smoked trout

Smoked Trout Salad

Preparation
25 minutes
Cook Time
2 hours
Serves
4 people
Difficulty
5/10

Behind the Recipe

Chasing the Feeling of that First Bite

It was cold, that first day on the river by my lonesome. I wasn’t catching diddly squat, and I was ready to return to camp with an empty cooler. Before throwing in the towel, I had a moment… There I was, alone among the mountains, surrounded by the deep greens and snow-capped peaks of the Rockies. Fish or not, the grandeur of it all brought a toothy grin to my face. And I swear to this day, it was at that moment I felt the tug on my line.

Whether your fish is fresh from the stream or straight from the store, this Braaied Trout Salad recipe is a delicious, not-too-heavy course you can bring home and make your own.

As seen in Beyond the Flame with Maddie Brenneman.

Ingredients

Trout
2 filets, one whole fish
1 lemon
2 sprigs of rosemary
Salt and pepper

Salad
4 cups of salad greens, such as arugula, mesclun, red leaf romaine or baby spinach
1 cup of mixed herbs, such as parsley, basil, oregano, chives or cilantro
½ cup of sunflower sprouts
½ cup of grape tomatoes

Dressing
½ cup of extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup of balsamic vinegar
1 garlic clove
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon of tarragon

Preparation

Trout

Season the trout with salt and pepper.
Slice lemon into rounds.
Top trout with lemon and rosemary.

Salad

Fill your sink with cool water.
Toss in salad greens and gently wash until all dirt falls to the bottom of the basin.
In salad spinner, spin greens until dry.
Place greens into large salad bowl, adding tomatoes and sprouts.

Dressing

Chop onions.
Mince garlic.
Combine and mix olive oil, balsamic, garlic, sugar, mustard, and tarragon.

Cooking Instructions

1

Using your Nexgrill App set the Pellet grill to the smoke cooking method at 93°C and add the trout to the grid.
2

Smoke the trout for 2 hours.
3

Once done, let cool for 10 minutes.
4

Use a fork to pull apart filets.
5

Add the smoked trout to the salad bowl mixture.
6

Top salad with dressing and serve.

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