Flounder
Recipes

Stuffed Baked Flounder

Ingredients

• 1 pound flounder fillets

• 8 ounces crab meat

• 4 saltine crackers

• ¼ teaspoon paprika, plus more for dusting

• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder

• ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise

• 1 lemon

• 2 tablespoons butter

• 1½ teaspoons kosher salt, divided
  

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.

• Crush the saltine crackers by putting them in a plastic bag and hitting them with a rolling pin. Pour the crackers into a bowl. Add ¼ teaspoon of paprika, ½ teaspoon of salt, and garlic powder, and stir with a fork. Add the Worcestershire sauce, egg, and mayonnaise, and stir.

• Cut the lemon in half and juice one of the halves. Measure 1 teaspoon of juice and add to the cracker mixture. Combine with a fork. Cut the other lemon half into 4 wedges for serving.

• Drain the crab meat and pick through it, removing any shell or cartilage. Add to the cracker mixture.

• Melt the butter in the microwave. Brush about ½ of the melted butter on the inside of a 9x13-inch baking dish.

• Season each side of the flounder evenly with the remaining salt. Spoon the crab mixture evenly on top of the flounder fillets. Roll and place in the baking dish seam-side down. Pour any remaining melted butter over the flounder. Sprinkle the top with paprika (optional, but makes it look pretty).

• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the interior temperature registers 140 F with a probe thermometer and the flounder flakes easily with a fork.

• Serve with a squeeze of lemon.