Low Fat Crab & Cheese Flounder

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 flounder fillets
• 8 ounces imitation crabmeat (king)
• 1 cup nonfat cheddar cheese or 1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 4 tablespoons liquid butter buds (dietetic butter substitute)
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg, beater (1/4 cup)
• 2 cups fat-free evaporated milk or 2 cups skim milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash cayenne
• 1/4 cup cooking wine (such as sherry or vermouth)

Recipe

• 1 mix together the butter buds and the flour till a paste is formed.
• 2 stir this mixture until it boils.
• 3 add the salt.
• 4 stir in the sherry (cooking wine), skim milk and egg beaters; and cook 1 minute.
• 5 a few grains of cayenne can be added.
• 6 add the crab meat and cook till heated through (this should be thick).
• 7 place the flounder fillets in a pan and brush with butter buds to coat.
• 8 sprinkle with lemon juice.
• 9 cook under the broiler 1 minute each side.
• 10 spoon the crab meat mixture onto each fillet.
• 11 top with grated cheese and return to broiler long enough to melt the cheese.