Whole Rockfish Stuffed With Crabmeat Food

CRAB STUFFED FISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F; coat a 9x13-inch baking dish w/ non stick cooking spray.
• In a large skillet melt 4 T butter over medium-high heat. Add celery, onion & parsley. Sauté until tender. Remove from heat and stir in crabmeat, bread crumbs, lemon juice and red pepper flakes.
• Spoon crabmeat mixture evenly over the filets. Starting from the small end, roll up each fillet, jelly roll- style. Place the rolls seam side down in baking dish. Melt the remaining butter and drizzle over fillets. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake for 20 -25 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

CRABMEAT-STUFFED WHOLE BAY FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment and grease the paper with butter. Rinse the flounder; pat dry with paper towels. Place the fish on the prepared baking sheet with head-side up.
• Starting on one side of the fish, insert a knife horizontally into the slit. Begin cutting, about 1 inch from the head, between the flesh and bone, stopping just before the tail to form a pocket. Cut another pocket on the opposite side of the fish.
• Combine the crabmeat, saltines, mayonnaise, parsley, egg, green onion and Old Bay Seasoning in a medium bowl and fold together. Spoon the mixture evenly into the prepared fish pockets.
• Sprinkle the fish with the bread crumbs and drizzle with the melted butter. Bake until the fish flakes easily when tested with fork, about 25 minutes.

ROCKFISH WITH CRAB AND OLD BAY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet on medium hi heat for 3 minutes. Melt 2 tbsp butter in skillet. Season flesh side of fish with 1 1/2 tsp Old Bay seasoning. Place fish skin side up in skillet. Cook 5 minutes, turning fish after 3 minutes. Remove fish from skillet; keep warm. Reduce heat to medium.
• Stir wine into skillet, scraping bottom to loosen browned bits. Add remaining butter and green onion; cook and stil 1 minute. Gradually stir in cream.
• Stir in mustard and remaining Old Bay. Simmer 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in crabmeat. Return fish to skillet, cover. Cook 3 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork.