Best 4 Chesapeake Bay Stuffed Rockfish Recipes

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CHESAPEAKE BAY STUFFED ROCKFISH



Chesapeake Bay Stuffed Rockfish image

People along the Chesapeake can be tight-lipped with their crab imperial recipes. I coaxed this one out of a old waterman. Substitute sole or flounder when Pacific rockfish is not in season.

Provided by Chesapeake Baybe

Categories     Main Dish Recipes     Seafood Main Dish Recipes     Crab

Time 30m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 slices day-old white bread, cubed
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
½ teaspoon seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay™
½ teaspoon dried mustard
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 dashes liquid hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco™
2 tablespoons butter, softened
½ cup mayonnaise
1 pound fresh lump crabmeat
4 (6 ounce) fillets rockfish

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x8 baking dish.
  • Mix the bread cubes, parsley, seafood seasoning, mustard, pepper, lemon juice, pepper sauce, butter, and mayonnaise together in a mixing bowl. Gently stir in the crabmeat until well blended, being careful not to break the crab chunks.
  • Place the fish fillets on a clean surface, and spoon 1/4 of the crab mixture onto one side. Starting on the side with the crab mixture, roll up the fillet around the crab filling. Place the rolled fish into the prepared dish open side down.
  • Bake in preheated oven until light brown and bubbly, and fish flakes with a fork, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 544 calories, Carbohydrate 8.6 g, Cholesterol 151.1 mg, Fat 31.9 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 53.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 791.7 mg, Sugar 0.9 g

CRISPY SKINNED CHESAPEAKE BAY ROCKFISH WITH HAYMAN SWEET POTATO, VIRGINIA COUNTRY HAM AND BLUE CRAB HASH, MELTED LEEKS AND MEYER LEMON BUTTER



Crispy Skinned Chesapeake Bay Rockfish with Hayman Sweet Potato, Virginia Country Ham and Blue Crab Hash, Melted Leeks and Meyer Lemon Butter image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 2h5m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

12 Meyer lemons, juiced and strained
1 tablespoon heavy cream
4 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small cubes
4 tablespoons butter
6 small leeks, tough outer leaves discarded
2 Hayman or other variety sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small dice
1 pound jumbo lump blue crab, picked over
8 ounces country ham, sliced very thin (recommended: Kite's)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh fines herbes (chervil, chives, parsley, tarragon)
Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper, to taste
4 (7-ounce) rockfish fillets, patted dry
Salt and freshly ground white pepper
4 tablespoons clarified butter
1 tablespoon whole butter
1 small bunch fresh thyme leaves
Meyer lemon segments or slices, for garnish, optional

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • For the Meyer lemon butter: In a small saucepan, reduce the Meyer lemon juice until slightly syrupy. Stir in the heavy cream. Whisk in the cold cubed butter a few pieces at a time, not allowing the sauce to become cold or too hot to touch by hand. When all of the butter is incorporated, strain the sauce. If the sauce separates, pulse with an immersion blender to emulsify. Set aside and keep warm.
  • For the hash: Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat, salt it generously. Trim the root end of the leek and halve lengthwise. Rinse very well under running water to flush out any grit trapped between the leaves. Slice leeks into 1/4-inch-thick pieces, put in a small strainer and dip in the boiling water. Cook until just tender, about 3 minutes, then plunge strainer and leeks in an ice water bath to cool. Drain and pat dry leeks, set aside. Repeat this procedure with the diced sweet potatoes, blanch until almost tender, about 3 minutes, then cool in the ice bath. Drain and pat dry, set aside.
  • In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the blanched Hayman sweet potatoes leeks, sweat until very tender about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the leeks continue to cook until heated through. Add the crab and country ham, stirring gently until heated through. Add the fines herbes at the last minute. Season, to taste, with salt and white pepper. Set aside and keep warm while you prepare the fish.
  • For the rockfish: Score the skin side of the fillets with a sharp knife, taking care not to cut too far into the flesh of the fish. Season with salt and white pepper. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, and add the clarified butter. Add the rockfish skin side down, sear until skin is golden and crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes. Flip, add the butter and thyme and bake until just cooked through, about 3 to 4 minutes.
  • In a bowl or plate, drizzle the warm Meyer lemon butter in a circle just inside the rim. Gently place the warm blue crab hash in the center of the plate. Place the rockfish on top of the hash with the crispy skin side up. Garnish with Meyer lemon segments or slices, if desired.

CHESAPEAKE BAY STUFFED ROCKFISH



Chesapeake Bay Stuffed Rockfish image

People along the Chesapeake can be tight-lipped with their crab imperial recipes. I coaxed this one out of a old waterman. Substitute sole or flounder when Pacific rockfish is not in season.

Provided by Chesapeake Baybe

Categories     Main Dish Crab

Time 30m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 slices day-old white bread, cubed
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
½ teaspoon seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay™
½ teaspoon dried mustard
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 dashes liquid hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco™
2 tablespoons butter, softened
½ cup mayonnaise
1 pound fresh lump crabmeat
4 (6 ounce) fillets rockfish

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x8 baking dish.
  • Mix the bread cubes, parsley, seafood seasoning, mustard, pepper, lemon juice, pepper sauce, butter, and mayonnaise together in a mixing bowl. Gently stir in the crabmeat until well blended, being careful not to break the crab chunks.
  • Place the fish fillets on a clean surface, and spoon 1/4 of the crab mixture onto one side. Starting on the side with the crab mixture, roll up the fillet around the crab filling. Place the rolled fish into the prepared dish open side down.
  • Bake in preheated oven until light brown and bubbly, and fish flakes with a fork, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 544 calories, Carbohydrate 8.6 g, Cholesterol 151.1 mg, Fat 31.9 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 53.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 791.7 mg, Sugar 0.9 g

ROCKFISH WITH CRAB AND OLD BAY CREAM SAUCE



Rockfish With Crab and Old Bay Cream Sauce image

Rockfish is a Chesapeak Bay watershed "treasure". This is a memorable dish for a special occasion. Recipe from McCormick and Co.

Provided by WeBees

Categories     Bass

Time 23m

Yield 6 , 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/2 lbs rockfish or 1 1/2 lbs striped bass fillets
2 1/2 teaspoons mccormick old bay seasoning with garlic and herb, divided
3 tablespoons butter, divided
2 tablespoons white wine
1 green onion, finely chopped
1 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
8 ounces lump crabmeat (or backfin)

Steps:

  • Heat a large skillet on medium hi heat for 3 minutes. Melt 2 tbsp butter in skillet. Season flesh side of fish with 1 1/2 tsp Old Bay seasoning. Place fish skin side up in skillet. Cook 5 minutes, turning fish after 3 minutes. Remove fish from skillet; keep warm. Reduce heat to medium.
  • Stir wine into skillet, scraping bottom to loosen browned bits. Add remaining butter and green onion; cook and stil 1 minute. Gradually stir in cream.
  • Stir in mustard and remaining Old Bay. Simmer 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in crabmeat. Return fish to skillet, cover. Cook 3 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 341.9, Fat 22.7, SaturatedFat 13.3, Cholesterol 138, Sodium 286.2, Carbohydrate 1.9, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.2, Protein 30.7

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