Request - Seafood stuffing recipe

[BigTex]

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I want to try something a little different. Thinking of butterflying a couple of catfish filets and stuffing them with a seafood based mix and then baking.

Any recipes ?

[bayoutider]

I use this stuffing for many dishes.

1/2 pound jumbo lump crabmeat
1/2 pound (70-90 count) shrimp, peeled and de-veined
1/2 stick butter (use the real stuff if you can)
1/2 cup small diced onions
1/2 cup small diced celery
1/2 cup small diced red or green bell peppers
1/4 cup minced garlic
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
Kosher salt and black pepper to taste
1/2 tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning (or Creole seasoning)
As many dashes hot sauce (or any other cayenne based pepper sauce) as you like, to taste
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
6 pats butter

In a 12-inch cast iron skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Sauté; onions, celery, bell peppers, garlic and basil 3-5 minutes or until vegetables are wilted. Blend in shrimp and cook 2-3 minutes or until pink and curled. Cook 15-20 minutes, stirring until flavors develop. After most of liquid has evaporated, remove from heat and season with salt, pepper, hot sauce and parsley. Fold in crabmeat, being careful to not break lumps. Sprinkle in approximately 3/4 cup of bread crumbs to absorb any excess liquid and to hold stuffing intact. Divide mixture into equal portions and stuff into or place upon fillets. Place on baking pan and sprinkle with remaining bread crumbs. If using to make stuffed shrimp add a bit of shrimp stock or chicken stock, even vegetable stock to make dressing more pasty and form a coating around each shrimp then roll in remaining bread crumbs before baking or frying.

You can also add bay scallops, oysters or lobster meat to this recipe just keep the ratio of meat and other stuff the same. I like to add a few small oysters when using to stuff the head of lobster.

[Islander]

Eat the stuffing-throw the catfish away!!!

[bayoutider]

If you use my recipe to stuff vegetables like merliton or eggplant mix in some of the vegetable meat scooped out to make room for the stuffing. Do this before folding in the crabmeat which is already cooked btw and let most of the liquid be absorbed. A sprinkle of Parmesan cheese turns a vegetable into a main dish.

[bamapeppy]

There goes Rich stealing another recipe from me.

Mix this into some cornbread and some chicken stock to stuff a chicken. Cubed eggplant is good in this. You might throw the chicken away.

[BamaLuver]

I'd throw out the catfish and substitute flounder!

[BigTex]

	Quote:	BamaLuver
	I'd throw out the catfish and substitute flounder!

I wish I could. Flounder is hard to find here. I dont recall seeing it for a great while.

[BamaLuver]

	Quote:	BigTex
	I wish I could. Flounder is hard to find here. I dont recall seeing it for a great while.

Really? That surprises me. I also love stuffed shrimp!

[thetideinmd]

	Quote:	BigTex
	I want to try something a little different. Thinking of butterflying a couple of catfish filets and stuffing them with a seafood based mix and then baking. Any recipes ?

had you thought of a maryland crabcake recipe? just be sure it includes old bay seasoning!