Smoked Trout

Name: Smoked Trout
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves or dried thyme; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; 473 milliliters hickory wood chips; 1 Tbsp About salad oil; 2 Tbsps salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 680 grams cleaned, boned whole trout, heads and tails removed each)

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Smoked Trout a try. This recipe makes 3 servings with 705 calories, 51g of protein, and 32g of fat each. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up sugar, salad oil, lemon peel, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon peel you could follow this main course with the Lemon Syrup Cake with Berries and Lemon-Curd Cream as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Rinse trout and pat dry. In a small bowl, mix sugar, salt, lemon peel, and thyme; rub evenly over flesh sides of fish. Stack trout in a 9- by 13-inch baking dish. Cover and chill to cure at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours.

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Lemon Peel

Sugar

Thyme

Fish

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Baking Pan

Bowl

In a bowl, soak wood chips in 2 quarts of water for 30 minutes.

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French Fries

Water

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Bowl

Drain.

If using a charcoal grill, ignite 60 charcoal briquets on firegrate. When dotted with gray ash, in 20 to 25 minutes, push half the coals to each side of grate.

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Grill

Sprinkle half the wet wood chips on each mound of coals. Position grill about 6 inches above grate.

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French Fries

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Grill

If using a gas grill, turn heat to high. Put wet wood chips in smoke box or foil pan directly on heat. Close lid and heat for about 10 minutes. Adjust heat for indirect grilling (no heat down the center).

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French Fries

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Grill

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Rinse fish well and pat dry. Coat skin sides of fish with oil and lay fish, skin down, on grill, not over heat source. Cover barbecue; open vents for charcoal. Cook until fish are opaque but still moist-looking in center of thickest part (cut to test), 8 to 10 minutes. With a wide spatula, transfer fish to a platter.

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Fish

Cooking Oil