Blue Corn Pan-Fried Trout

11 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 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

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine cornmeal, salt and chili powder in pie plate.
  2. 2
    In a seperate pie plate (or bowl) beat together egg and mik.
  3. 3
    Dip trout in egg/milk mixture and then in the cornmeal mixture and place on seperate plate.
  4. 4
    In large frying pan (cast iron is best) heat butter (or margarine) and oil.
  5. 5
    When pan is hot add trout and cook over medium heat for 4-6 minutes per side or browned and done.
  6. 6
    Remove and keep warm.
  7. 7
    In same pan, cook onion and bacon until bacon colors.
  8. 8
    Add vinegar to pan and boil until vinegar is reduced by half (5 minutes).
  9. 9
    Pour onion/bacon mixture over trout and serve.

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