I
had a whole (headless) trout in the freezer and went in search of recipes that would fit with
what I had on hand. Nearly all of them
included fresh herbs and I had few so I decided to adapt a recipe from the
Wicked Noodle called Whole Grilled Trout with Fresh Herbs, Garlic and Lemon. Check Kristy's site for her original recipe. I had fresh garlic, rosemary and
lemon so I ended up with this recipe.
Whole
Grilled Trout with Dried and Fresh Herbs and Lemon - Adapted from Wicked Noodle
Ingredients:
1
trout, boned and de-headed
1
tsp. dried parsley, minced
1
tsp. dried basil, minced
1½ tsp.
fresh rosemary, minced
1
clove garlic, minced
¼ t.
kosher salt
¼ t.
freshly ground black pepper
3 lemon
slices
Directions:
The
recipe says to mix together the herbs and garlic, but I added them each
individually and evenly inside the trout starting with the dried herbs to get
them against the flesh for re-hydrating. I wrapped it in plastic and refrigerated about three hours.
Oil the cooking grate and preheat the grill. Sprinkle
fish with salt & pepper inside and out.
Grill over high heat (on my grill) with lid closed for 6 minutes on side one carefully flip and cook 4 minutes on side two or until fish is cooked through (135* on the Thermapen).
Carefully remove fish from the grill, sprinkle with more chopped parsley and lemon slices to garnish, and serve (I didn’t add garnishes).
For a side, I roasted some russet and red potatoes using the same herbs on the red ones as went in the fish and for the russets, some Wolfe Rub-Citrus, that I'd mixed up for my upcoming BBQ cook.
Carefully remove fish from the grill, sprinkle with more chopped parsley and lemon slices to garnish, and serve (I didn’t add garnishes).
For a side, I roasted some russet and red potatoes using the same herbs on the red ones as went in the fish and for the russets, some Wolfe Rub-Citrus, that I'd mixed up for my upcoming BBQ cook.
I
split the trout in half for Madison and I and kept the lemon slices for my plated
shot.
I
had to add a little more salt, but otherwise wouldn’t change a thing for the
fish and would use the recipe again, hopefully with all fresh herbs - I added The Wicked Noodle to my reading list.
Madison’s
eating habits are really strange, consisting mostly of cereal, BBQ, sweets, and
fish, which is a big surprise. She
scarfed up the fish and potatoes like it was her last meal and after she was
done, I let her know she liked trout (most folks in this family don’t like the stronger
tasting fish so I didn't tell her ahead of time). As can be seen from my previous posts, we ate plenty of fish while Bev was gone.
Photos
best if enlarged by clicking on them.
Have
a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.
Larry
4/15/13
meal date
I think all teenagers have odd eating habits.. but at least she'll eat something other than cereal and sweets :)
ReplyDeleteThe fish sounds fantastic!! Love the simplicity of it, but I know it's packed with flavor.
Larry, Great looking meal! It is amazing that Madison really likes fish. You can't get many kids to eat much seafood other than shrimp and fish sticks! Madison has you eating some healthy meals...since that's what she likes... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteMy husband loves trout. I have a feeling we would all like this recipe.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious, Larry.. I love trout. My Daddy used to go fishing and on occasion ??? he'd bring home some fresh trout... YUM...
ReplyDeleteLove your new blog look. I like it spread out like this MUCH better.
Hugs,
Betsy
We always eat fresh water trout when it's available. I never found it to be strong, but that may be because I usually only have it the same day it leaves the water - and have not had it in a while. Oh, well. You're doing a good job getting Madison to eat. Can you believe my littlest fussbudget doesn't like most sweets, brownies and chocolate cake with whipped cream instead of frosting being among the very few exceptions? Kids these days. Hmph.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking if Madison enjoys fish that is an awesome thing...And enjoys BBQ too, where she has a good role model
ReplyDeleteAs always, fun post to read.
Velva
Trout is one of my favorite fish but I've never grilled it as I thought I might have trouble with it sticking.
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