Cormeal Crusted Fish

A couple months ago I went deep sea fishing with my husband, brother-in-law and sister-in-law.  We caught 9 striped bass!  It was a lot of fun and at the end they filleted all of the fish and packed it up for us.......so now we have a freezer full!  I'm always looking for a new way to cook it and I've recently found a new favorite.  So easy and oh so good!  Here it is...

1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
salt and pepper
about 1 1/2 pounds of fish (of course you can adapt it for different amounts of fish.  I find this recipes works with any white fish)

Set up a breading station with the flour first, then buttermilk, and then cornmeal.  Season all three with salt and pepper. Then season the fish on both sides with salt and pepper. Add canola oil to the bottom of your frying pan until it thinly coats the bottom.  Turn up the heat so that the oil is spitting hot.  Pass the pieces of fish through your breading station making sure they are fully coated with cornmeal at the end.  Place each piece in the frying pan (make sure you place it away from you so oil doesn't spit on you).  After about 3-5 minutes flip the fish.  Continue cooking for 3-5 minutes on the other side (cooking time depends on the thickness of the fish.  Best way to know if it's done is to use a fork and put it in the middle of the fish.  If you can turn the fork and the fish flakes away you know it's done.  Enjoy!