baked steelhead trout

Dinner
This easy Baked Steelhead Trout recipe is quick, flavorful, and delicious! It’s roasted with lemons, lemon zest, and capers.

Ingredients

  • 1 12 ounce package Aldi's steelhead trout fillet, skin on
  • 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/8 tsp crushed black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped chives or shallots
  • 3 garlic cloves, finely minced
  • 2 teaspoons capers, smashed
  • 1 lemon, 1/2 zested; the remaining half sliced into 4 very thin slices
  • lemon wedges, for serving

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400F.
  2. Cut fish in 2 pieces and place on a small baking sheet. Spread olive oil all over the fish and season with salt, black pepper and lemon zest.
  3. Top with chopped shallots, garlic, capers, lemon zest and lemon slices
  4. Bake anywhere from 10 to 22 minutes, depending on the thickness, or until the center of the fish is cooked through and flakes easily with a fork.
  5. Serve with lemon wedges.