Sautéed Trout with Tomato Caper Sauce
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
- TROUT:
- 1 1/2 pounds trout
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- SAUCE:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tomatoes - roma, sliced thin or diced
- 6 tablespoons parsley -fresh and chopped
- 1/2 lemon - juiced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons capers - drained
- RICE:

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- 1 cup rice
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 5 stalks celery - sliced thin
- 4 green onions - chopped
- 2 ounces almonds - slivered and toasted
- 1/2 lemon - juiced and zested
- 1 lemon - sliced for garnish
- extra capers for garnish 
 
Tender, flaky trout sautéed to perfection, served on a bed of aromatic rice, and topped with a
simple but delicious sauce of tomatoes and capers—what could be better?
 
Directions

  • Combine flour, salt and pepper in a shallow dish.
  • Pour milk into another shallow dish.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan.
  • Dip the fish fillets in the milk and then in
    the flour mixture. Turn to coat completely.
  • Place in the frying pan, two at a time and sauté until lightly browned and cooked through,
    approximatley 2 minutes each side.
  • Transfer to a platter and keep warm while cooking the rest
    of the fillets.
  • For the caper sauce, wipe out the frying pan after cooking all of the

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trout.
  • Melt 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter in the pan.
  • Add the tomatoes and simmer until
    the tomatoes are soft, approximately 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the parsley, lemon juice and
    capers.
  • Cook and stir until the ingredients are thickened, approximately 5 more minutes.
  • For the rice, cook the rice according to the package directions.
  • In a small skillet, sauté
    the celery, green onion, lemon juice and zest in two tablespoons of butter for 5-7 minutes.
  • Add
    this to the cooked rice and stir to combine.
  • On a serving platter place a mound of cooked rice, top with fillets and then the caper
    sauce.
  • Garnish the platter with lemon slices and additional capers.


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