Crab Stuffed Whitefish
Crab Stuffed Whitefish is made with succulent whitefish stuffed with creamy and dreamy crab filling and topped with a lemon butter drizzle.
Equipment
- oven
- medium sauce pan
- baking pan
- cutting board
- small cup
Ingredients
- 2 pounds white fish
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 0.5 cup onion or small onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 8 ounces crab meat fresh picked over for bones or imitation crab
- 3 tablespoon cream cheese use light cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning or to taste
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoon garlic chives finely chopped (optional)
Lemon Butter Sauce
- 2 tablespoon butter use dairy free margarine if lactose intolerant
- 2 tablespoon lemon or juice of one lemon
Instructions
- 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 caramelize a little bit and then add garlic. Add chopped up crab meat/imitation crab meat, cream cheese (hold if lactose intolerant), 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 your 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 onto each fish fillet and spread until it is even.
- Roll up each fish fillet and lay seam side down on a greased baking pan.
- Melt butter. In a small cup mix melted butter and lemon juice with a tad bit of Old Bay seasoning and a little salt and pepper and drizzle over the tops of the crab stuffed whitefish.
- Bake crab stuffed whitefish for about 20-25 minutes or until they flake easily with a fork. Every 10 minutes, drizzle the pan drippings of the lemon butter sauce over the crab stuffed whitefish during cooking.
- Serve the crab stuffed whitefish hot out of the oven with a drizzle of the lemon butter sauce and extra wedges of lemon on the side with a tossed salad and vegetable.
Notes
If your white fish fillets are too thick to roll, cut your white fish fillet lengthwise down the center to make thinner fillets. Imitation crab can be used if needed, but check for sugar in diabetic diets.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 398kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 57gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 164mgSodium: 678mgPotassium: 855mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 348IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 72mgIron: 2mg
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