Baked Fresh Rainbow Trout

This rainbow trout recipe uses dill, thyme, and lemon to season whole fish that's baked in the oven until tender and moist for a quick and easy meal.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 373 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons hot water
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
• 2 whole rainbow trout, gutted and cleaned, heads and tails still on
• 0.25 teaspoon dried thyme
• 0.5 large onion, sliced
• 0.25 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 2 thin slices lemon

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 teaspoon olive oil.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; add hot water to dish. Continue baking until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes more.

Step 3

Place trout in the prepared baking dish and coat with remaining olive oil. Gather the seasoning ingredients.

Step 4

Season inside and outside of fish with dill, thyme, and salt. Stuff each fish with onion slices; grind pepper on top. Place 1 lemon slice on each fish.