Indulge in the culinary delight of pan-fried trout, a crispy-skinned delicacy complemented by the subtle sweetness of leeks, the nutty crunch of almonds, and the piquant tang of capers. This delectable dish offers a symphony of flavors and textures that will tantalize your taste buds.
The recipe begins with preparing the trout, which involves cleaning and seasoning the fish to perfection. Then, the trout is coated in a crispy breading and pan-fried until golden brown, ensuring a perfectly cooked and flavorful fish.
While the trout sizzles, the recipe guides you through creating a flavorful sauce. Leeks, known for their mild oniony taste, are sautéed until tender, releasing their natural sweetness. Toasted almonds add a touch of nutty richness, while capers bring a briny, salty dimension that enhances the overall flavor profile.
The recipe also includes variations to cater to different tastes and preferences. For those who prefer a creamy sauce, there's an option to incorporate sour cream or crème fraîche, adding a velvety texture and tangy flavor. If you're looking for a lighter version, you can opt for a simple lemon-butter sauce, providing a refreshing citrusy touch.
Whether you choose the classic sauce or a variation, the pan-fried trout with leeks, almonds, and capers is sure to impress. It's a versatile dish that can be served as a main course for a special occasion or as a quick and easy weeknight meal. So, gather your ingredients and embark on a culinary journey that will leave you craving more.
PAN FRIED TROUT
The Rocky Mountains are known as a prime fishing destination, and as such, rainbow trout is often on the menu in Colorado, whether that's at a restaurant, in homes, or at campsites. This easy, classic Pan Fried Trout recipe makes a delicious, quick dinner of store-bought or fresh caught rainbow trout by lightly dredging it in seasoned flour then quickly searing it in a hot skillet with a little butter.
Provided by Amy Nash
Categories Dinner
Time 18m
Number Of Ingredients 7
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 644 kcal, Carbohydrate 6 g, Protein 71 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Cholesterol 212 mg, Sodium 372 mg, Fat 35 g, TransFat 1 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 24 g, ServingSize 1 serving
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 711.2 calories, Carbohydrate 29.8 g, Cholesterol 194.9 mg, Fat 33.2 g, Fiber 4.2 g, Protein 73.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 763.8 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
PANFRIED TROUT WITH ALMONDS AND PARSLEY
Sauteed almonds make a zesty topping for panfried trout. For a light, quick supper, serve the fish with baby lettuce leaves and lemon wedges.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Lightly coat a large skillet with cooking spray. Place over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the trout with the salt, and season with pepper; gently place 2 fillets in skillet, skin sides up. Reduce heat to medium, and cook until undersides are golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Carefully flip fish, using two spatulas if necessary. Cook until fish is slightly flaky in center when poked with a fork, about 2 minutes more. Transfer fish to a platter; keep warm. Wipe out skillet, and repeat with remaining 2 fillets.
- Wipe out skillet; add oil and almonds. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until almonds start to turn golden, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, and immediately add parsley and lemon zest; stir to combine. Stir in lemon juice; as soon as it starts to bubble, pour sauce over fish. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 347 g, Cholesterol 84 g, Fat 20 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 34 g, Sodium 413 g
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!
TROUT WITH CAPER SAUCE
Provided by Robert Irvine : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 1h55m
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- For the mashed potatoes: Put the potatoes in a large pot with 2 gallons of cold water. Bring the water and potatoes to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender. Strain the potatoes and allow them to rest in the strainer over the sink for 5 to 10 minutes so they steam and dry out a bit. While the potatoes are draining combine the cream and butter in the pot and bring to a boil, melting the butter.
- Put the potatoes back into the pot with the cream and the butter and whip with an electric hand mixer until the potatoes are smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm. (If the potatoes cool off, heat them in a pan with the additional 1/4 cup cream and 2 tablespoons butter just before plating.)
- For the vegetables: Prepare a large bowl of ice water for shocking the vegetables after blanching. Bring 2 gallons of water to a rolling boil and add the salt.
- Add half of the green beans to the boiling water and cook until tender but not over-cooked, about 3 minutes. Transfer the beans to the ice bath using a hand strainer. Allow the water to come back up to a rolling boil and repeat the process with the remainder of the green beans and then the carrots.
- For the trout: Line a baking sheet with paper towels. Heat a large skillet over high heat until smoking hot and reduce the heat to medium-high. Season the trout with salt and pepper, then dredge the skin side of the trout in the flour. Coat the skillet with grape seed oil.
- Place the trout in the skillet skin-side down and sear until the skin is golden brown and the flesh begins to turn opaque. Gently flip the filets over and finish cooking for an additional 2 minutes. Transfer the trout to the prepared baking sheet and allow the cooked trout to rest for 5 minutes.
- For the sauce: Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until they just begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Heat a large saute pan over high heat until it begins to smoke. Add the grape seed oil to the pan and then add the shallots and capers. Saute for 2 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice and bring to a boil; cook until reduced by half. Take the pan off the heat and add the butter a little at a time, swirling the pan to emulsify the butter into the lemon juice. Season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper (be careful with the salt because the capers can be very salty already). Stir in the chopped parsley.
- For plating: In a large saute pan over high heat add the carrots and green beans and enough water to create a thin layer in the pan. Allow the water to boil and once the beans and carrots are hot, season them with salt and pepper.
- Place a scoop of the mashed potatoes in the center of each of 6 plates. Arrange two filets of trout on top, flesh-side up. Arrange the carrots and green beans leaning on the trout to one side.
- Spoon 2 ounces of sauce onto each plate and sprinkle the toasted almond slices over the top of the fish. Serve immediately.
TROUT ALMONDINE
A five star meal that's easy to prepare but will leave you feeling like a Michelin star chef! Perfectly pan-fried fish served with a buttery sauce of toasted almonds, lemon, and parsley - it's a showstopper!
Provided by Kimberly Killebrew
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Using a dry pan heated over medium-high heat, toast the sliced almonds on both sides until lightly browned. Be careful not to scorch them or they will be bitter. Set aside until ready to use.
- Sprinkle both sides of the fish filets with salt and freshly ground black pepper.Place the flour in a shallow dish and dredge both sides of the filets in the flour. Shake off the excess flour.Heat the oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the fish filets in batches, skin side down, until the skins are nicely browned. Carefully turn the fish filets over and cook the other side until the fish is done (the USDA recommends 145 degrees F. You can also test it by sticking a fork into the thickest part at an angle and give it a gentle twist so you can see into the flesh. Once the fish is opaque and has lost its translucent appearance is done.) Be careful not to overcook the fish or it will be dry.Transfer the fish to a warm plate and tent with foil while you prepare the sauce.
- To make the sauce: Melt the butter in the same pan. Stir in the lemon juice, parsley and the toasted sliced almonds. Add salt and pepper to taste. Place two filets on each plate (or one large filet) and spoon some sauce over each filet. Serve immediately.
PAN-ROASTED FISH WITH FRIED CAPERS
Salt-packed capers have become a growing presence in grocery stores. They tend to be larger than capers cured in vinegar and brine, more like the flower buds that they are, and pleasingly vegetal in flavor. When you fry them in olive oil, the oil intensifies their saltiness and turns their outer leaves into a crisp shell, creating delicious crunchy bits that can be used as both seasoning and texture. Here, they stud fillets of pan-roasted striped bass, but you could use any meaty white fish like cod or halibut. It's a bright and flavorful alternative to the usual weeknight fish dish, and it can be on the table in about a half hour.
Provided by Amanda Hesser
Categories dinner, easy, quick, seafood, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Soak the salt-packed capers in water for 10 minutes, drain, rinse, then thoroughly pat dry. (If using brined capers, drain them and pat dry.) Pour 1/2 inch olive oil into a small saucepan and place over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot enough to toast a bread crumb in 30 seconds, add the capers. Be careful, the oil may sputter. Fry until the capers fluff up and begin to brown on the edges, 30 to 60 seconds. Drain the capers on a paper towel.
- Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick sauté pan. Place over medium-high heat and add the garlic clove. Season the fish with salt and pepper. When the garlic bubbles on the edges, lay the fish in the pan, skin side down. Sauté until browned on the bottom, 4 to 5 minutes, then put the pan in the oven and roast until the fish is just cooked through, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Set a fillet on each of 4 plates. Sprinkle the fried capers over the fillets and serve with wedges of lemon.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 288, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 2 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 41 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 590 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams
PANFRIED TROUT WITH ALMONDS AND PARSLEY
Steps:
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Season fillets with 3/4 teaspoon salt, dividing evenly, and pepper. Gently place 2 fillets in skillet, skin side up. Reduce heat to medium, and cook until golden brown on one side, 4 to 5 minutes. Carefully flip fish, using two spatulas if necessary. Cook until slightly flaky in the center when pierced with a fork, about 2 minutes more. Transfer fish to a serving platter; keep in a warm spot. Wipe out skillet, and repeat with 1 teaspoon oil and remaining 2 fillets.
- Wipe out skillet again; add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and the almonds. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until almonds start to turn golden, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, and immediately add parsley and lemon zest; stir to combine. Stir in lemon juice; as soon as it starts to bubble, pour sauce over fish. Serve immediately.
- Nutrition Information
- (Per Serving)
- Calories: 315
- Saturated Fat: 2.7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 19.3g
- Cholesterol: 45.8mg
- Carbohydrates: 7.4g
- Protein: 21.8g
- Sodium: 410mg
- Fiber: 3.3g
PAN-FRIED TROUT WITH ROSEMARY, LEMON AND CAPERS
This 1994 recipe gets Provencal flavors on the table in minutes. Fresh rosemary needles are pressed into the fillets, which are seasoned in flour and pan fried for a crisp exterior and flaky inside. A sauce built on shallots, white wine and lemon adds complexity. Pair it with a light vegetable like sautéed asparagus, or a bright arugula salad, and serve with some of that white wine for an easy, refreshing spring dinner.
Provided by Molly O'Neill
Categories dinner, easy, quick, weeknight, times classics, main course
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Press 1/2 teaspoon of the rosemary needles into the flesh of each trout fillet. Combine the flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Coat the fillets in the seasoned flour.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the trout and saute until cooked through, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Remove the trout from the pan and place on warmed plates. Add the shallots to the skillet and cook, stirring constantly, for 15 seconds.
- Pour in the wine and reduce to 1/3 cup, about 5 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice, capers and remaining teaspoon rosemary and remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Place 1 trout fillet on each of 4 plates, spoon the sauce over the trout and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 240, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 13 grams, Fat 8 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 17 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 388 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- For a crispy skin on your trout, make sure to pat it dry before cooking and season it liberally with salt and pepper.
- Use a large skillet to prevent the trout from overcrowding and steaming instead of searing.
- Cook the trout over medium heat until the skin is golden brown and crispy, about 3-4 minutes per side.
- To ensure the trout is cooked through, use a meat thermometer to check that the internal temperature has reached 145°F (63°C).
- The leeks should be thinly sliced for even cooking and to help them caramelize.
- Toast the almonds in a dry skillet until golden brown and fragrant, for added flavor and texture.
- Capers add a briny, salty flavor to the dish, so use them sparingly to taste.
- Serve the trout immediately with the leeks, almonds, capers, and a squeeze of lemon juice for a delicious and healthy meal.
Conclusion:
This pan-fried trout with leeks, almonds, and capers is a simple yet flavorful dish that can be prepared in under 30 minutes. The crispy skin of the trout pairs perfectly with the tender leeks, crunchy almonds, and briny capers, while the lemon juice adds a refreshing touch. This dish is perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a special occasion dinner. Serve it with your favorite sides, such as roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes, or a simple green salad.
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