Baked Fish Creole

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• 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.