Here's how to make our family's favorite trout dinner. And a big 'Thanks!' to James from our whole family for supplying us with a great catch from Skinner Lake.
Here's what you need to get started.
Trout fillets (cut in halves or thirds, depending on size)
3 Eggs (beaten)
Flour
Butter (or margarin)
Vegetable Oil
Garlic Powder
Home-made Rub
The rub that we like to use came out of a Woman's Day magazine. It's simple, goes a long way, and can be used with all kinds of meats/poultry/fish.
(seasoning shown in baggy)
Rub Ingredients:
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 Tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1 Tbsp paprika
- ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
First, put some vegetable oil and butter in a pan and turn the stove to a med-high heat. The oil helps keep the butter from burning.
As that starts to heat up and sizzle, take a piece of fish and dip it in the egg.
Then cover it with flour
This may be backwards from the way it's usually done. I think when you're deep frying, you dust it with flour first, then dip it in the egg. But we're not deep frying and I don't want a heavy coating on the fish.
Lay it in the pan. I usually start with the skin down
That's right. We live the skin on! Even our kids prefer it that way. Just make sure you get all the scales off when cleaning it. If you prefer not to eat the skin, it will come away from the fish very easily once it's cooked.
Sprinkle on some garlic powder
(if you're like me, "sprinkle" means give it a good coating)
Then season it with our rub.
Repeat that until you've filled the pan.
(hint: your fingers will be totally coated in egg and flour, so i suggest either having someone else season the fish after you've battered it, or fill the pan first, then season it.)
Fry 'em skin side down for a little while.
Then flip 'em and fry 'em skin side up for a while.
You don't need to season both sides, but it won't hurt if you do.
Voila!
When it's done, take the fish off of the heat and serve it with rice and vegetables.
Our kids absolutely devour this meal, from the 2 year old all the way up to the 12 year old. Even our neighbors went crazy for it and have asked when we're going to do it again.
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