Baked Stuffed Red Snapper

Baked Stuffed Red Snapper

Course :	Cajun
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	10

Ingredients:

1/4	cup	celery -- chopped
2	tablespoons	butter or margarine
2	tablespoons	parsley -- chopped
6	slices	bread -- slices, soaked in water
1/8	teaspoon	thyme
1/8	teaspoon	sage
2	tablespoons	tomato -- chopped
1	fillets	red snapper -- lg, cleaned(6lb)
		---red snapper sauce---
3/4	cup	salad oil
3	tablespoons	butter or margarine -- melted
2	tablespoons	lemon juice
1	teaspoon	salt
3	tablespoons	Worcestershire sauce
3	drops	Tabasco sauce

Preparation:

1. Sauté celery in butter until soft. 2. Add remaining ingredients except fish and sauce; blend well, then stuff into cavity of fish. 3. Sew cavity closed or secure with toothpicks. 4. Bake uncovered in buttered ovenproof serving dish in preheated 350F oven (allow 10 minutes per pound), basting with sauce. *** RED SNAPPER SAUCE *** Combine all ingredients. NOTE: Sauce can be made in advance.