Pan-Fried Trout with Bacon
- 4 bacon slices
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 2 8- to 10-ounce trout, boned
- All purpose flour
- 1 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 4 teaspoons drained capers
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon
- Cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes.
- Transfer to paper towels to drain.
- Crumble bacon.
- Pour off all but 3 tablespoons drippings from skillet.
- Add 1 tablespoon butter and stir to melt.
- Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper.
- Coat flesh side of fish with flour; shake off excess.
- Add fish, flesh side down, to skillet.
- Cook 2 minutes.
- Turn fish over.
- Cook until just opaque in center, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer fish to 2 plates.
- Pour off drippings from skillet; wipe skillet clean.
- Melt 4 tablespoons butter in same skillet over medium heat.
- Add all but 2 tablespoons onions; saute 3 minutes.
- Stir in bacon, lemon juice, capers, and tarragon.
- Season sauce with salt and pepper.
- Pour sauce over fish.
- Sprinkle fish with 2 tablespoons green onions.
bacon, butter, trout, flour, green onions, lemon juice, capers, tarragon
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pan-fried-trout-with-bacon-104939 (may not work)