Paw Paw’s (lake Charles) Catfish Court Bouillon

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	New Orleans		6	-8

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Finely chopped bell pepper
		white onions celery
6	c	Tomato sauce, to taste
1	gl	Water
2	T	Finely chopped parsley
1/2	c	Green onion tops
1	T	Worcestershire sauce
2	t	Salt
2 1/2	t	Red pepper
2 1/2	t	Black pepper
2	t	Garlic salt
3	t	Paprika

INSTRUCTIONS

Serving for 6-8 persons. Cook (fillet) fish prior to preparing court
bouillon, fish may be prepared in 2 ways: Broiled with butter, lemon
juice and paprika. Boiled, boil for 20-30 minutes.  First make a roux
(the cooking of flour and grease in equal portion,  cooked in large
pot), start with enough grease to cover the bottom of  pot and add
flour allowing the mass to thicken, until it darkens to  the color of
peanut butter. Add ingredients, allow ingredients to  simmer for 25
minutes. Then add cooked fish and place lid on pot, and  simmer for
another 30 minutes, being sure to stir carefully from side  to side in
pot every once and awhile to keep fish from sticking or  burning to
bottom of pot, and replace lid. Once court bouillon has  finished
cooking, cut fire off, add 2 bay leaves per gallon of court  bouillon,
then allow to cool 15 minutes, then reheat if necessary and  serve over
rice. This is pronounced "Catfish coo-boo-yon'" and is  served
complimentary to every diner at this great restaurant in Lake  Charles,
just off east bound I 10 on the way to New Orleans or  Florida.  Posted
to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 628 by "Joe"
<Broutek@worldnet.att.net> on Jan 29, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 80 Calories From Fat: 6 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 2868.2mg Potassium: 963.8mg Carbohydrates: 18g Fiber: 5.3g Sugar: 12.5g Protein: 4g