The article will tell you how to cook grilled trout deliciously. It will reveal several culinary secrets that will help you get a wonderful dish of this fish at the exit.
A little about the fish itself
Trout is a fish of the salmon family. It can be of several types: large-headed, silver, rainbow, golden, Caucasian, Sevan (a unique species, found only in the Armenian high mountain lake Sevan), marble, flat-headed, etc. It lives in small streams, freshwater lakes, rivers and seas. Trout is also bred in fisheries for the sake of valuable meat and caviar.
In appearance, trouts are very different from each other. But most of them are fish with a body length of 30-40 cm and a weight of up to 500-600 grams. Although in nature there are individuals weighing up to 5-7 or more kilograms! Its color depends on the living and feeding conditions.
How to choose a trout
There are a number of signs by which you can determine the type and quality of fish, but in the case of trout, it is difficult even for specialists to do this. Therefore, we trust the suppliers. The main thing is to buy a fresh or chilled product. By the way, although trout is traditionally called red fish, the color of its meat can be white, pink, dark pink or red. It depends on the species, habitat and food of this representative of salmon. Artificial trout are sold in stores; the color of her meat is dark pink or red. Although more valuable are specimens caught in natural reservoirs.
What can be cooked from trout
Trout is an expensive delicacy, its presence on the table speaks of the prosperity and good taste of the owners. This is a fatty and very tasty fish. From it you can cook many wonderful dishes, nutritious and healthy. It is salted, marinated, boiled, baked, fried. Grilled trout has excellent taste. Below are some interesting recipes.
Grilled trout - a classic way of cooking
A whole fish is taken to prepare this dish. It needs to be prepared: cut off the head, gut it thoroughly, wash it under running water and dry it with paper towels. Grate the carcass with coarse salt inside and out and sprinkle with the juice of a quarter of lemon. Leave to "rest" for 10 minutes. After that, grease it on both sides with vegetable oil and lay on a grill (the installation should be as hot as possible).
Grilled trout is cooked quickly, 10 minutes are enough to fry it on each side.
Seasonings and marinade
To give the dish a richer flavor, the masters recommend holding the fish in the marinade before frying or rubbing it with a mixture of seasonings.
Trout goes well with lemon, ginger, parsley, dill, cilantro, basil, black pepper, coriander, mustard seeds. Before cooking, you can grate the prepared carcass with a mixture of Italian herbs and salt or prepare the seasoning yourself. To do this, mix the ingredients to taste and grind them in a mortar. After a 10-minute "rest" the fish is greased with vegetable oil (olive oil is good) and grilled.
Grilled marinated trout is very tasty. The recipe is very simple. You will need:
- 2 large trout steaks (palm-sized and 3-4 cm thick);
- half a lemon;
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce;
- 2 tablespoons of white wine;
- 2-3 tablespoons of any vegetable oil (preferably sunflower or olive);
- 1 teaspoon without a hill of seasonings to taste the hostess (Italian herbs or a mixture of coriander, allspice, mustard seeds are perfect);
- incomplete teaspoon of salt.
Grate steaks well with salt and seasonings, put in a container, squeeze lemon juice, pour in soy sauce and wine, leave in a cold place for 1-1.5 hours. After steaks, remove from the marinade, dry with a paper towel to remove excess liquid, grease with vegetable oil and fry on both sides on a well-heated grill (5-7 minutes on each side).
Trout is also prepared in a grill pan.
With greens
Mistresses note another recipe. You can cook grilled trout with herbs. For this, the abdomen of the prepared carcass should be stuffed with coarsely chopped fresh herbs, lay there 3 thin slices of lemon and finely chopped garlic clove. Grate the top of the carcass with any suitable spices and salt and leave to "rest" for a couple of hours.
After the fish, grease with sunflower oil, wrap in foil and lay on the grill grate. In 25-30 minutes the dish is ready!
Now you know how to cook grilled trout carcass or steak. Bon Appetit!