Cajun Stuffed Catfish on Creole Wild Rice

Name: Cajun Stuffed Catfish on Creole Wild Rice
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Catfish fillets; 1/2 lb shrimp; 1/2 lb crabmeat; 1 onion; 1 bell pepper; 4 clove garlic; 1/2 sleeve saltine crackers; 1 stick unsalted butter; 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning; 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper; olive oil; salt & pepper; 1 wild rice mix; 2 cup wild rice; water; 1 can black eye peas; 1 tbsp onion flakes; 1 tbsp garlic flakes; 1 tbsp cajun seasoning; salt & pepper

WeekendWarriors @cook_3012936

I wanted to make a gourmet entre with catfish, instead of the regular blackened or fried catfish. I created this recipe & used crabmeat & shrimp in the stuffing & blackeye peas & spices in the wild rice dish.

WeekendWarriors @cook_3012936

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Ingredients

40 mins

4 servings

4Catfish fillets
1/2 lbshrimp
1/2 lbcrabmeat
1onion
1bell pepper
4 clovegarlic
1/2sleeve saltine crackers
1 stickunsalted butter
2 tbspCajun seasoning
1/4 tspcayenne pepper
olive oil
salt & pepper
1wild rice mix
2 cupwild rice
water
1 canblack eye peas
1 tbsponion flakes
1 tbspgarlic flakes
1 tbspcajun seasoning
salt & pepper

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Steps

40 mins

1

Dice onion, pepper & garlic very small & cook in saute pan with a little olive oil & pinch of salt until soft. Remove from pan & put in bowl.
2

In a touch of oil & butter cook cleaned chopped shrimp until they turn color & then add the crabmeat & cook for 1 minute. Remove & put in the bowl with veggies & let sit until cooled.
3

Melt a stick of butter & let cool.
4

Roughly crush the saltine crackers & add to the bowl with the old bay seasoning, cayenne pepper, salt & pepper & gently fold into the mixture & add the melted butter & gently mix. The stuffing is done.
5

Season both sides of the catfish with salt & pepper & stuff a healthy amount of the stuffing into the inside part of the fillet & wrap the fish around it overlapping slightly on the bottom.
6

Crush a few saltine crackers finely and add cajun seasoning & small pinch of cayenne pepper & mix & sprinkle on the top of the rolled fillets.
7

Heavily grease a pan with butter & add stuffed catfish with folded side down & cook in 350° oven until done (approximately 20 minutes) & put under broiler for a minute to brown slightly if needed.
8

Rinse rice 3 times & add into a pot with all the ingredients expect the beans with the amount of water on rice cooking directions. Bring to a boil & stir & reduce flame to low.
9

When half way cooked add the black eyed peas & stir & let finish cooking.
10

Plate bed of rice & serve with a stuffed catfish on top.