Crab Stuffed Flounder

This tasty stuffed flounder recipe features baked flounder fillets with a mustardy crabmeat and cracker mixture, topped with mayo, parsley and paprika.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 308 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg yolk
• ¼ cup butter, melted
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 5 tablespoons mayonnaise
• ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• ¼ teaspoon ground dry mustard
• ground white pepper to taste
• 1 ½ pounds flounder fillets
• 1 cup crabmeat - drained, flaked and cartilage removed
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped green bell pepper
• 3 crushed saltine crackers

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Rinse flounder fillets and pat dry with paper towels. Lightly grease a shallow baking dish.

Step 3

Combine crabmeat, crushed saltines, bell pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and white pepper together in a medium bowl. Combine egg white and 1 tablespoon mayonnaise in a small bowl; stir into crabmeat mixture.

Step 4

Brush fillets with melted butter; place in the prepared baking dish. Spoon crabmeat mixture over fillets and drizzle with any remaining butter.

Step 5

Meanwhile, make topping: lightly beat egg yolk in a small bowl. Stir in 5 tablespoons of mayonnaise. Remove fish from the oven and spread this mixture over stuffing; sprinkle with parsley and paprika.

Step 6

Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) and bake until golden and bubbly, about 5 or 6 minutes.