How to Cook Crab Stuffed Fish Fillet
Servings: 3 servings
Ingredients
- 720 gms lapu-lapu fillet
- 6 slices Quickmelt Cheese thinly sliced
- oil for frying
Crabmeat Filling:
- 1 cup crabmeat
- 1/3 cup fresh milk
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 Tbsp onion chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup button mushrooms finely chopped
- 1 tsp cornstarch dissolved in a little amount of water for thickening
Instructions
How to cook Crab Stuffed Fish Fillet:
- Lightly season fish fillet with salt and pepper.
- Set aside. Saute onion in butter until transparent.
- Stir in crab meat, button mushrooms and water.
- Let simmer for a minute or two.
- Add in fresh milk and season with salt and pepper.
- Thicken with cornstarch. Heat oil for frying.
- Slit an opening in the middle of the fish enough to fill at least 1 tablespoon of the crabmeat filling.
- Fill fish with crab meat at least 1 tablespoon full.
- Do not put too much filling so it won't spill out of the fish.
- Cook fish on one side then carefully flip it over to cook the other side.
- Before removing fish from the pan, place a slice of cheese on top of each fish and let it melt.
- Remove from pan and serve hot with rice pilaf.