Blue Corn Pan Fried Trout Recipes

PAN FRIED TROUT

Steps:

• Pat the filleted fish dry with paper towels. In a shallow pan, combine the flour, salt and pepper. Dredge the trout in the flour by pressing it down on both sides and shaking off the excess flour.
• Heat a large cast iron skillet or other nonstick pan over medium high heat and melt the butter in it. Add the olive oil, then when hot, lay the trout fillets skin side down in the pan and cook for 3-5 minutes. Carefully flip with a thin, wide spatula and cook on the other side for another 3-5 minutes until golden brown, nearly opaque and the fish flakes easily with a fork. Don't overcook the fish!
• Serve with lemon wedges for squeezing over the top of the pan fried trout.

PAN-FRIED TROUT

Steps:

• In a wide flat dish, combine the bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, oregano, red pepper flakes, zest of 1 lemon and salt, to taste.
• In a small bowl, mix together the mustard and the juice of 1 lemon. Brush both sides of the trout with mustard mixture. Coat the fish on both sides with the seasoned bread crumbs and press firmly to adhere the crumbs to the fish.
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
• Coat a large skillet with about 1/4 to 1/2-inch of olive oil and bring to a medium-high heat. Add the fish to the pan, skin side down, and cook the fish 2/3's of the way, about 6 to 7 minutes. Carefully turn the fish over and cook the other side until the fish is brown and crispy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the fish from the pan and drain on paper towels. You will probably need to work in batches to do 4 fish. After the first batch is done and dried on paper towels reserve it on a rack in a warm oven.
• When all the fish has been fried, remove the oil and any brown bits from the pan. Add the butter and remaining lemon juice and swirl to combine as the butter melts. Season with salt, to taste, and reduce by about half. Transfer the fish to a serving platter, drizzle with the butter lemon sauce and serve.
• What a fishtale!

CORNMEAL BATTERED TROUT

Steps:

• Mix egg and water and slowly whisk in flour and cornmeal. Add parsley, garlic salt, onion salt, salt, and ground white pepper. Lay prepared fish in batter while oil is heating.
• In heavy skillet (preferably cast iron or non-stick), heat oil over medium-high heat until a 1/2 teaspoon batter dropped into it sizzles and begins to brown. Fry fish for 3 minutes on each side. Remove and drain on paper towels.
• Garnish with lemon slices and flat-leaf parsley leaves.
• Serving suggestion: Southern tartar sauce (chopped piccalilli mixed with mayonnaise) and hot green pepper sauce.

PAN FRIED WHOLE TROUT

Steps:

• Remove gills from fish and discard. Rinse fish under cold water.
• In a large skillet heat oil over medium heat.
• In shallow dish, combine the flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper. Raise heat to high. Dredge fish in flour mixture and fry in hot oil for about 4 to 6 minutes on each side or until meat flakes with a fork. Serve garnished with lemon wedges.

BLUE CORN PAN-FRIED TROUT

Steps:

• Combine cornmeal, salt and chili powder in pie plate.
• In a seperate pie plate (or bowl) beat together egg and mik.
• Dip trout in egg/milk mixture and then in the cornmeal mixture and place on seperate plate.
• In large frying pan (cast iron is best) heat butter (or margarine) and oil.
• When pan is hot add trout and cook over medium heat for 4-6 minutes per side or browned and done.
• Remove and keep warm.
• In same pan, cook onion and bacon until bacon colors.
• Add vinegar to pan and boil until vinegar is reduced by half (5 minutes).
• Pour onion/bacon mixture over trout and serve.

PAN FRIED TROUT

Steps:

• Rinse the trout under cold running water (or in the beautiful mountain lake/stream you caught them in).
• Pat dry.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper (I take a zip lock baggie in my pack with salt/pepper/garlic powder mixed together).
• Melt the butter in a large heavy skillet on medium-high heat.
• Coat the trout in corn meal and shake off the excess.
• When the butter is melted, place the coated trout, flesh side down, in the skillet.
• Fry 4-5 minutes, then turn and fry 4-5 minutes or until the flesh is golden brown and flaky. (Trout may be seasoned with garlic or onion powder before frying if desired, I also take a lemon with me to squeeze over the top).

HEMINGWAY'S TROUT

Steps:

• Combine green onions, parsley, lemon juice, and pepper. Sprinkle trout cavities with salt, then spread each with onion mixture.
• In a wide frying pan over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pan and drain. Leave 2 or 3 Tblsp. of the drippings in the pan and reserve remaining drippings.
• Combine baking mix and cornmeal on a piece of waxed paper. Coat trout on both sides with mixture. Arrange half the trout in pan. Cook, turning once, until fish is lightly browned and flakes readily when prodded in thickest portion with a fork. For a 1-inch thick fish (measured in thickest portion), allow 5 minutes per side. (Allow same ratio of thickness to time-1-inch: 10 minutes total- for fish of all thicknesses.).
• Cook remaining fish in reserved drippings. Slip a bacon strip into cavity of each fish. Garnish with lemon wedges.

PAN FRIED TROUT

Steps:

• Rinse trout fillets under cold running water, pat dry and cut in serving pieces.
• Fry bacon until crisp.
• Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
• Set aside.
• In a bowl, beat egg.
• Stir in milk, salt and pepper.
• In a pie plate, combine flour, cornmeal, and paprika.
• Dip fish pieces in egg mixture, then coat with flour mixture.
• Fry in the reserved (hot) bacon fat until fish are golden brown, 2-3 minutes on each side.
• Drain on paper towels and garnish with bacon.