BBQ Catfish

We've been seeing BBQ fish on the menus of local restaurants and our curiosity had been piqued. I found a couple of recipes and here's what I came up with for us to try this week.

Ingredients:

• 1 TB butter
• 1 Cup Diced Tomatoes
• 3 LB Catfish
• 1 Cup Vinegar
• 1 Garlic Clove
• 3 or 4 chili peppers
• 1 tsp Thyme
• 1 tsp Liquid Smoke
• 1 Grated onion
• 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
• 1/2 tsp Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Directions:

• Heat the butter in a saucepan.
• Mash the tomatoes into the butter until soft and the ingredients blend together into a tomato sauce.
• Add vinegar, garlic, thyme, liquid smoke, grated onion, sea salt, and black pepper.
• Bring to a boil and cook at a light simmer for an hour.
• Cool the sauce.
• Place the fish in a dish and marinade with the cooled sauce for at least 4 hours.

• Place the fish on a broiler pan, cover with the diced tomatoes, reserving the more liquid part of the sauce.
• Cook the fish for 12 to 15 minutes, constantly basting with the reserved liquid, until the fish flakes easily with a fork, or becomes blackened to taste.