Switch Up Your Seafood By Eating Trout In Lemon Butter Herb Sauce

When it comes to cooking any type of fish that uses herbs, you always want to use fresh herbs. Using dry herbs is very convenient but it gives the fish an odd flavor. Aside from giving your fish a really wonderful flavor, fresh herbs seem to help soften the sometimes “fishy” flavor of fish and other seafood. That may see a little like BS but it’s worked on more than one occasion so try it out for yourself.

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2-2 pound trout, scales removed, and fillet into two fillets with skin on
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh dill
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup dry white wine
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh parsley
• kosher salt (as needed)
• pepper (as needed)

1. Chop the thyme, oregano, and dill, combine, then sprinkle evenly over both trout fillets. Season each fillet with desired kosher salt and pepper.
2. Heat a large pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of butter. Allow the butter to lightly toast, then place each trout skin side down, allow the trout to cook for 3 minutes then flip over (skin side up) and cook trout for another 3 minutes. Gently remove the skin from each fillet, then remove them from the pan, place them on a plate for now.
3. Add the garlic to the pan, cook for 2 minutes. Deglaze with white wine allowing the white wine to almost evaporate (roughly 1-2 minutes) add the lemon juice and cook for 1-2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, allowing the liquid to cool slightly.
4. Swirl the liquid in the pan then add 1 tablespoon of butter continuously swirling the liquid and butter together so that it begins to form a creamy like sauce, add the last tablespoon of butter repeating the swirling motion, add the fresh parsley making sure it is well mixed into the sauce.
5. Place the trout fillets back to the pan flesh side up. Spoon the herb sauce over each fillet coating them completely. Serve each fillet onto a plate, spoon plenty of sauce over them and enjoy.

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