Chef John’s Crab-Stuffed Sole

  4.8 – 76 reviews  • Crab

Low-calorie pumpkin pudding with creaminess. Sprinkle some graham crackers or pumpkin seeds on top and add fat-free whip cream.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  1. cooking spray
  2. 4 ounces fresh Dungeness crabmeat
  3. 1 tablespoon finely diced poblano pepper
  4. 1 tablespoon panko bread crumbs
  5. 2 teaspoons minced green onion
  6. ½ teaspoon lemon juice
  7. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  8. ⅓ cup mayonnaise
  9. 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  10. 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  11. 6 (2 ounce) sole fillets
  12. salt to taste
  13. ⅛ teaspoon paprika, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish with cooking spray.
  2. Mix crabmeat, poblano pepper, panko, green onion, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl until well combined. Stir mayonnaise, lemon zest, and cayenne pepper together in a second bowl.
  3. Place sole fillets onto a work surface with the flat sides facing up. Season with salt. Divide crab mixture between fillets. Roll fillets around filling and place into the prepared baking dish, seam-side down.
  4. Spread 1/2 of the mayonnaise mixture over the sides and tops of each fillet. Spoon remaining mayonnaise mixture into a piping bag, then pipe it in a zigzag over fillets. Sprinkle paprika over top.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork and topping is browned, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 474 kcal
Carbohydrate 5 g
Cholesterol 127 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 41 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 831 mg
Sugars 1 g
Fat 32 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Joshua Miller
I had been roasting veggies today from A medley of peppers I used two medium sized green Bells Thought the rest were a mix of bells, minis, I found these peppers that resemble those in Italian beef and peppers but these are npt green Again oranges and reds. That was the first in the oven to roast, mushrooms red Onion quartered the next batch in the oven Cool Dice roasted veggie combo Remember to roast all peppers whole, peel skin off while warm. White mushrooms I roast bowl side up a tiny pinch of pink salt Allow mushrooms to roast at 350-35-45 min depending on size . The liquid in the caps gets reserved in combination of the roasted peppers. The red onion back in another hour to 1 hr 15. Chill make large batch but avoid seasoned breads. The peppers onions and mushrooms plus the liquid is great flavor. Chef John we love your recipes , however Some of us can’t do spice/heat or sodium so my recipe is for us.
Deborah Keller
I made it exactly as written other than I didn’t have any peppers …Delicious!! Even my fussy husband approved AND had seconds!!
Madeline Rush
So easy and I agree, a guest worthy dish that could easily be made ahead. I didn’t have poblano, so I finely diced the tip of a serrano pepper and upped the cayenne a touch, in the video, Chef John used cayenne for paprika. LOL I wanted a deeper flavor for the sauce and added a pinch of saffron, which lended a beautiful flavor and a festive warm color. I served the stuffed sole with asparagus, a crab claw, and a napa cabbage, celery, apple and radish slaw. Yum! I’ll do it again, maybe with smaller filets next time, and more slaw. The petrale sole filets I purchased was about 1 ½ times bigger than the filets in the recipe. I cooked them in the air fryer at 400 for 4 minutes top side up and another four on their sides, at the next to lowest rack. With the same size filets, I’d lower it even more and cook for about 10 minutes as Chef did, on their sides with mayo sauce on all sides, and then add the piping of sauce before browning for 2-3 minutes at a higher rack level. For people who don’t want the mayo, a little finely chopped frozen butter over the top and a little in the crab mix might do?
Frank Webster
I followed the the instructions to the tee, I did however add some shrimp an a little Cajun spice for more heat. This was absolutely delicious! I couldn’t believe such a minimal recipe would kick off such a big punch of flavors. Would definitely recommend
Andrew Spencer
Delicious every time! I make this recipe about once a month now. Crab is pricy so sometimes to make it more affordable I have used half krab and half canned crab. Is it as delicious? No, but its still really, really good. Some reviewers think its dry? Try mixing a little ‘sauce’ into the stuffing before rolling. Not spicy enough? Taste before you stuff (not the fish itself, of course). Add a little more cayenne or poblano, or Old Bay, as some have suggested. Everyone’s taste buds are different. Trust me, this is a keeper.
Terry Wood
I made this using walleye. Didn’t have peppers so added old bay seasoning to crab. Followed the rest of recipes but than added panko bread crumbs on top mayo parmesan cheese drizzled melted butter. It was really good!
Jeffrey Hicks
I made this recipe and there’s only 1 thing I would do differently next time … MAKE MORE! It’s absolutely delicious. Will be making this again very soon
Danielle Kent
This is so good I could eat it every night! Easy too:)
Christopher Barker
Another winning recipe from Chef John. Simple to make and elegant for company. Poblanos are fairly mild and if you want to spice it up get some Pueblo Chilies or Hatch green chilies. Substituting a jalapeno is also a good option. An excellent dish.
Diana Cuevas
Fantastic! I switched the sole for halibut but it was yuuum-my! I actually made it a second time for my sons friends who “heard” it was great, it was.
Timothy Moore
Chef John is the best! This really is one of the easiest fancy recipes I have tried. The only change I made was to swap Old Bay Seasoning for Cayenne Pepper in the topping (my wife is not a fan of heat) – it was fantastic. I live in California and we don’t always have Dover Sole. I tried Petrale Sole the second time I made it and it worked too. Great recipe.
Lisa Dunn
Did not make any changes is it was delicious as is. And yes, I will definitely make it again.
Angela Hayes
I used this as a base recipe but like someone else did I accidentally mixed all the ingredients together at once before reading to the end. Oh well! Still turned out great! I spread half of the mixture on top of walleye fillets, layered other fillets on top, and spread the rest of the mixture over that. Cooked until done. Delicious!
Sharon Adams
Delicious, quick, and easy!
Colton Larson
mixed prawns with the crab ..it was excellent!
David Walker
Not very flavorful. Next time add more spice, more onion and more pepper. Used Old Bay seasoning, but it needed more of that as well.
Joanne Poole
This was wonderful! Made my filling earlier in the day, so by dinner time all I had to do was roll and bake. Served with asparagus and white rice
Anthony Sims
Chef John you did it again! Fantastic recipe!
Sean Braun
I made this with snow crab instead of Dungeness and it was great! Everything except the crab was as per the recipe! Thank you chef John
Brian Flores DDS
I found this to be quite dry and flavorless. I’m going to attempt this again by incorporating a béchamel sauce , with a bit of Parmesan , along all listed ingredients, into the crab mixture.
Karla Moran
Loved it! I did not roll the filets, wrapped them around a mound of stuffing. I think rolling them would be best-my version was a bit too heavy on stuffing to filet ratio for my taste.

 

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