New Mexico Panned Rainbow Trout Recipes

PAN FRIED RAINBOW TROUT

Steps:

• Wash the trout in cold water and pat dry to remove any tiny stray bones. Season the trout with salt and pepper, heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat and cook the fish skin side down. Cook the trout in batches of 1 or 2 at a time. Cook the skin side for 2 to 3 minutes before turning with a spatula to cook the flesh side. Cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes or until fully cooked but be careful of overcooking as the fish are thin and cook quickly. As the trout are finishing, add the butter to the pan and allow to bubble before adding the tomatoes. Cook for 2 minutes, add the tarragon and remove from the heat. Serve immediately with fiddlehead ferns.;

RAINBOW TROUT ROASTED ON A CEDAR PLANK

Steps:

• Prepare and preheat your grill by building a fire on 1 side of the grill.
• In a small bowl, mix together the salt, pepper, red chili powder, and herbes de Provence. Open each trout's belly and lightly rub on the chili spice mixture. Next, place 2 lemon slices into each trout's belly and then carefully place each trout onto a cedar plank.
• Cook the trout planks in a covered barbecue away from direct heat for 15 minutes. Then, move the planks over the direct heat and cook for an additional 5 to 7 minutes, covered. The cedar planks will begin to smoke, and the trout will begin to turn golden brown. Once the trout is finished cooking, remove the planks from the grill and set aside. Carefully, lift the fish off the plank and serve.

NEW MEXICO PANNED RAINBOW TROUT

Steps:

• Gut and clean the trout and fill cavities with bay leaves and cilantro.
• Measure the thickness of the fish and cook 9 minutes to the inch.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in skillet. Sprinkle shallots over bottom of pan. Top with fish and place lemon slices over top of each fish. Add wine and cover pan with tight-fitting lid; bring to simmer and cook gently.
• Keeping the lemon, remove the fish to a platter and keep warm. Remove cilantro and bay leaves. Over high heat reduce liquid in pan by half. Add back the cilantro and stir.
• Reduce heat and, bit by bit, beat in little pieces of 6 ounces of butter to make a beurre blanc-like sauce. Serve with the fish.