Crab Topped Tilapia Recipes

CRABMEAT STUFFED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• chop the onion and celery into fine pieces.
• flake the crabmeat and check for pieces of shells.
• Sauté onion and celery in butter until tender.
• add parsley and remove from heat.
• stir in the bread crumbs, crab meat, lemon juice and cayenne pepper.
• Spray casserole or oven pan with cooking spray.
• Spread the mixture over the tilapia fillets and roll them up placing seam side down in dish. Place any leftover stuffing around fillets.
• Sprinkle with melted butter and paprika.
• Place in a 400°F oven for about 20 to 25 minutes until the tilapia flakes easily with a fork.

CREAMY CRAB TOPPED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Lay tilapia fillets out on baking pan and season with season salt. Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes or until mostly cooked.
• While the fillets are in the oven, mix remaining ingredients.
• Take fish out of the oven and top with crab/parmesan mixture. Turn oven to broil.
• Broil fish until bubbly and light brown.

TILAPIA WITH A CREAMY SHRIMP & CRAB WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Optional Rice -- If you decide to serve this dish over the rice you should start the rice first as the fish and sauce don't take much time to make. Just follow package directions for whatever type of rice you are using. When the rice is finished cooking, toss in the lemon zest, fresh scallions and season with salt and pepper.
• Sauce -- In a small sauce pan, add the flour and just a little white wine and whisk well to combine the two. Then add the remaining white wine and bring to medium heat. Then add in the salt, pepper and cream and bring to a medium boil, cook just a minute and then reduce to medium low and let it simmer. The cream will naturally thicken as it simmers on low heat. You will add the shrimp and crab later. You want the sauce to simmer at least 5-7 minutes. This is just enough time to cook the fish.
• Fish -- Make sure your fish is NOT icy cold; it doesn't have to be room temperature, but just not right out of the refrigerator. Season each side of the fish well with salt and pepper. In a medium saute pan, I prefer non stick for this, add the butter and oil and bring to medium high heat. Saute the fish on each side until golden brown. Try not to move the fish once you put it in the pan until the first side is golden brown. Cooking time will vary depending on the type of fish and thickness. Tilapia takes just 2-3 minutes on the first side and even quicker on the second side.
• Sauce -- When you start the fish is a good time to add the shrimp and crab to your sauce. Bring the sauce back up to medium heat and add the shrimp. Cook just 1-2 minutes and then stir in the crab. Don't stir too much, you don't want to break up the crab. Add the lemon juice, zest, parsley and dill and then turn off the heat -- the sauce is done.
• Serve -- For each plate, add 3/4-1 cup of the rice, top with one of the fish fillets and top with the sauce. Garnish with a fresh lemon slice. ENJOY!

CRAB-STUFFED TILAPIA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion and celery in 1/4 cup butter until tender. Remove from the heat; stir in the crab, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, egg, pimientos and seafood seasoning. Spread 1/3 cup crab mixture over fillets. Roll up each from the pointed end; secure with toothpicks., Place seam side down in a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over fish. Sprinkle with salt and paprika., Bake, uncovered, at 400° until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 25-30 minutes. Discard toothpicks. Spoon pan juices over fish.

TILAPIA WITH CRABMEAT TOPPING

Steps:

• Soften cream cheese; stir in all other topping ingredients, adding crabmeat last so that you don't break it up entirely.
• Place tilapia filets on non-stick foil (or spray baking dish with non-stick spray).
• Divide topping in two and pat on top of tilapia filets.
• Bake 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until fish flakes apart with a fork.
• Garnish with parsley and lemon.

CRAB-TOPPED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Sprinkle tilapia with salt and pepper. Place in a 13x9 inch baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• In a small nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray, cook the celery, onion, and garlic in 2 teaspoons butter until tender. Stir in flour and thyme until blended. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and hot pepper sauce.
• Remove from heat; stir in mayonnaise until blended. Stir in crab and 3 tablespoons bread crumbs. Spoon onto fillets. Toss remaining bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over crab mixture.
• Cover and bake at 350 for 18 minutes. Uncover and bake 5-10 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

CRAB STUFFED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*.
• Slice bulb part of onion reserving greens for later.
• In a small sauce pan, melt butter and cook onion slices until clear. Set aside.
• Mince the mint leaves. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, use a fork to shred crab meat to a fine texture.
• Mix in mint, cracker crumbs, juice of 1/2 lemon, olive oil, and 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. Reserve the remaining cheese for later.
• Spray the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking pan.
• Shape 6 balls from the crab mixture and place evenly throughout the pan.
• Carefully lay each tilapia fillet on a crab ball. If necessary, split the ends of the fillet in order to wrap around.
• Sprinkle remaining cheese across tops of fish.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until the largest peice of fish easily flakes with fork.
• Slice scallion greens reserved from step one. Sprinkle around fish to garnish.

CRAB-TOPPED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Sprinkle tilapia with pepper and salt. Place in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray; set aside. , In a small nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook the celery, onion and garlic in 2 teaspoons butter until tender. Stir in flour and thyme until blended. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the lemon juice, marinade for chicken and hot pepper sauce. , Remove from the heat; stir in mayonnaise until blended. Stir in crab and 3 tablespoons bread crumbs. Spoon onto fillets. Toss remaining bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over crab mixture., Cover and bake at 350° for 18 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork.