Easy Oven Baked Trout Recipe

Discover ways to cook dinner trout within the oven so it’s flaky, moist, and flavorful. This unimaginable baked trout recipe is simple and works for rainbow trout however can simply be tailored for bigger varieties like steelhead.

Baking entire trout within the oven is genius, particularly once you do it in foil or parchment paper packets (referred to as fish cooked en papillote or “paper”). With our simple trout recipe, the fish stays tremendous moist and dinner might be on the desk in about 20 minutes. You may’t beat that. This actually is one in every of my favourite trout recipes!

After sharing this simple recipe with buddies, some have been nervous about cooking the entire trout (with the pores and skin, tail, and head nonetheless connected). So, for those who assume the identical, cease. I promise it’s all going to be okay!

Key Components

• Trout: You should purchase trout as entire fish that has been gutted and cleaned (like in our photographs) or as fillets. For this recipe, we’re utilizing entire trout. Search for cleaned and butterflied entire trout. By butterflied, I imply that the fish is slit down the center however nonetheless has the halves connected. I’ve used rainbow trout in our photographs, however this recipe works effectively for bigger, saltwater varieties like arctic char, steelhead trout, and even salmon. Examine my suggestions within the recipe for adjusting cooking time.
• Lemon and Recent Herbs: Since we use butterflied trout, we are able to sneak just a few aromatics into the center to infuse the fish whereas it bakes. I like lemon slices and a handful of recent herbs like parsley, cilantro, or dill. Thinly sliced garlic or onion are additionally beautiful.
• Seasoning: I exploit olive oil, salt, and pepper to season my trout, however you’ll be able to all the time use your favourite seafood seasonings as a substitute. I’ve additionally made a Cajun spiced trout earlier than and beloved it. Strive my Cajun seasoning if that feels like one thing you’d get pleasure from.

Learn how to Bake Entire Trout to Perfection

Freshwater trout, like rainbow trout, is my favourite fish to cook dinner at house. Due to our easy cooking methodology, it cooks shortly, and the fish seems to be extremely tender and succulent.

We are going to bake our trout in packets. I used foil to make my packet within the photographs, however parchment paper is a superb choice, too. I place my trout down onto the foil, evenly drizzle with oil, after which season the fish in and out with salt and pepper (bear in mind, you should utilize your favourite seafood seasoning as a substitute).

Then, I stuff the trout with lemon slices and recent herbs. Sliced onions are beautiful, too! Lastly, I fold up the edges of the packet to safe it and bake the trout within the oven till the flesh flakes simply with a fork.

The cooking time in your trout will range relying on how massive the fish is and the number of fish you’re baking. A small trout, just like the one pictured in our photographs, takes about quarter-hour in a 400°F oven. You may serve the fish as-is within the packets or take away them and take away the fillets from the bones. I like serving it subsequent to a easy salad with my favourite balsamic vinaigrette or a dollop of homemade tartar sauce.

Learn how to Debone Trout

Watch our video to see me debone our cooked trout. I’ve additionally shared my suggestions beneath for filleting cooked trout, which I discover a lot simpler than when the fish is uncooked. It’s a easy course of. I exploit a spoon and butter knife to do it. Listed here are the fundamental steps I observe. I extremely advocate watching the video:

1. Draw back all of the fins. For the reason that fish is cooked, they arrive away simply.
2. Press the knife into the comfortable flesh simply earlier than the pinnacle and lower as much as the bone. Repeat this with the comfortable flesh simply earlier than the tail.
3. Use the knife to observe the road down the center of the trout (this follows the backbone). Simply lower as much as the bone.
4. Following the road you simply made down the backbone, use a spoon to fastidiously pull/push the highest and backside fillet away from the bones.
5. Pull the tail up and away the fish. By doing this the backbone and bones will come away with it.
6. Clear all of the fillets of small bones and switch to a plate for serving.

Simple Oven Baked Trout

Makes 2 Servings

Diet Per Serving
Energy
285
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Protein
32 g
/
Carbohydrate
1 g
/
Dietary Fiber
0 g
/
Complete Sugars
0 g
/
Complete Fats
16 g
/
Saturated Fats
4 g
/
Ldl cholesterol
87 g

AUTHOR: 

Adam and Joanne Gallagher