Cajun Stuffed Catfish on Creole Wild Rice

• 4 Catfish fillets
• 1/2 lb shrimp
• 1/2 lb crabmeat
• 1 onion
• 1 bell pepper
• 4 clove garlic
• 1/2 sleeve saltine crackers
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 wild rice mix
• 2 cup wild rice
• 1 can black eye peas
• 1 tbsp onion flakes
• 1 tbsp garlic flakes
• 1 tbsp cajun seasoning

1. Dice onion, pepper & garlic very small & cook in saute pan with a little olive oil & pinch of salt until soft.
2. Remove from pan & put in bowl.
3. In a touch of oil & butter cook cleaned chopped shrimp until they turn color & then add the crabmeat & cook for 1 minute.
4. Remove & put in the bowl with veggies & let sit until cooled.
5. Melt a stick of butter & let cool.
6. Roughly crush the saltine crackers & add to the bowl with the old bay seasoning, cayenne pepper, salt & pepper & gently fold into the mixture & add the melted butter & gently mix.
7. The stuffing is done.
8. Season both sides of the catfish with salt & pepper & stuff a healthy amount of the stuffing into the inside part of the fillet & wrap the fish around it overlapping slightly on the bottom.
9. Crush a few saltine crackers finely and add cajun seasoning & small pinch of cayenne pepper & mix & sprinkle on the top of the rolled fillets.
10. Heavily grease a pan with butter & add stuffed catfish with folded side down & cook in 350 oven until done (approximately 20 minutes) & put under broiler for a minute to brown slightly if needed.
11. Rinse rice 3 times & add into a pot with all the ingredients expect the beans with the amount of water on rice cooking directions.
12. Bring to a boil & stir & reduce flame to low.
13. When half way cooked add the black eyed peas & stir & let finish cooking.
14. Plate bed of rice & serve with a stuffed catfish on top.

shrimp, crabmeat, onion, bell pepper, clove garlic, crackers, butter, cajun seasoning, cayenne pepper, rice, wild rice, black eye peas, onion, garlic, cajun seasoning

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/360050-cajun-stuffed-catfish-on-creole-wild-rice (may not work)