Cajun Oven Fried Trout Recipes

BLACKENED (CAJUN) TROUT

Steps:

• Fillet the trout(fresh or thawed) about 25 mm thick (1-1/2").
• Don't be afraid to substitute halibut, perch, shrimp, or any firm-fleshed seafood or fish for the char.
• Melt butter in a cast-iron or heavy-bottomed frying pan over medium high heat.
• Add Cajun spice and heat thoroughly.
• Place fillets in pan.
• Squeeze juice of one lemon into pan.
• Cook fish for about 5 minutes on each side.
• Serve with remaining lemon wedges and pan drippings.

CRISPY TROUT WITH KITCHEN BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• If it's convenient, set the serving plates to warm in a low oven (175 degrees F) as you prepare the fish.
• For the sauce, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and thyme and cook them briefly until lightly browned. Add the cream, bring it to a boil and reduce quickly by half. Add the remaining 10 tablespoons butter gradually, pat by pat, whisking until incorporated. When the sauce is smooth and thick, discard the garlic and thyme and add the chives, sherry vinegar, tarragon and salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat two large cast-iron skillets over medium-high heat. Sprinkle both sides of the fish with salt and pepper and dust the skin sides with the flour. When the pans are hot, add enough canola oil to thinly coat the bottom of each and add a fish to each pan, skin-side down. Cook until the skins turn golden brown and opaque doneness creeps into the pink flesh of the fish. You want to cook the fish nearly all the way through on the skin side. Flip the fish and transfer them to a plate to keep warm in the oven. Cook the remaining fish.
• Pour 3 to 4 tablespoons of sauce onto each warm plate, top with a trout, skin side pointing up, and serve immediately.

BAKED CAJUN SPECKLED TROUT

Steps:

• 1. Rinse fish and pat dry.
• 2. Rub fish filets with olive oil, and season with garlic, salt and black pepper or Cajun Bayou Blends. (I used Cajun bayou blends)
• 3. Place fish in baking dish. Add onion and green pepper (I used finely chopped onion and green pepper)
• 4. Place fish in refrigerator for 30 minutes for flavors to blend.
• 5. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

CAJUN OVEN FRIED TROUT

Steps:

• Move oven rack to position slightly above middle of oven. Heat oven to 500°F. Remove and discard skin from fish. Cut fish into 2x1 1/2-inch pieces.
• In small bowl, mix buttermilk and egg white with fork. In another small bowl, mix cornmeal, bread crumbs and Cajun seasoning. Dip fish into buttermilk mixture, then coat with cornmeal mixture. Place in ungreased 13x9-inch pan. Lightly spray cooking spray on fish.
• Bake about 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Serve with lemon wedges.