Stuffed Tilapia With Crab Meat

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 tilapia fillets (about 6 ounces each)
• 1 (6 ounce) can drained and flaked crabmeat
• 1 small onion
• 1 celery rib
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/8 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• melted butter
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 chop the onion into fine pieces.
• 2 mince the celery into fine pieces.
• 3 saute the onion and celery with butter in a frying pan until the vegetables are tender.
• 4 add parsley to the frying pan.
• 5 remove the frying pan from the heat and stir in bread crumbs and crab meat, together with lemon juice and cayenne pepper.
• 6 grease a 9x13 inch oven pan.
• 7 spread the crab meat mixture over the tilapia fillets and roll them up.
• 8 place the stuffed tilapia in the greased dish, seam side down.
• 9 sprinkle melted butter and paprika powder over the stuffed tilapia.
• 10 place the stuffed tilapia in the oven and bake the tilapia rolls at 400°f.
• 11 the baked tilapia is finished when it is easy to flake the fish with a fork, usually after 20-25 minutes.