Creole Stuffed Trout With Crab Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Line a large baking sheet pan with parchment paper, sprayed with butter flavored Pam or other non-stick spray.
• 2. Generously salt both sides of each filet, and lightly sprinkle black pepper and creole seasoning on both sides of each filet.
• 3. Place fillets on baking pan and broil for 10 minutes or until thickest part is no longer opaque.
• 4. In a skillet melt butter over medium-high heat. Add garlic, green onion tops, and salt; saute for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently but don't let garlic brown.
• 5. Add crab meat and gently toss until heated through, being careful not to break up crab.
• 6. Serve one trout filet, sizzling hot, on a large plate and top with one quarter of the crab/butter mixture.
• 7. Garnish with 2 lemon wedges per plate, a green salad (if you must), and crusty french bread or yeast rolls. It'll make you slap yo' momma!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Fry the bacon slices until crisp and rendered of fat.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Crumble the bacon.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat from the pan into a small bowl and reserve.
• Brush a little reserved fat over the bottom of a baking dish that will fit the fish comfortably.
• Set aside.
• Heat the fat still in the frying pan and cook the scallions and celery, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5-7 minutes.
• Mix together the vegetables, lemon rind, parsley, crumbs, salt and pepper.
• Fold in the crabmeat and bacon.
• Bind with the egg.
• Open each fish like a book, skin side down.
• Spread the stuffing over one half.
• Pack it down firmly, then fold over the other half and press down gently.
• Close the opening with toothpicks if desired.
• Set the fish in the prepared baking dish or roasting pan.
• Brush the tope of the fish with a little reserved bacon fat.
• Bake until the fish is cooked, 25-30 minutes.
• Carefully transfer the fish to warmed serving plates and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the cornbread mix, egg and half of the seafood stock until smooth. Spread mixture into prepared pan and bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes. Once cooled, remove from the pans and break into large pieces with fingers.
• Increase oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Meanwhile, make the citrus butter sauce by whisking together orange juice, lemon juice, lime juice, orange zest, lemon zest, lime zest, and cornstarch in a medium saucepan over low heat. Bring to a simmer and add butter, continuing to simmer for 5 minutes. Remove sauce from heat, pour into heatproof dish and stir in the cilantro leaves; set aside.
• Spray a 12-inch skillet with nonstick cooking spray and saute the celery leaves, red bell pepper and onions for 2 minutes then add in the shrimp, scallops and crawfish. Continue to saute for another 3 minutes. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons seafood seasoning, white pepper, cilantro and the cornbread. Add remaining seafood stock, a little at a time, mixing well.
• Spray another large skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Stuff the inside of each trout with the cornbread mix and place into skillet. Place any remaining cornbread mixture around fish in skillet. Sprinkle remaining seafood seasoning on fish; drizzle with a little citrus butter and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
• To serve, divide spring mix or mixed greens onto individual dishes and place 1 trout on top of each. Drizzle with the remaining citrus butter, sprinkle with sliced scallions and garnish with orange slices.
• A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.

Steps:

• Season fish (with Creole seasoning). Saute seasoning. Blend crab meat and shrimp. Saute with seasoning. Beat eggs and milk together. Mix all ingredients above together in large saucepan. Add bread crumbs to mixture not too much just enough to make the stuffing hold together. Butter bottom of baking dish. Baste fish with butter and lemon juice. Layer dish with a layer of fish stuffing on top of bottom layer of fish. Place top layer of fish. Baste fish with butter and lemon juice (that's to moisten the fish before baking.) Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees. Keep fish moisten with lemon juice and butter.

Steps:

• Soak buns in milk and egg mixture.
• Saute celery, onions (not green), garlic and bell pepper in a heavy pot in the butter until wilted.
• Add worcestershire sauce, crabmeat and season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne.
• Cook over medium heat about 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add green onions.
• Then add buns.
• Mix well.
• Stuff crab shells (artificial).
• Sprinkle tops with bread crumbs and bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until brown.

Steps:

• Cook and stir onions and pepper in butter until tender.
• Removed from heat and add gread crumbs, parsley, lemon juice and basil.
• Rub cavities of trout with salt then stuff each with approx 1/4 cup of stuffing.
• Place fish in baking dish
• Cook uncovered in 350 degree oven until fish flakes easily. approximately 30 - 35 minutes.
• Garnish with cherry tomatoes and parsley if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan with butter.
• Wash mushrooms and remove stems. Scrape out mushroom caps to make an ample "bowl" for the filling.
• Mix cream cheese, 1 cup Colby-Jack cheese, green onions, seafood seasoning, Creole seasoning, and garlic powder together until thoroughly combined. Crumble in crabmeat, making sure there are no large chunks so the consistency works well for stuffing. Mix in bread crumbs.
• Start forming a ball of stuffing and place it in a mushroom cap, making the mushroom cap form-fit the ball. The stuffing should be ample so the mushroom cap wraps around the bottom half of the ball. Repeat to stuff remaining mushrooms, then transfer into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining Colby-Jack on top, smoothing it down so it sticks to the stuffing.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Turn on the broiler and broil until cheese is bubbly, about 3 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter a 13x9-inch pan.
• Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and sugar, and mix well.
• Whisk together 5 eggs, 6 tablespoons melted butter, and buttermilk. Add wet to dry ingredients, mixing just until incorporated. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is browned and a toothpick comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
• To Make Stuffing: In a small bowl, combine the 2 tablespoons salt with the white pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper, onion powder, oregano, thyme, basil, and bay leaves.
• In another bowl, combine the minced onions, green onions, parsley, red or green peppers, chili peppers, and garlic.
• Melt 1 cup butter in a large frying pan. Add the spices and cook for a few minutes. Add the vegetables and cook about 5 minutes. Do not allow the vegetables to brown. Add the stock and Tabasco. Stir and cook 5 minutes more. Crumble the cornbread into the skillet and mix; remove pan from heat.
• Whisk 7 eggs and evaporated milk; pour into stuffing mixture. Return to low heat and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Remove the bay leaves. Place stuffing in a bowl; cool before stuffing turkey.