Flounder With Blue Crab Stuffing

Recipe Ingredients

1		Flounder - (abt 4 lbs)
1/4 cup	59ml	Vegetable oil
		Blue Crab Stuffing
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Blue crab meat
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Chopped onion
1 cup	110g / 3.9oz	Chopped celery
1		Chopped green pepper
2		Garlic - minced
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Soft bread crumbs
3		Eggs - beaten
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Pepper

Recipe Instructions

Remove scales, head and viscera from flounder. Rinse then cut flounder, using a sharp knife, lengthways down the middle of it's dark side. (A flounder has one dark side and one light side and the backbone goes down the middle of the flat side.) The cut should be as deep as the back bone will allow. Tilt knife sideways and cut horizontally along each side of the backbone to make two pockets.

Prepare Florida Blue Crab Stuffing: Remove pieces of shell or cartilage from crab meat. Cook onion, celery, green pepper and garlic in butter until tender, but not brown. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. (Makes stuffing for six 3/4-pound flounder or one 4-pound flounder)

Place fish on an oiled baking pan and loosely fill both pockets with Blue Crab Stuffing. Brush flounder with oil, making sure the fins are well coated. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until the fish flakes easily.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
Fresh From Florida Cookbook at http://www.fl-ag.com/flckbk

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