

Tasty was the goal, and tasty was achieved. The butter melts down over the hot grilled fish, distributing all those chili flakes and rosemary herbs and lime juice. Just some softening, mixing, rolling and cooling. You need to prepare the compound butter ahead, which is easy to do. Top it off with your own homemade Chili-Rosemary-Lime Butter and you're gold. The butter will melt over the hot grilled trout, making it moist and flavorful. Top with slices of your compound butter and serve with extra lime slices and chopped parsley. Remove from heat and set onto serving plates. You can check with a fork in a thicker section of the fish. You may need a bit more time, depending on the thickness of your fillets.įlip and grill another few minutes to ensure the trout is cooked through.
#STEELHEAD TROUT RECIPE SKIN#
Grill skin sides down about ten minutes, so the skins get nice and charred. Rub the fish fillets with olive oil, garlic powder and salt and pepper. Roll into the plastic and refrigerate to harden.įor the Steelhead Trout. Set butter onto a large piece of plastic wrap and form it into a log. Add it to a mixing bowl.Īdd rosemary, lime juice, lime zest and chili flakes. For the compound butter, soften the butter so it is malleable but not melted.
#STEELHEAD TROUT RECIPE HOW TO#
How to Make this Grilled Stealhead Trout Recipe - the Stepsįirst, make the compound butter.

Let's talk about how we make the recipe, shall we? Ingredients Needed

They're not the same fish, but they belong to the same family - Salmonidae - and both have the typical pinkish meat. If you like salmon, you will probably enjoy steelhead trout. Steelhead trout has a strong flavor, very much like salmon. I did, however, grill these up for a crunchy skin. I'm reserving them for a special occasion, or another blog post, whichever comes first. I, of course, had to run out and buy a good dozen planks for myself, though I didn't use them in this recipe. I've made steelhead trout in the past but Matt's meal has inspired me to work up something of my own, and we love how it turned out. It's always fun to hang out with Matt and Jackie, sipping a few cocktails and enjoying each other's company.Įxcept when Matt pulls out the cedar planks and grills up perfectly seasoned grilled steelhead trout. Patty and I were invited to his house for dinner the other night. Total SHOUT OUT to my friend and neighbor, Matt. With this steelhead trout recipe, we season and grill the trout until it is nice and flaky, then top it with a slightly spicy compound butter.
