Catfish Creole

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 large onion
• 12 c each chopped celery and green pepper
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 large can 1 lb 12 oz whole tomatoes
• 1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes
• 1 lemon sliced
• 1 Tbsp each Worcestershire sauce and paprika
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp salt
• 14 tsp each thyme and hot sauce
• 2 lb skinned dressed catfish cut in 1 12-inch thick steaks

Directions

1. Melt butter in wide frying pan over medium heat Add onion celery green pepper and garlic Cook until soft about 7 minutes Add tomatoes and their liquid break up tomatoes with a spoon lemon slices Worcestershire sauce paprika bay leaf salt thyme and liquid hot sauce
2. Cook stirring occasionally for about 15 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened
3. Press fish pieces down into sauce
4. Cover pan and simmer until fish flakes Serve over hot cooked rice