Baked Trout with Lemon Butter

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• 2 whole trout, cleaned and gutted
• salt and pepper
• 3 T. butter, melted
• 1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
• 1 large clove garlic, minced

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 F.
Rinse fish inside and out, pat dry and place each on a seperate piece of aluminum foil, large enough to wrap around each fish entirely.
Score each fish by making 3 diagonal slices about 1/2" deep through the skin with a sharp knife.
Season the fish generously with salt both inside the cavity and on the skin. Do the same with pepper. Brush both the inside and outside of the fish with melted butter, and place half of the lemon slices and half of the garlic inside each.
Wrap foil loosely around each fish, without making a tight seal. Place each foil packet on a baking sheet and bake until fish is just cooked, about 15 minutes. The fish will continue to cook once it's out of the oven.
Remove from foil and serve whole fish.