Baked Fish Creole

Name: Baked Fish Creole
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 garlic clove, minced; 2 celery ribs, chopped; 1 green pepper, chopped; 1/4 cup flour; 2 cups milk; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (to taste); 1/2 cup chili sauce; 3 cups rice, cooked; 1 lb thin fish fillet; 2 tomatoes, sliced

14 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (to taste)
1/2 cup chili sauce
3 cups rice, cooked
1 lb thin fish fillet
2 tomatoes, sliced

Directions

1

Heat the butter or oil in a large saucepan.
2

Add the onions and garlic and cook until tender and fragrant, about 4 minutes. Add celery and peppers. Cook for about 3 more minutes. Be careful not to let it brown.
3

Stir in the flour and cook 3 minutes longer.
4

Add the milk and let it come to a boil. Season it with the salt and pepper and Tabasco sauce. Add the chili sauce. Taste and adjust the seasonings.
5

Place rice in bottom of a buttered 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Arrange the fish fillets on top of the rice in a single layer. Place sliced tomatoes evenly over the fish and then pour the sauce over the top.
6

Bake at 400°F for 2o minutes or until the fish is just cooked.