Creamy stuffed crabs

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Creamy stuffed crabs

Description

Creamy stuffed crabs

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :25 Min

Cook Time : 15 Min

Total Time : 40 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 1
  • 1 kgs white fish to stuff


  • 1 tbsp olive oil


  • 1/2 cups onion(small onion,chopped)


  • 2 nos garlic slice(minced finely)


  • 1 cups crab meat


  • 2 tbsp cream cheese


  • 1/2 tsp old bay seasoning


  • 2 tsp salt and pepper


  • 2 tbsp garlic chives(chopped finely)


  • 2 tbsp butter


  • 1 cups juice of lemon

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 190 degrees C (375 F).
  • In a medium sauce pan add olive oil and heat to medium heat. Add in onions until they begin to sweat down and even start to caramelise a little bit and then add garlic. Add chopped up crab meat/imitation crab meat, cream cheese, old bay seasoning, salt and pepper and garlic chives and stir until well incorporated. Remove crab mixture from heat and allow to cool.
  • Lay out the white fish, remove all bones, skin and wash and dry and lie on cutting board with the back side up and top side facing down. Layer on a thick layer of crab meat mixture on to each fish fillet and spread until it is even.Roll up each fish fillet and lay with seam side down on a greased baking pan
  • Melt butter and in a small cup mix melted butter and lemon juice, some salt and pepper and drizzle over the tops of the crab stuffed flounder.
  • Bake crab stuffed whitefish for about 20-25 minutes or until they flake easily with fork. Check if your fish is ready every 10-15 mins and make sure you drizzle the lemon-butter mixture when you do.
  • Serve the crab stuffed whitefish hot out of the oven with a drizzle of the lemon butter sauce.