how to cook trout

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 (8 ounce) whole trout, butterflied and deboned
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 25 mins


• melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter smells toasted and is golden brown, about 1 minute. turn off heat.
• line a baking sheet with a piece of aluminum foil. place trout foil; open trout so skin sides are down. drizzle each trout with about 1/2 teaspoon melted butter. generously season with salt and black pepper.
• move an oven rack to 5 or 6 inches below heat source and preheat oven's broiler on high heat.
• broil trout until opaque and barely firm to the touch, 2 or 3 minutes. remove from oven.
• return pan of melted butter over high heat; stir in lemon juice and parsley. bring butter sauce to a boil; whisk to combine. serve trout on plates and drizzle with butter sauce.