Open Recipe: Alder Smoked Brook Trout

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Yield: 2.00 Pound

Recipe Description

This recipe is based on a way we used to cook brook trout when we were kids. We would splay the trout out on sticks and roast them over an alderwood campfire.

Ingredients

Method & Notes

1. Clean the trout, keeping the head on
2. Mix the dry ingredients, and rub generously on the trout.
3. Allow to cure for 24 hours in the refrigerator.
4. Start a small fire in your smoker (oak is a good choice)
5. Bring the temp up to 350 degrees
6. Smother the fire with green alder chips and chunks.
7. Put a slice of bacon on a piece of aluminum foil, then put the trout butterflied on top of it (skin up).
8. Wrap the foil around the fish. Repeat for the rest of the fish.
9. Hot smoke the fish until it is cooked.

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