Stuffed Catfish

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Onion
1/4 cup	59ml	Green bell pepper
1/4 cup	27g / 1oz	Chopped celery
5 oz	142g	Tomatoes with chiles
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Cooked shrimp - coarsely ground
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Cooked crabmeat
1 teaspoon	5ml	Creole seasoning
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Cooked rice
2		Catfish fillets - (1/2 lb)
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Black pepper, freshly ground
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Green onion tops

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Melt butter; saute onion, green bell pepper, and celery. Add tomatoes. Stir in ground shrimp and crabmeat. Add Creole seasoning. Add cooked rice. Mix well. Sprinkle catfish fillets with black pepper. Place one catfish fillet in the bottom of a glass loaf pan (8 1/2- by 4 1/2- by 2 1/2-inches) that has been sprayed with vegetable oil cooking spray. Place stuffing on top of fillet.

Lay second catfish fillet on top of stuffing. Bake for 30 minutes or until done. Garnish with green onion tops. This recipe serves 4.

Source:
LOUISIANA FESTIVALS COOKBOOK, BOOK 1 by Lou Ana Gardens, Inc. (c) 1992 - Acadian House Publishers, Lafayette, LA - 214 pages - $21.95 - As reprinted in the Jul/Aug, 1993 issue of Cookbook Digest

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