Creole Seafood Supreme

CAJUN CATFISH SUPREME

Steps:

• Sprinkle catfish strips with blackened fish seasoning. Spread catfish with mayonnaise. Place in a shallow dish, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• In a large skillet, heat 4 tablespoons butter until it begins to sizzle. Sear the fish strips until golden, turning once. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish, and arrange fish in a single layer.
• In the same skillet, heat remaining 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Cook and stir mushrooms in butter until golden. Stir in parsley, green onions, and shrimp. Reduce heat to low, and cook until shrimp are pink and tender. Stir in cream of shrimp soup, and blend well. Ladle soup mixture over fish in baking dish.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

CREOLE SEAFOOD SUPREME

Steps:

• Melt cream cheese and 6 tablespoons butter in microwave; set aside.
• Saute shrimp, green onions, bell pepper, and celery in remaining 2 tablespoons butter, app. 5 minutes or until just soft.
• In a large bowl, combine soup, mushrooms, hot sauce, garlic salt, Worchestershire, and cayenne. Add the cream cheese mixture and the sauteed shrimp mixture; stir to combine.
• Sprinkle crab meat with lemon juice; carefully stir into shrimp mixture. Stir in cooked rice.
• Spoon into a greased, 3 quart rectangular casserole dish. Top with cheese, then sprinkle with cracker crumbs and paprika.
• Bake at 350, for 30 minutes, or until bubbly.

SEAFOOD CREOLE

Steps:

• Mix together oregano, salt, white pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper, thyme, and basil in a small bowl; set aside.
• Melt butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; stir in tomato, onion, celery, green bell pepper, and garlic. Cook and stir until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in chicken stock, tomato sauce, sugar, hot pepper sauce, and bay leaves. Reduce heat to low and bring sauce to a simmer. Stir in seasoning mix and simmer until the flavors have blended, about 20 minutes.
• Gently stir in rock shrimp, bay scallops, and haddock; bring sauce back to a simmer and cook until the shellfish and fish are opaque, about 20 more minutes. Remove bay leaves to serve.