Hallee the Homemaker

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Mouthwatering Cornmeal Crusted Rainbow Trout

Mouthwatering Cornmeal Crusted Rainbow Trout

My dad tells the story of his early marriage to my mom, when he went fishing in the McKenzie River in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and came home with a mess of rainbow trout that he just dumped into the kitchen sink.  Her response to that was, “What do you expect me to do with that?”  To which he often follows up with, “You’re lucky you made it here.  There was a moment there that you might never have been.”  My mom never has enjoyed rainbow trout, but (after my dad would clean fish well away from mom’s kitchen sink) she would fry it in cornmeal.  When I bit into this dish, I was immediately transported back in time to my childhood and eating fresh caught rainbow trout.

INGREDIENTS:

4 rainbow trout fillets, skin on
cornmeal
salt and pepper
extra virgin olive oil
1 lemon

SUPPLIES:

frying pan
lemon juicer
plate
paper towels

PREPARATION:

Salt and pepper the fish.  Sprinkle with cornmeal and press down.

DIRECTIONS:

Heat about a tablespoon of olive oil in your pan.  Heat it just under medium-high heat.  Add the fish, skin side up.

Cook for 4 minutes.  Flip over and cook for 2 minutes.

Remove from the heat and place on paper towels.  Repeat with the remaining 2 fillets, adding a little more oil if needed.

Drizzle with fresh squeezed lemon.

YIELD:

4 servings

NUTRITION: ~*~
Low in sodium
Very low in sugar		 NUTRITION FACTS:
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NOTES:

I would love to hear any feedback about this recipe. Did you make it? Did you enjoy it? Did you make any adjustments to it?

Hallee

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11 thoughts on “Mouthwatering Cornmeal Crusted Rainbow Trout”

  3. I really like the story about your dad. I remember trout fishing with my family in Colorado, then frying the trout in cornmeal just like your recipe!

  4. Hallee, I thought trout are bottom feeders? Isn’t that part of your dietary restrictions?

    Nosey and confused,
    Sara

  5. Leviticus 11:9 says, ‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat.” So, as long as it has fins and scales, I’m good, and rainbow trout does.

    I checked the even stricter Kosher law, and rainbow trout passes that, too.

  9. I love cole slaw with it. My husband loves baby red potatoes with dill. I love fried potatoes. Not the most healthy thing to serve with fried fish, but so yummy! LOL

  10. You reminded me of the times my Dad used to fry up the fish we had caught – great memories! I like the idea of cornmeal with rainbow trout, it sounds yummy.

  11. This sounds yummy and super easy! Have you tried it with any other fish like catfish or tilapia?

    Thanks for sharing!
    Have a great day!
    Sherry

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