Panlasang Pinoy Meaty Recipes

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 tbsps 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

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.

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