Melanie caught this trout in Eastern Washington on opening day, at Blue Lake. We’re not bragging, but she caught the largest fish of her party – two sixteen inchers. This is the tale of one of those sixteen inchers.
Opening Day Trout at Blue Lake
Cut the whole fish in half and open it up. Drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with fresh thyme. This thyme was so fresh it wasn’t even woody. Also, chopped shallots and salt and pepper.
Trout, Prepared
Put it skin side down on medium heat grill for 15 minutes. You’ll know the fish is done when the fat starts to pool and the fish starts to flake. It’ll continue to cook off the grill, so pull on the early side of the flaking.
Trout on the Grill
On the side, we had grilled potatoes. Just toss with salt, pepper, olive oil and fresh chives. We put them on the grill before the fish so they’d have a head start.
The chive butter is courtesy of Alice Waters (and the fresh chives in our garden). four tablespoons butter, 1/4 cup freshly minced chives, 1 finely chopped garlic clove, squeeze of lemon, and salt and pepper. Mix together all of the ingredients and use as garnish on the fish and potatoes.
Garlic Chive Butter
Fresh Grilled Trout Dinner
Ingredients
- Whole trout, cleaned
- Fresh thyme
- Shallot
- Salt, Pepper and Olive Oil
- Baby red potatoes (enough for two)
- chive butter: 4 T room temp butter, 1/4 cup freshly minced chives, 1 clove chopped garlic, squeeze of lemon, salt and pepperWhole
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This looks absolutely wonderful in every single way. Everything is so fresh!
thank you! yes, we were very delighted to eat this whole meal. I wish we could share it with you!
My husband was fishing all weekend near Leavenworth. He was the only one in the group that didn’t get any fish. I was hoping to be cooking some trout last night and making a post just like this one today. So I was happy to see yours pop up in my reader!
That’s so great to hear, although I wish you had some trout in your kitchen today! Well, when you DO have it, there’s nothing liked fresh, grilled trout. Let us know when you make your blog post.