Stuffed Baked Fish
- Fish:
- 3 pound Fish
- Salt, pepper, flour
- 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Stuffing:
- 1 cup stale bread crumbs
- Salt, pepper, paprika
- 1 tablespoon minced parsley
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- Chopped onion and celery
Remove backbone from fish leaving head and tail attached. (Especially good fish for baking are red snapper, lake trout, salmon, bluefish) Rub fish with the cut lemon, then with salt, pepper and flour. Make dressing by combining all ingredients; stuff into cavity of fish and sew up or skewer together. Place fish in greased pan, dredge with salt, pepper, and flour, add water and butter to pan. Bake in hot oven 425°F, about 25 minutes or until browned, basting occasionally with liquid in pan. For a larger fish, allow 5 minutes more for each extra pound.
Submitted by May 24, 2009
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