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Easy Baked Steelhead Trout

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 Whole steelhead trout cut down the middle and bones removed (about 3-5 bounds)
  • 1/2-1 stick butter depending on the size of your trout
  • 1-2 tsp minced garlic
  • zest of one lemon
  • juice of one lemon
  • 1 lemon sliced
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare the fish by removing the head and slicing through but leaving it whole, so you can lay flat. Thoroughly wash the fish. Dry the fish and lay flat so you can remove the bones. There is a strip of bones I just easily removed with a sharp knife pulling them out, you can feel them and it's not hard to do. You may be able to buy your fish already prepped, but mine was whole, but still very easy.
    Line a sheet pan or baking dish with foil. Place your fish in the dish. Melt your butter, then add the minced garlic, lemon zest and lemon juice. Brush on both sides of your fish, pouring the remainder on and around the fish. Sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Lay the lemons on top of your fish on both sides.
    Bake for about 10 minutes, then check for doneness. You want the fish to be a little firm but flaky. If not done, place back into the oven and cook an additional 10 minutes or until flaky. you could even cook under the broiler, watching closely so that it doesn't burn.
    Use any leftover to make croquettes. Use just like flaked salmon. Enjoy