Trout with Lemon and Herbs takes deboned and dressed whole trout and bakes it with herbs and zesty lemon for a light and delicious entree.
Trout with Lemon and Herbs
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
The Fish Friday Foodies theme for April is whole fish or seafood! I was very excited about this one. With Springtime being here I thought the perfect whole fish would be a baked trout with lemon and herb, which is very simple to do, especially if you can procure fish from the fishmonger that has already been dressed and deboned.
Growing up, I seldom had a chance to eat much trout. My family liked to fish, but trout wasn’t one of the things that was caught, and it wasn’t the type of fish my Mom usually cared to get, since she insisted all her fish be fried.
When I did have opportunity to try it myself, I loved the flavor, but the tiny bones were a bit off-putting. So when finding these prepared whole trout I was really happy since the taste is really good.
Prep is really easy since simple works best with these flavorful fish. Just a few handfuls of herbs and lemon really brings out the flavor. Bill and I each had a whole fish but I think you could easily stretch it to three depending on appetite. When the fish is done you can removed the head, fins and skin quite easily and discard.
The flavor of the fish goes really well with a wild rice blend on the side, and I also recommend a small tossed salad. Great for simple weeknight cooking.
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Trout with Lemon and Herbs
Ingredients:
- 2 whole de-boned and dressed trout (about one pound)
- 1 lemon, sliced
- salt and black pepper (to taste)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill weed
- 1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
Method:
- Preheat oven to 450ºF.
- Place trout on a nonstick foil lined baking sheet and sprinkle inside of fish cavity with salt and pepper.
- Place lemon slices and herbs inside fish and drizzle outsides of fish with olive oil.
- Cover fish tightly with foil and bake for 10 minutes.
- Uncover fish, set oven to broil and broil fish for 3-5 minutes to lightly brown.
- Serve fish with addition lemon as desired.
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This looks delish and I am jealous of your gorgeous plate!!!
I don’t doubt it. You should see Karen Booth’s collection of blue over at Lavender & Lovage. Her collection is drool-worthy! 🙂
Trout was the star of this challenge but it deserved to be. Love trout and simple is good with trout. Only problem is, now I’m hungry for a nice pan fried trout dinner. sigh.
Well, that is easy enough to do. 🙂
Beautiful fish, and even though your fish is baked, I think your mom was pretty wise with the whole all fish should be fried thing! I love baked fish as next as the next person, but fried fish…oh dear don’t get me started! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
She made some pretty awesome fried fish. I’ll do some this summer with the fryer on the patio. Thing about cooking it indoors is everyone knows what you’ve been eating for the next month! LOL!
I love trout. Rainbow trout is so delicious and if I am lucky enough to get Brook Trout I celebrate. Great recipe Sue.
Thanks!
So glad to have another trout recipe to try since I am over my initial whole fish fears. Pretty presentation.
So glad to have another trout recipe now that I am over my whole fish fears. Pretty presentation.
Thanks! It’s a pretty basic and simple recipe. Fishmongers will clean them for you too.
Sue, this looks gorgeous and sounds delicious. P~
Thanks!
This sure is a simple recipe! Perfect for a weekday dinner – I agree!
Thanks!
Tempting and delicious trout with lemon…
Thanks!