Foil Baked Trout - Easy In the Kitchen and Camp
Today I am giving you my take on the classic foil baking for trout. You can really do this with most fish that you harvest. Be it butterflying the fish or filleting them, the primary concept of this recipe is to really throw tasty things together and let them cook together in their juices. What is nice about this recipe is that you can easily do this at home or at camp too!
Camp cooking is one of those experiences that you never forget after the first time you do it as well. The smell of the fire burning. The feeling of catching and cooking your own meal. It a is a wondrous feeling. So whether you have the opportunity to do this by the lakeside, or you are working on it from the house, it certainly will connect you to the great outdoors.
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To get started for my recipe, you will want the following items.
Prep Time: 5-10 Minutes
Cook Time: 20-25 Minutes
- Foil
- 1 whole trout, or two fillets.
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 6-8 fresh sprigs of thyme
- 2 tablespoons butter (you can substitute olive oil for this as well)
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- Salt & Pepper
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First, if you are cooking this at home, which is what I am doing in this recipe, preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. If you are doing this at camp, gather some hot coals near the edge of your active fire.
Take your trout, give it a good rinse and pat it dry. Salt and pepper both the skin side and flesh side of the fish. Take your tablespoon of minced garlic and apply it to the flesh of the fish. If you butterflied your trout, press it into the cavity of the fish. If you have a filleted trout, spread it across the fish evenly.
Add your fresh thyme to the fish. Rinse and slice your lemon into several pieces. add this to the fish and then apply the two tablespoons of butter. I highly recommend Kerrygold butter. It is delicious!
Once done, fold up the fish in the foil and place it in the oven or on the hot coals close to the fire. Cook times will vary depending on the type and size of fish. Generally the meat should flake apart easily and that will signal that the fish is done. The cook time listed here are specifically for a normal harvest rainbow trout.
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This style of cooking can really be used in multiple applications and is incredibly easy to do. You can use this for cooking veggies like potatoes, peppers, and beans in a stir fry of sorts. Fish of all kinds work with this. It essentially is utilizing the foil as a mini-oven, so you can bake whatever you can dream up within it. A word of warning though. It will be extremely hot when you pull the foil off the coals or out of the oven and the steam will be the same as you open the seams of the foil.
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