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What Is Trout and How Can I Use It?

If trout has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 88 recipes to try it in.

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 fillet (62g)
Amount per Serving
Calories 117Calories from Fat 47
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 5.3g 8%
Saturated Fat 0.9g 5%
Trans Fat ~
Cholesterol 45mg 15%
Sodium 41mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 0.0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars ~
Protein 16.5g
Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 3% Iron 7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your caloric needs.

Where found

Trout is usually found in the meats section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

Food group

Trout is a member of the Finfish and Shellfish Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

How much does trout weigh?

Amount Weight
1 fillet 62 grams
3 ounce 85 grams

Finfish and Shellfish Products

In Chinese:鳟鱼
British (UK) term:
en français:la truite
en español:la trucha

Recipes using trout

There are 88 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Wood-Grilled Trout with Mission Fig Compound Butter

Wood-Grilled Trout with Mission Fig Compound Butter

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Beer pairing suggestion: American India pale ale or amber ale. The Stone World Bistro & Gardens, in Escondido, California, serves wood-grilled trout with black mission fig butter to make it taste even milder and sweeter. Mission figs are available in the dried fruit section of most large supermarkets. Untreated wood planks for grilling are available in grilling and barbecue sections of hardware store s as well as some supermarkets.

Trout Almondine

Trout Almondine

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Quick and easy trout with lemon, butter and toasted almonds.

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Little Parcels of Trout

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Trout fillets baked in parchment parcels with julienned courgettes, carrots, mangetout, herb butter, and fresh mint. An elegant en papillote dish for a dinner party.

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Trota Di Pescatore Di Perle

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Italian pan-fried trout in a white wine and lemon sauce with pearl onions, topped with butter-toasted almonds. A classic trota recipe ready in 30 minutes. Simple, elegant, unforgettable.

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Risted Laks Med Kremsaus (Fried Trout in Sour Cream Sauce

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Norwegian pan-fried trout in sour cream sauce with lemon and parsley. Whole fish, flour-dredged and fried in butter, with a quick pan sauce from the drippings.

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Amazing Cheese Stuffed Trout

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Whole trout stuffed with mushrooms, green onions, and Parmesan, broiled until the skin crisps and fish flakes. Quick weeknight seafood dinner in 25 minutes.

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Trout Stuffed Japanese Style

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Whole trout stuffed with stir-fried mushrooms, bean sprouts, and egg, then wrapped in bacon and baked until the skin crackles. A bold Japanese-fusion fish dinner in 40 minutes.

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Spring Trout & Fiddlehead

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Pan-fried whole trout in a crispy flour-cornmeal coating served alongside buttered fiddlehead ferns. A classic springtime catch-and-cook meal that celebrates wild ingredients at their seasonal peak.

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Vegetable-Stuffed Trout

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Quick microwave trout stuffed with tender peppers and onions in lemon-butter sauce, ready in 15 minutes for weeknight fish dinners that taste like campfire cooking.

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Sauteed Trout with Bacon & Chives Lemonette

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Sauteed trout fillets with a warm bacon, chive, and lemon pan sauce. Lightly floured and golden-brown in minutes, this simple fish dinner comes together in one skillet.

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Barbecued Speckled Trout

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Whole grilled speckled trout brushed with seasoned flour-oil paste and hot sauce. Quick 10-minute fisherman's-camp dinner straight off the grill.

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Brook Trout with Ginger Stuffing

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Pan-fried brook trout stuffed with a creamy shrimp and ginger mousseline, finished with lemon brown butter and parsley. An elegant French-style fish course for a special occasion.

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Brook Trout Sauteed with Mushrooms

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Brook trout sauteed with mushrooms, finished with brown butter, lime juice, and fresh parsley. A French meuniere-style preparation with whole fish or fillets.

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Simple Trout in Wine

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Whole baked trout in white wine with marjoram, parsley, thyme, and butter. A simple oven-poached fish with delicate herbs in the cavity and a wine-butter pan sauce.

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High Country Fried Trout

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Simple pan-fried trout rolled in flour and cooked golden in oil. Just 3 ingredients and 8 minutes for crispy, flaky mountain-stream trout the way it was meant to be eaten.

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Stuffed Baked Trout

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Stuffed baked trout over caraway potatoes: whole trout stuffed with bacon, peppers, tomato, and onion, then baked with cream over a sliced potato bed.

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Fish House Barbecue

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Fish house barbecue with whole grilled trout basted in a tomato sauce, white wine, butter, and lemon juice. A classic lakeside cookout recipe ready in 35 minutes.

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Sauteed Trout with Lime

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Sauteed trout with lime, brown butter, and mushrooms. Milk-dipped, flour-coated fillets cook to a golden crust, then get topped with browned mushrooms and fresh lime wedges.

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Trout Amandine with Cream Batter

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Pan-fried trout with toasted almonds, lemon, and tarragon. Egg and cream batter creates an extra-crispy coating. Classic French technique ready in 50 minutes.

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Trout Almandine

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Trout almandine with milk-dipped, flour-coated fillets pan-fried in butter and topped with toasted chopped almonds. A classic French bistro dish ready in 20 minutes.

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Pan Fried Trout

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Cornmeal-crusted pan fried trout cooked in butter until golden and flaky. A classic four-ingredient fish recipe ready in 15 minutes from rinse to plate.

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Pan-fried whole trout with sauteed cucumber half-moons and toasted slivered almonds in browned butter. A simple, elegant French-style fish dish ready in 15 minutes.

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Sesame Fried Trout

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Sesame fried trout coated in a crunchy sesame seed and bread crumb crust, pan-fried until golden and flaky. A simple 30-minute fish dinner with nutty, toasted flavor.

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Kennet Fried Trout

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Pan-fried trout with crispy bacon, toasted oatmeal, and brown butter with lemon. A classic British river fish recipe with peppery, golden-crisped skin and a nutty butter sauce.

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Sauteed Open Faced Trout

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Pan-seared whole trout cooked open-faced in brown butter, topped with a lemon white wine sauce with shallots, garlic, chervil, chives, and thyme.

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