Trout Meunière, Old Style

Serves: 5

Ashlynn O'Reilly

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

44

Spice

42

Sweetness

45

Sourness

36

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.5 cups

Flour

1 tsp

Salt

10 tbsps

Butter

Directions:

1

Combine the flour, Creole seasoning, and salt in a wide bowl

2

Rinse the trout fillets and pat dry

3

Dredge the fish in the seasoned flour and knock off the excess

4

Make a medium-brown roux by melting the butter in a saucepan over medium heat

5

When it begins to bubble, add the remaining seasoned flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns a medium brown

6

Put the stock into another saucepan and place over medium-high heat

7

Whisk the roux into the stock until dissolved

8

Add the lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar, and simmer for 3 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat

9

Keep the sauce warm while you prepare the fish

10

You can sauté the fish in butter if you like, but it's more common in New Orleans to fry it in abut an inch of oil heated to 375 degrees

11

Either way, cook until golden brown (about 2 minutes per side)

12

Spoon the sauce over the fish and serve with lemon wedges

13

Combine the flour, Creole seasoning, and salt in a wide bowl

14

Rinse the trout fillets and pat dry

15

Dredge the fish in the seasoned flour and knock off the excess

16

Make a medium-brown roux by melting the butter in a saucepan over medium heat

17

When it begins to bubble, add the remaining seasoned flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns a medium brown

18

Put the stock into another saucepan and place over medium-high heat

19

Whisk the roux into the stock until dissolved

20

Add the lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar, and simmer for 3 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat

21

Keep the sauce warm while you prepare the fish

22

You can sauté the fish in butter if you like, but it's more common in New Orleans to fry it in abut an inch of oil heated to 375 degrees

23

Either way, cook until golden brown (about 2 minutes per side)

24

Spoon the sauce over the fish and serve with lemon wedges