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I fell in love with this dish the first time I had it in a restaurant and have been trying for years to make an easy and healthy version of pecan crusted trout at home.
When you order this in a restaurant, it is usually fried in a lot of butter, and served with a lemon butter sauce.
Don’t get me wrong, I looooooove butter… I grew up in Normandy where we probably make the best butter in the world (IMHO). As a child, my breakfast was usually a slice of bread spread thick with butter. My mother cooked everything in butter. And yes, it tasted amazing!….
These days however, I’ve come to realize that so much butter wasn’t that good for my little heart, and I substitute olive oil for cooking as much as I can. Don’t get me wrong, you’ll still have to wrestle from me a warm crusty French baguette served with butter with sea salt crystals… but I can only afford to eat that once in a blue moon…
But back to trout… I am not here to write an ode to butter after all!
After years of experimentation, I find that the following recipe has a nice balance where the nuttiness of the pecans shines through, the coating is crispy but not dry thanks to the flour and egg coating, and the trout stays moist. Trout fillets are very thin and cook super fast – don’t overcook them!
Some people will only coat one side of the fillet and leave the skin side bare, I personally like to coat both but it’s an option.
Sometimes I will make a sauce to go with it – and I might post one or two sauce recipes here in the future. But it is good on its own just drizzled with lemon juice. In the featured picture, I served it with a white bean puree and asparagus and that was a perfect combination.
Try it!
Other delicious recipes
Salmon with creamy pecan sauce
Walnut crusted salmon with shallot dressing
Salmon with mustard and rosemary glaze
Pecan crusted trout
Ingredients
- 4 ea trout fillets (about 1.2 lbs)
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary or 1 tsp dry
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon for garnish
Instructions
- Place pecans, breadcrumbs, rosemary, and a pinch of salt and pepper in a food processor. Pulse several times until finely ground. Place in a plate or bowl.
- Place eggs in a plate or bowl and beat lightly with a tablespoon of cold water.
- Spread trout fillets onto a cutting board, season with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Spread about 1 tsp of flour onto each fillet and spread it with your fingers. Flip to the other side and repeat.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper to place your fillets once coated with crumbs.
- Dip each fillet into the eggs then into the crumbs, pressing lightly so that they stick to the fish. Reserve to the baking sheet.
- Heat olive oil into a large frying pan over medium high heat. Sear the fillets 2 minutes on each side until nicely browned. If your pan is too small proceed in batches and keep the cooked fillets in a warm oven until you are done.
- Serve warm with a slice of lemon for garnish.
I’m not a huge fan of trout but trying to eat more fish. This recipe was so good the family loved it! My 8 yr old wasn’t so such but she gobbled it up. My wife doesn’t eat fish without a vat of tarter sauce and she didn’t use any. We had some of the bread crumbs left over (that didn’t touch the raw fish) and dipped our fish in it for extra crunch.
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Thank you look delicious. can I be your guest 😀
Thank you. Any time! But you can also make this at home easily 😉
This pecan crusted trout was unquestionably the best fish dinner I have had in many, many years. Just so tasty. I highly recommend that everyone should try this recipe.
I simply love this dish… it is far better than anything I have had at Trip Advisor 5 star fine dining restaurants!