Bill's Trout

Name: Bill's Trout
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams or 6 slices bacon (about to make 2 to 4 tablespoons bacon drippings (or use same amount of salad oil); 118 milliliters cornmeal; 4 fresh-caught trout (up to 1 lb. each) or similar freshwater fish; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 4 servings Salt and pepper

Bill's Trout is a dairy free recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 388 calories, 4g of protein, and 30g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have flour, salt and pepper, similar freshwater fish, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

At home: Put cornmeal, flour, salt, and pepper in a 1-gallon zip-lock plastic food bag. Pack bacon drippings in a small, widemouthed Nalgene jar (see notes). Transport in an insulated chest.

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Bacon Drippings

Cornmeal

Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Salt

In camp: Gut fish. If desired, or for fit in pan, cut off heads and tails. Rinse fish well.

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Fish

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Frying Pan

Put fish in the plastic bag with the cornmeal mixture and shake to coat.

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Cornmeal

Shake

Fish

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Ziploc Bags

Put bacon drippings in a nonstick 10- to 12-inch frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add fish to pan without crowding. Brown well and cook just until thickest part flakes easily when prodded to the bone, about 5 minutes per side, depending on size. If desired, serve bacon with fish.

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Bacon

Bone

Fish

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Frying Pan