Merry Mondays Cuisine

Crab Meat Stuffed Tilapia – A delicious blend of crab meat and tilapia make up this simple tilapia recipe.
Ingredients to make Crab Meat Stuffed Tilapia
1 small onion
1 rib celery
4 tablespoons of butter
1/4 cup of fresh parsley
½ cup of bread crumbs
1 can of drained and flaked crab meat
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1/8 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
6 tilapia fillets
Melted butter
Paprika powder

Directions to make Crab Meat Stuffed Tilapia
Step 1:
Chop the onion into fine pieces.Mince the celery into fine pieces.

Step 2:
Sautee the onion and celery with butter in a frying pan until the vegetables are tender. .Add parsley to the frying pan.

Step 3:
Remove the frying pan from the heat and stir in bread crumbs and crab meat, together with lemon juice and cayenne pepper.

Step 4:
Grease a 9×13 inch oven pan.Spread the crab meat mixture over the Tilapia fillets and roll them up.

Step 5:
Place the stuffed Tilapia in the greased dish, seam side down.

Step 6:
Sprinkle melted butter and paprika powder over the stuffed Tilapia.

Step 7:
Place the stuffed Tilapia in the oven and bake the rolls at 400° Fahrenheit. The stuffed Tilapia is finished when it is easy to flake the fish with a fork, usually after 20-25 minutes.