Baked Flounder Stuffed - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. soft bread crumbs
1/4 c. butter or margarine
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/2 c. chopped green onions
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/2 c. chopped green pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
8 oz. fresh or frozen shrimp, cooked, shelled and coarsely chopped
6 to 8 oz. fresh crab meat or frozen crab meat, thawed
2 Tbsp. snipped parsley
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground red pepper
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
2 (1 to 1 1/4 lb.) dressed flounder (with head and tail)
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
lime slices (optional)
green onion (optional)

Preparation

In a 10-inch skillet, cook bread crumbs in the butter or margarine over medium heat until golden brown and crisp.
Remove crumbs to mixing bowl.
In the same skillet, melt butter or margarine.
Add green onions, celery, green pepper and garlic. Cook over medium heat until vegetables are tender.
Add vegetables to bread crumbs.
Stir chopped shrimp, crab meat, parsley, salt, red pepper and black pepper into bread mixture.
Rinse fish and pat dry.
To cut a pocket, place flounder on a board, dark side up. Make a slit in the center of fish, cutting lengthwise along backbone.
Cut a pocket on both sides of first cut.
Stuff fish loosely with bread mixture.
Place fish in a greased 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2-inch baking dish.
Brush fish with butter.
Bake in a 400\u00b0 oven about 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Transfer fish to a serving platter.
Garnish the cooked fish with lime slices and green onion, if desired.
Makes 4 servings.