Grilled Lemon-Oregano Stuffed Trout

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Total Time: 25 min

Prep: 10 min

Cook: 15 min

Serves: 4

Easy

Boneless, stuffed trout is terrific on the grill, and makes a great weeknight dinner. The meat becomes irresistibly smoky and sweet, a great foil to lemon juice and fresh herbs. When you buy whole, boneless trout at the fish store, it will be cleaned and ready to stuff. Be sure to rinse the fish inside and out and pat dry before stuffing. Use a wide, metal spatula to turn the fish so it doesn't fall apart. Since you will not eat the head, tail or fins, each trout will yield two servings, about 3 ounces each.

Ingredients

• 4 sprays cooking spray
• 2 lemons, medium
• 1 pound uncooked rainbow trout, two 8-oz whole boneless trout; not fillets (ask fish counter at supermarket to debone fish if needed), rinsed and patted dry
• 1 tsp table salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 8 sprigs fresh oregano

Instructions

1. Off heat, coat grill rack or grill pan with nonstick spray. Preheat gas grill or grill pan to high, or prepare high fire in charcoal grill.
2. Cut 1 lemon in half lengthwise. Using very sharp knife, cut 1 half into paper-thin half-moons. Cut the remaining whole lemon crosswise in half.
3. Season fish inside and out with salt and black pepper. Stuff oregano sprigs and lemon slices inside cavity of each fish. Transfer fish to grill and arrange directly over heat. Close lid and grill for 8 minutes.
4. Squeeze some juice from lengthwise-cut lemon half over each fish. Using large metal spatula, turn fish over and squeeze more juice over each. Close lid and continue to grill until fish flakes with fork, about 6 minutes more. During final 2 minutes of cooking, grill remaining lemon halves, cut-side down, until lightly charred. Squeeze charred lemon halves over fish.
5. Serving Size: about 3 oz trout.