Well I was skeptical when my dad gave us some trout from a recent fishing trip. Mostly since they still had the heads on and the bones in and…ick. I was not too sure about it. So it sat in the freezer until I knew we just couldn’t ignore it anymore and Tyler set out to make it a meal for us. I swore I wouldn’t eat it and that if he didn’t get the fish skin and bones and nastiness out of our apartment ASAP I would freak out. What I didn’t expect was that it would taste so good. That’s right, I took a bite…and then another…and then I finished off the fillet. I did refuse to enter the kitchen until he cleaned up the nastiness and got the head out of my sight but my first experience eating trout really wasn’t bad. In fact I would willingly eat it again, as long as there are no fish heads to be seen! Tyler did a great job filleting the fish (with the help of an instructional video on YouTube!) It didn’t taste that different than tilapia.
Baked Trout (from allrecipes.com)
Ingredients:
4 trout fillets
2 T olive oil
1T + 1t garlic salt
2t ground black pepper
2 lemons, sliced
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Rinse fish, and pat dry.
- Rub fillets with olive oil, and season with garlic salt and black pepper. Place each fillet on a large sheet of aluminum foil. Squeeze the juice from the ends of the lemons over the fish. Arrange lemon slices on top of fillets. Carefully seal all edges of the foil to form enclosed packets. Place packets on baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of fish. Fish is done when it flakes easily with a fork.
I know how you feel about seeing a whole fish – head and all. My brother feels the same way. When we were younger, we often would have dishes of whole fish staring at us at the dinner table.. and my brother refused to sit at the table until we removed the head (it was the eyes that irked him the most) lol. Glad you liked the trout despite it all and it is very much like tilapia!
let me know if u ever want to have a halibut adventure in the kitchen.
Mama caught it, Tyler cleaned it and JuJu ate it!
A storybook ending.
Next time you should experience catching it yourself. Tyler can then fillet it at the nearby cleaning station and you take home the “ready to cook” fillets.
Hey Julia! I think our parents have joined together in a conspiracy to make us like trout this summer. Although, I had to catch my own 4th of July weekend.
However, Dad did clean them at that handy fish cleaning station your Dad mentioned. We had ours breaded and fried at camp and brought home filets for the freezer. I think I will try this recipe with part of those. I think your food blog is awesome! I love to try new recipes too. I will be checking back for inspiration for sure!
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