Sauteed Trout with Lemon Chive Butter

Name: Sauteed Trout with Lemon Chive Butter
Prep time: 53 min
Cook time: 53 min
Total time: 53 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps finely chopped fresh chives, divided; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper; 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest; 1 Tbsp finely chopped shallot; 4 trout fillet; 5 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened and divided

Sauteed Trout with Lemon Chive Butter is a gluten free, primal, and pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 130 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 53 minutes. If you have chives, shallot, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Mix 3 tablespoons butter, the lemon zest, juice, shallots and 2 tablespoons chives until well combined.

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Lemon Zest

Shallot

Butter

Chives

Juice

Place the butter onto a small piece of plastic wrap and, using both ends of the plastic wrap, spin it around to make a cylinder. Chill for at least 30 minutes.

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Butter

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Using needle nose tweezers, remove all the bones from the trout. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter over moderate heat in a large nonstick skillet.

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Butter

Trout

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle the trout with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Trout

Place the fish skin-side down and cook until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook for another 3 minutes. Using a sharp paring knife, slide the knife into the thickest part of the fish. If you don't feel any resistance, your fish is done.

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Fish

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Knife

Transfer the fish to serving plates, top with butter and garnish with the remaining chives.

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Butter

Chives

Fish

BYOC: The beauty of this butter is you can make it anything you want. Why not try limes and chiles, lemon and mint, rosemary, thyme and sage? Anything goes when you are in the kitchen.

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Rosemary