Baked Stuffed Red Snapper

Baked Stuffed Red Snapper

Course :	Fish
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	10

Ingredients:

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