Speckle Trout Creole

Ingredients:

• 4 filleted trout
• 1 and a half chopped or diced onions
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons of salt
• 2 teaspoons of red pepper
• 3 teaspoons of tomato paste
• 1 and 1/2 stick of butter
• 3 tablespoons of roux preferably homemade
• 4 stalks of chopped celery
• 1 can stewed tomatoes cut in half
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 1 table spoon of crushed Bay leaf
• Hot cooked rice
  

Directions:

1. Sauté onions and celery till clear.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients (except cooked rice) and add 8 oz. of water and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
3. Place fish filets flat in bottom of pot. (I use oval shaped magnilite pot Dutch oven so you have more area on the bottom for filets.)
4. The trick is NOT TO STIR IT. You must cook on low to medium heat and move around with a spatula so not to break up the filets.
5. Continue cooking until filets are done.
6. Serve over hot cooked rice.