Red Snapper Stuffed with Crabmeat
- 1 whole dressed red snapper, at least 7 pounds
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Garlic powder to taste
- Onion salt to taste
- 2 pounds crabmeat, picked free of shell
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers, crushed
- 6 slices bacon
- 2 slices lemon
- 1/4 teaspoon dried dill or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a baking pan with aluminum foil.
- Grease the foil so the fish wont stick.
- Lay the fish in the pan.
- Season inside and out with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion salt.
- Make two slits on the side of the fish facing up.
- To stuff the fish, mix the crabmeat, beaten eggs, chopped onion, saltines, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Stuff this mixture in the cavity of the fish.
- If it is more than the fish will hold, put it all around the cavity.
- Lay bacon and lemon slices on fish and lightly sprinkle with dill.
- Bake, covered, for 1 hour.
- Remove cover for the last few minutes to brown.
red snapper, salt, garlic, onion salt, crabmeat, eggs, onion, crackers, bacon, lemon, dill
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/red-snapper-stuffed-with-crabmeat-384645 (may not work)