Cooking Trout

[Shooter]

Caught a few fish this weekend and never seem to cook trout very well, appreciate your tips on how to fry em up?

[sirfunkeybut]

I never fried mine, I just gutted and removed the head. Placed in aluminum foil and covered inside and out with butter, all purpose seasoning, garlic powder, lemon powder, and a little lemon. Wrap like a tent and pop em in the oven. 

[gaddy]

have had trout every way you could cook them. if camping & you have bacon- cook that first. season the fish a bit (head off at this point) & fry in bacon grease.
there are a thousand ways to cook trout. all are good. foil with lemon ?? just eat em!!

[Bigtine96]

Fill ziploc with flour and some breading, garlic powder and pepper. Fry in oil for 4-5 min on each side and your good to go!

[PolarBear]

 
Or egg wash and cornmeal with salt and pepper then fry.

[ICEMAN]

Split them in half, fry in butter and a spec of pepper. Cook meat side down for a while until the edge just starts to carmelize/crisp, then flip to skin side and finish. It cooks quick.

[Bigshooter]

Fillet them, season them up, dip them in a good light batter and fry.

[Rooster1981]

 
I let em all go     

[300rum]

Butter, Garlic Salt and sweet onions, put them inside the cavity.  Double wrap the fish in foil and put them on hot coals.

Leave the heads on, you can pull the heads up along with the skin and spine with all of the bones when the fish is done.   

[troyspinetar]

I never fried mine, I just gutted and removed the head. Placed in aluminum foil and covered inside and out with butter, all purpose seasoning, garlic powder, lemon powder, and a little lemon. Wrap like a tent and pop em in the oven. 

[Kola16]

I never fried mine, I just gutted and removed the head. Placed in aluminum foil and covered inside and out with butter, all purpose seasoning, garlic powder, lemon powder, and a little lemon. Wrap like a tent and pop em in the oven. 

Pretty much how I cook mine except I leave the heads. 375* Wrapped in tin foil...butter, Johnny's, butter, onion, butter, and butter

[raydog]

I usually smoke them, then bone em out and make a cream cheese dip. But can't go wrong with lemon and butter

[Shooter]

Thanks for all the great tips!

[KFhunter]

I usually smoke them, then bone em out and make a cream cheese dip. But can't go wrong with lemon and butter

 

[C-Money]

About the only time I eat them other than smoked is when camping. Then they get cleaned and wrapped in foil and put over some hot coals. Always seem to taste better in the woods.

[Alchase]

Butterfly them out, put them skin side down  on the BBQ or Grill, season with Johnney's, baste with melted butter, garlic and lemon.

[lokidog]

Unfortunately, some trout, no matter how they are cooked will still taste like crap.  IMO planted trout make the butter taste bad....

When camping on a lake where they actually taste decent (Banks Lake), I like to filet, remove all the bones, and sautee in butter with onions to have with my eggs for breakfast.

[Mike450r]

cold river native cuts are the only trout I like to eat and that is right there in camp fried in butter in a cast iron skillet lightly coated with flour, salt, & pepper till the tail is crispy like a potato chip.

[TheHunt]

Or egg wash and cornmeal with salt and pepper then fry.

Egg wash and cornmeal...   

[Dustin07]

I dont think you can go wrong with cooking rainbow trout, but the above mentioned pan fried is a great recipe. mix in some homemade tartar sauce (like a little mayo, relish, pepper, etc) and you've got a great meal.


just get real good at filleting them. the nicer you cut the meat the easier it is to cook well, imo.

[Screaminreelz]

Smoked on a hoagie roll with chipotle dressing, lettuce and tomato! whooo boy!