Grilled Butterflied Rainbow Trout Recipes

GRILLED BUTTERFLIED TROUT WITH LEMON-PARSLEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat grill to high. Brush trout on both sides with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill, skin-side down, until slightly charred and crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Carefully turn each fish over and continue cooking until just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes longer. Remove from the grill and top each with 2 tablespoons Lemon-Parsley Butter. Garnish with parsley sprigs and lemon wedges and serve.
• Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before using.

WHOLE RAINBOW TROUT BAKED IN FOIL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Cut four sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil or eight sheets of lighter foil into squares that are three inches longer than your fish. If using lighter foil, make four double-thick squares. Oil the dull side of the foil with olive oil, and place a trout, skin side down, on each square. Season both sides with salt and pepper, and open them out flat. Place two tarragon or dill sprigs (or one rosemary sprig) and two lemon slices down the middle of each, and fold the two sides together. Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon olive oil over each fish.
• Making sure that the trout are in the middle of each square, fold up the foil loosely, grabbing at the edges and crimping together tightly to make a packet. Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, checking one of the packets after 10 minutes. The flesh should be opaque and pull apart easily when tested with a fork.
• Place each packet on a plate. Carefully cut across the top to open it, taking care not to let the steam from inside the packet burn you. Gently remove the fish from the packet, and pour the juices over it. Sprinkle with fresh tarragon, dill or parsley. Serve, passing the lemon wedges.

GRILLED RAINBOW TROUT

Steps:

• Whisk together juice, wine, and oil in a shallow nonreactive dish. Stuff half of the thyme, shallots, and lemon slices inside of the fish. Arrange trout in a single layer in dish; turn to coat. Scatter remaining thyme, shallots, and lemon slices over the fish. Cover; let stand for 1 hour, turning occasionally.
• Preheat a grill to medium-high. Remove fish from marinade. Season with salt and pepper. Spray a grill basket large enough to hold 4 fish with nonstick cooking spray. Arrange fish in grill basket.
• Grill until just cooked through and firm to the touch, 5 to 7 minutes per side.

BARBECUED TROUT

Steps:

• Combine the soy sauce, ketchup, lemon juice, oil and rosemary; pour two-thirds of marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add fish. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate bag for 1 hour, turning once. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade for basting. , Drain and discard marinade. Place fish in a single layer in a well-greased hinged wire grill basket. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until fish is browned on the bottom. Turn and baste with reserved marinade; grill 5-7 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve with lemon if desired.

FOIL BARBECUED TROUT WITH WINE

Steps:

• Preheat a grill for medium-high heat.
• On a flat surface, lay out two sheets of aluminum foil about 18 inches long so that they overlap to make one long wide sheet. Rinse the trout and pat dry. Lay the fish in the center of the foil about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle with white wine, melted butter and lemon juice. Season with parsley, salt and pepper. Fold the foil up loosely around the fish and crimp the seams to seal.
• Place the packet on the grill and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, or until fish is cooked through.

GRILLED TROUT WITH CASHEW AND GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat hot grill or barbecue. Slash skins of fish deeply three times on each side to let the heat permeate the flesh. Remove the heads if you like.
• Brush the fish lightly with oil, and season with salt and pepper both inside and out.
• Cook under grill or on barbecue for 4 minutes on each side, or until the skin is browned and the flesh feels firm.
• Melt the butter in a wide shallow pan, and fry the nuts quickly until toasted. Add the garlic and parsley, and fry the mixture briefly until the parsley darkens slightly.
• Add the lemon juice with more salt and pepper to taste and heat through.
• Put each trout on a warm serving plate, and spoon over cashew and garlic butter.