan.
3. Sprinkle BBQ seasoning onto the bottom of the pan.
4. Lay crappie out flat on the bottom of the pan (They can be stacked if you have a lot).
5. Sprinkle BBQ seasoning on top of crappie also.
6. Grill the Crappie on a Gas grill on med for 20 min.



Served on a plate of Rice. Cooked like this, it is My Wife's favorite.