What Is Rainbow trout and How Can I Use It?

If rainbow trout has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 13 recipes to try it in.

In Chinese:	虹鳟鱼
British (UK) term:	Rainbow trout
en français:	truite arc-en-ciel
en español:	trucha arcoiris

Recipes using rainbow trout

There are 13 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Trout Baked in Wine

Simple baked trout in white wine with herbs and garlic. Minimal prep, maximum flavor. Whole trout bakes in 30 minutes for an elegant, light dinner for four.

Quick & Easy Rainbow Trout

Perfect for a quick summer dinner, this scrumptious dish involves you stuffing your fish for a change.

Quick & Easy Rainbow Trout - with salsa

A simple but succulent dish that can be served for lunch or dinner. Tastes wonderful with pasta or a salad.

Broiled Sesame Trout

Broiled rainbow trout marinated in lemon juice, basted with toasted sesame seed butter. A simple, elegant whole fish preparation with just 6 ingredients and golden, nutty flavor.

Barbecued Rainbow Trout

Whole rainbow trout stuffed with chopped onion and tomatoes, spritzed with lemon juice, wrapped in foil, and grilled for 20 minutes. Five ingredients. Campfire-simple and stream-to-table fresh.

Brithyll a Chig Moch (Trout & Bacon) Welsh

Brithyll a Chig Moch (Trout and Bacon) Welsh recipe

Rainbow Trout with Green Onion - Ginger Mayonnaise

Rainbow trout marinated in lime and sesame oil, served with a green onion ginger mayonnaise spiked with soy sauce and lemon. An Asian-inspired fish dish.

Brithyll a Chig Moch (Trout & Bacon)

Welsh trout and bacon (Brithyll a Chig Moch) stuffs whole rainbow trout with fresh herbs and butter, wraps it in bacon, and bakes it in foil. Simple, rustic, and brilliant.

Rainbow Trout Sake

Broiled rainbow trout glazed with a reduced sake, soy sauce, and ginger sauce. Japanese-inspired fish that cooks in just 4 minutes under the broiler.

Trout in Herb & Cream Sauce

Poached rainbow trout served on a rich, reduced cream sauce finished with butter and fresh herbs. A classic Irish fish dish with just 4 ingredients and 30 minutes of your time.

Baked Trout with Fennel

Whole rainbow trout baked with fennel fronds, lemon slices, and white wine, then drizzled with a nutty brown butter sauce. A French-inspired fish dinner ready in 30 minutes.