Baked Catfish Creole – We Love God!

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Michael Lawrence

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood		Seafood	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3/4	c	Melted butter
1	c	Chopped onions
1	c	Chopped celery
1/2	c	Chopped bell pepper
1/4	c	Diced garlic
2		Bay leaves
2		Tomato sauce, 8 oz
1	c	Fish stock
1/2	t	Sugar
1	pn	Dry thyme
1	pn	Dry basil
1	c	Chopped green onions
1/2	c	Chopped parsley
		Salt and cracked black
		Pepper to taste
4		5-8 oz catfish fillets
1	c	90-110 count shrimp, peeled
		And deveined), And deveined
		Reserved Creole sauce
4	c	Cooked white rice
1/4	c	Chopped parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR SAUCE: In a two quart heavy sauce pan, melt butter over medium
high heat. Saute onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic and bay leaves
until vegetables are wilted, approximately three to five minutes. Add
tomato sauce and fish stock, bring to a low boil, reduce to simmer  and
cook thirty minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sugar, thyme,  basil,
green onions and parsley. Continue to cook ten additional  minutes and
season to taste using salt and pepper. Remove from heat  and set aside.
FOR COOKING: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place  catfish fillets in
an ovenproof casserole dish large enough to hold  the four fillets.
Sprinkle the shrimp evenly over the top of the  fillets. Spoon the
Creole sauce generously until fish and shrimp are  well covered. Place
covered baking dish in oven and cook  approximately thirty minutes or
until fish is done. Heat rice under  hot tap water and place an equal
amount in the center of each serving  plate. Serve catfish Creole on
top of white rice and garnish with  chopped parsley. This dish may also
be served over pasta.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 528 Calories From Fat: 268 Total Fat: 30.3g Cholesterol: 119.7mg Sodium: 621.9mg Potassium: 916.7mg Carbohydrates: 41.8g Fiber: 3.5g Sugar: 6.2g Protein: 22.6g