Blue Corn Pan-Fried Trout
- 1 cup blue cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons chimayo chili powder (or more depending on taste, other med.hot chili powder can be subsituted)
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 4 trout, headed,boned and gutted (kept whole)
- 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 slices thick sliced bacon, diced
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup corn oil
- Combine cornmeal, salt and chili powder in pie plate.
- In a seperate pie plate (or bowl) beat together egg and mik.
- Dip trout in egg/milk mixture and then in the cornmeal mixture and place on seperate plate.
- In large frying pan (cast iron is best) heat butter (or margarine) and oil.
- When pan is hot add trout and cook over medium heat for 4-6 minutes per side or browned and done.
- Remove and keep warm.
- In same pan, cook onion and bacon until bacon colors.
- Add vinegar to pan and boil until vinegar is reduced by half (5 minutes).
- Pour onion/bacon mixture over trout and serve.
cornmeal, kosher salt, chimayo chili powder, egg, milk, trout, butter, onion, bacon, apple cider vinegar, corn oil
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/blue-corn-pan-fried-trout-69265 (may not work)