Redfish Courtbouillon

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Cajun

Ready in 45 minutes

Ingredients

2 Cloves garlic, fine chop

2 Bell peppers, chopped

2 Sprigs thyme

2 Ribs celelry, chopped

2 tb Fresh chopped parsley

Pimento strips

2 lg Onions, finely chopped

2 Bay Leaves

1 ds Hot pepper sauce

Lemon slices

1/2 c Salad oil

4 Shallots, chopped

2 1/2 c Whole tomatoes, canned

1/2 c Flour

Salt and pepper to taste

Parsley sprigs

1 5-6 lb. whole redfish


Directions

Scale and gut fish; rinse well and pat dry. Make roux with salad oil and flour; add onions and shallots and brown. Add garlic, green peppers, tomatoes, bay leaves, thyme, celery, parsley, water, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Simmer in heavy iron skillet for abt. 1 hr. Place fish in rectangular pyrex baking dish or roasting pan. Pour mixture over fish and baake in 350 F. oven for 45 min. or until fish is tender when tested with fork. Pemove bay leaves before serving. Garnish with lemon slices studded with pimento strips and parsley sprigs. Serve with fluffy white rice.

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