Baked Stuffed Shad With Herbed Breadcrumbs

Ingredients

• 2.5 lb shad, cleaned and prepared
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 onions, chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon thyme
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons salad oil
• 1 cup boiling water
• flour for coating
• stout string and darning needle

Method

1. 1 Mix breadcrumbs, chopped onions, parsley, salt, pepper, thyme, egg, and salad oil in a bowl.
2. 2 Stuff the mixture into the shad and sew the opening closed with a stout string and darning needle.
3. 3 Pat flour onto the fish and place it in a baking pan.
4. 4 Bake in a hot oven (425°F) for one hour, basting every 15 minutes with 1 cup of boiling water.