Nashville Hot Catfish with apple-pecan slaw.
I have a nashville hot chicken tailgate at least once a year and when I do that, I keep my leftover 'bloomed' oil with the heat mixture in a squirt bottle in my pantry.
I've mentioned it before but you essentially fry chicken and then scoop a little of the oil out and put some brown sugar and garlic powder in it, then mix the amount of cayenne pepper you want depending on how hot you want it. The heated oil will bloom all that stuff and give you a great mix of flavors and since it's an oil, you can put it right on the fried food and it just kinda works into it.
I used a little olive oil to start frying and then squirted about a tablespoon of the bloomed oil into the pan (and a little more on top of the fish) before turning. Man that stuff came out good. I really liked the slaw as well; couldn't have been easier. An apple, a quarter head of red cabbage, a tablespoon of sugar, a tablespoon of vinegar and 3 tablespoons of mustard. Chop up as many pecans as you want, throw some pepper in there, toss to coat and let it sit in the fridge for an hour or so to come together.
I can't plate worth a damn but that stuff was outstanding.