Rainbow Trout in a Potato Crust Recipe

Trout - Fried
United States
March 23, 2007 7:48am CST
As I am not an expert in the kitchen and like fish I thought this recipe sounded easy enough even for me. For all you experts could another fish be substituted for the trout? This recipe serves: 4 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes Ingredients 4 rainbow trout fillets salt to taste white pepper to taste 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus a little extra 8 small new red potatoes 2 tablespoons finely chopped, fresh parsley lemon wedges Cooking Instructions 1. Remove the skin from the fillets. Lay the fillets on individual squares of waxed paper and sprinkle with salt and white pepper. 2. Slice the unpeeled potatoes about 1/16" thick and lay them in an overlapping "fish scale" pattern on the surface of the fillets. 3. Coat a 10" skillet or sauté pan with oil and heat over medium-high heat. Gently lift each fillet by sliding one hand underneath the waxed paper and carefully flipping the fillet over into the pan (potato side down), being careful not to splash the hot oil. Add more oil to the pan so that the potato "scales" are immersed. Cook for 3 minutes, or until the edges of the potatoes begin to turn golden brown. Using a perforated spatula, gently turn the fillets over and cook 1 minute more. To Serve: Remove the fillets from the pan and place on warm serving plates. Sprinkle with the parsley and garnish with the lemon wedges. Serve immediately. Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 1 fillet Calories 309 Total Fat 11 g Saturated Fat 2 g Protein 20 g Total Carbohydrate 34 g Dietary Fiber 4 g Sodium 156 mg Percent Calories from Fat 32% Percent Calories from Protein 26% Percent Calories from Carbohydrate 42%
7 responses
@peaceful (3294)
• United States
23 Mar 07
Any member of the the Salmon, Trout and Char family would do well with this recipe, as well as fresh Cod and Halibut! :) For that recipe, you deserve a recipe calculator: http://www.cookingbynumbers.com You've just made me hungry! ;)
• United States
23 Mar 07
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@imsilver (1665)
• Canada
27 Mar 07
This sounds so good. I live in the best fishing area of North America and my boyfriend is native so fish is almost a stable in my house. I've discovered many different ways to cook it up but am always interested in learning new ones. I think this is one that I'm definatly going to try this year.
@weemam (13372)
24 Mar 07
Thanks for the recipe my friend , I love fish of any kind and it is always nice to find a new way to cook it , another one to add to my disc xx
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
24 Mar 07
I dont see why you couldnt use another type of fish I see nothing in here that would hurt
• Ireland
23 Mar 07
Wow, and you say you are not an expert in the kitchen. Well, as a fellow non expert I am certainly going to give this a try. However, as I don't like trout, I will replace it with either salmon or fresh cod. I can't wait to try it at the weekend and I can almost smell it already. Great stuff!
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
26 Mar 07
Now this would be great, as every ingredient in this recipe my husband can have, except the lemon. I could just leave that out, unless there is a substitute? I would use garfish or whiting. Thanks.
@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
23 Mar 07
Congrats on putting out this "unusual" recipe with excellant info and directionjs..The only fish I will eat is the ones I catch.I do alot of trout fishing but try to catch-and-release.If,I have to keep it,then I will cook it up while fresh.I am not sure if I will try the recipe,but it is a good option for me.