Best Trout With Lime Thyme Recipes

PAN-FRIED TROUT WITH LEMON THYME BUTTER

Steps:

• Pat dry fillets thoroughly with paper towel. Salt and pepper on all side.
• In a large skillet (I use non-stick), heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Once the oil is sizzling, add the fillets skin-side down. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook for about 5 minutes. Then flip each fillet and continue to cook until cooked through, about 2 minutes. Remove onto a plate skin-side up and loosely cover with a foil, while prepare the sauce. Don't cover the fillets tightly, or the crispy skin will get soggy.
• To make the sauce, add lemon juice, thyme and salt in a medium skillet. Bring it to a boil over medium heat and cook until it until reduced in half. Remove thyme, reduce the heat to low and add the butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Swirl the pan to slowly melt the butter before adding the remaining butter. The trick is to slowly melt the butter to get the silky sauce, instead of melted butter. You can pick up the skillet, hovering it over the heat and swirling it to melt the butter.
• Serve the trout with side of rice, or vegetables of your choice, and lemon butter sauce on the side.

SAUTEED TROUT WITH LIME

Steps:

• Put the trout in a dish and add the milk, salt and pepper. Turn the fish in the milk to coat well. Set aside.
• Cut the mushrooms into thin slices. There should be about two cups.
• Peel the limes. Cut the flesh from the white pulpy sections to make wedges. Set aside.
• Remove the fish from the milk without patting it dry. Dip the fish in the flour to coat on all sides. Shake off the excess.
• Heat the oil in a skillet large enough to hold the fish in one layer. Add the fish and cook over moderately high heat 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown on one side. Turn and cook on the second side, basting often, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer the fish to a hot serving platter.
• Meanwhile, heat one tablespoon of the butter in a skillet and add the mushroom slices. Cook, shaking the skillet and stirring, until mushrooms wilt. Cook until the liquid evaporates. Continue cooking until browned, about three minutes in all.
• Arrange the mushroom slices neatly over the trout. Arrange the lime slices symmetrically between the mushroom slices. Sprinkle any accumulated lime juice over the trout.
• Heat the remaining three tablespoons butter in a skillet until it melts. Continue cooking until the butter is lightly browned. Pour this over the trout. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

RAINBOW TROUT BAKED IN FOIL WITH TOMATOES, GARLIC AND THYME

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Cut 4 sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil, or 8 sheets of lighter foil, into squares that are 3 inches longer than your fish. If using lighter foil, make 4 double-thick squares. Oil the dull side of the foil with olive oil and place a trout, skin side down, on each square. Season both sides with salt and pepper and open them out flat.
• In a bowl combine the tomatoes, garlic, 1 teaspoon olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Spoon over the middle of each trout. Place 1 or 2 sprigs of thyme on top, and fold the two sides of the trout together. Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon olive oil over each fish.
• Making sure that the trout are in the middle of each square, fold the foil up loosely, grab at the edges and crimp together tightly to make a packet. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, checking one of the packets after 10 minutes. The flesh should be opaque and pull apart easily when tested with a fork.
• Place each packet on a plate. Carefully cut across the top to open it, taking care not to let the steam from inside the packet burn you. Gently remove the fish from the packet and pour the juices over. Sprinkle with parsley or thyme and serve, passing the lemon wedges.