Campfire Trout Food

CAMPFIRE TROUT

Steps:

• Place each trout on a piece of aluminum foil. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then stuff the cavity with 1 tablespoon of butter, green pepper and garlic if using.
• Roll the trout tightly in the foil, forming packets. Use some additional foil to secure each packet of fish to a metal toasting rod for use as a handle when removing fish from the coals.
• Cover the fish packets in the red hot, smoldering coals of your campfire and cook until the fish is done, 7 to 10 minutes, depending on the heat of the fire.

GRILLED CAMPFIRE TROUT

Steps:

• Get fire going good.
• Cut underside of trout, clean out innards and wash fish inside and out well. It's your choice to leave head on or not. (Be sure and discard innards and parts of fish in a bear safe trash can or some other critter-safe disposal.).
• Pat fish dry with paper towels.
• Working with one at a time, place each fish in the middle of each foil square. Sprinkle oil on inside and outside of fish. Sprinkle lemon juice inside and out. (Larger fish can be grilled directly on grill but use small metal skewers to close the slits.).
• Sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper, then your choice of herbs and spices, inside and out. (We prefer to have less inside and a little more on the outside of the fish.).
• Tent the foil packets slightly above the fish with edges of foil tightly sealed but don't wrap foil tightly around fish.
• When fire has burned down and flames are about 4 inches below the cooking surface, it is ready.
• (If cooking in foil, there is no need to spray cooking grate, but if cooking directly be sure and grease the grill with cooking spray.).
• Grill for about 5-7 minutes per side. Adjust cooking time according to size of fish.
• Take foil packets off fire when cooked through but don't overcook.
• To eat: Carefully open packet and with a fork, very lightly scrape and flake the meat off a little at a time. This will reduce the number of bones you will get in a bite or you might not get any at all. (Important: If you undercook or overcook the fish, it won't flake very easily.).

CAMPFIRE TROUT

Steps:

• Place sugar and a pinch or two of salt in a covered heavy cast-iron skillet over medium coals.
• Cook 3-4 minutes, or until it starts to burn.
• Add butter and trout and shove aside some coals to produce a lower heat under the skillet.
• Cover and cook 5-10 minutes per side, or until fish flakes easily.

CAMPFIRE TROUT

Steps:

• Lay each fish on a large piece of aluminum foil.
• Sprinkle the inside and outside of the fish with seasoning salt.
• Stuff each fish with a couple onion slices, bell pepper slices, cilantro stems (leaves attached), and a slice of tomato.
• Wrap the trout tightly in the foil and place on the campfire turning the fish every 2-3 minutes. Cook the fish for a total of 5 minutes and enjoy!
• Note; The fish is ready when the skin sticks to the foil and easily peels off and the meat comes right off of the bone.

CAMPFIRE WHOLE RAINBOW TROUT

Steps:

• Lay fish on single sheet of Foil. Make sure you have enough extra to wrap into a bag around fish.
• Season trout with Cajun Seasoning. You can use whatever seasoning you like. I just happen to have this stuff.
• Cut 1-2 tbsp of butter and place inside the fish.
• Wrap fish up in Aluminum foil, forming a packet.
• Place fish on campfire grate. Now this is tricky. The bigger the fish the longer the cooking time. A good measure is to open it up after about 8-10min and check the eye. If it is white and popped out, that means its good to go. Also test for flakyness of the meat. Don't' worry if you cook the fish a little long. The butter inside keeps the meat moist and tender.
• Remove from grill, Unwrap and devour.
• To eat, Scrape the fish meat downward with a fork to remove the meat from the ribs. Cooking inside the foil makes the meat fall off, so it shouldn't be too difficult.