1 (16 oz.) can crab meat (special or claw)
5 tilapia fillets
6 slices turkey bacon
1 medium onion, diced
1/4 to 1/2 cup tartar sauce or mayonnaise
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
salt and pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 400°F.

In a medium sauté pan fry slices of turkey bacon. Remove when crisp. Set aside on a paper towel lined plate to cool. Do not drain grease from pan.

While the undrained pan is still hot add diced onion on high heat until lightly browned. Crush/chop crisped bacon into small pieces. Combine crab meat, tartar sauce (or mayonnaise), fried onions from the pan and season with salt and pepper, folding gently until mixed well but still lumpy (for special crab meat just combine until mixed well throughout).

Slowly fold in crumbled bacon, bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese until even throughout mixture. Should be a dough like texture.

Line a baking sheet with foil and use non-stick cooking spray (Pam). Lay out tilapia fillets on baking sheet and lightly brush with olive oil.

Scoop and gently pack down crab mixture on top of each fillet (as much as desired). Do not fold over or roll fillets. If desired sprinkle additional bread crumbs on top of each fillet.

Place in 400°F oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until fish flakes with a fork.

NOTES:

I like to turn on broiler for 3 to 5 minutes at the very end to crisp the top.

I usually have leftover stuffing so I make the rest into crab cakes... Form into patties, coat in bread crumbs and add to baking sheet with tilapia. Cook for same time - do not flip over (or pan fry if desired).

Submitted by: Jill