Redfish Supreme

Name: Redfish Supreme
Ingredients: 1 4 to 5 pound red fish; 1 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. black pepper; 1 cup water; 1/2 cup salad oil; 1 1/4 sticks butter; 8 Tbsp. flour; 2 Tbsp. chopped green onion; 2 Birds eye red peppers, chopped, or 1/2 tsp. crushed dried; red pepper; 1 cup chopped celery; 1/2 cup chopped parsley; 1 pound shrimp, cooked; 2 dozen oysters, drained dry; 1 medium can mushrooms, sauteed; 1/2 stick butter; 1/2 cup grated American cheese; 1/2 cup bread crumbs; Salt and pepper to taste; 1 cup chopped celery

20 ingredients

16 steps

Ingredients

1 4 to 5 pound red fish
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 cup water
1/2 cup salad oil
1 1/4 sticks butter
8 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. chopped green onion
2 Birds eye red peppers, chopped, or 1/2 tsp. crushed dried
red pepper
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 pound shrimp, cooked
2 dozen oysters, drained dry
1 medium can mushrooms, sauteed
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup grated American cheese
1/2 cup bread crumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup chopped celery

Directions

1

Dress red fish, rub inside and out with salt, pepper and oil. Place on rack in roaster and add water.
2

(Do not let fish touch water.)
3

Cover and cook at 400° for about 40 minutes.
4

Save drippings.
5

To make sauce, melt butter in large saucepan.
6

Add flour, stirring constantly until golden brown.
7

Add finely chopped onion, celery, parsley and red pepper.
8

Cook about 5 minutes.
9

Add drippings from roaster, water from mushrooms and enough plain water to make a thick, smooth sauce.
10

Saute mushrooms in butter in separate pan.
11

Place fish in a large flat baking dish, about 3 or 4 inches deep.
12

Cover with sauce.
13

Add sauteed mushrooms, oysters and shrimp.
14

Sprinkle grated cheese over and then sprinkle bread crumbs on top.
15

Bake at 400° until well browned and bubbly, about 15 minutes.
16

Serves 8.