Soak up the last rays of summer and enjoy the final days of the grilling season with this flavorful, flaky, tender whole grilled trout…. but grilled the Middle Eastern way.
 

First of all, please accept my apologies for the look of my blog, I’m trying to give it a face left but I messed up and I need an expert’s hands here 🙂 . I just couldn’t wait until the process is done to continue blogging… Isn’t blogging an addiction!!!?

Anyways, I had to show you this before summer is over, and as the weather is getting colder some days here is Colorado, I’ve got the feeling that Winter is around the corner … just call it a Winter-fobia syndrome 🙂

Back to our fish, I was very amazed when I first got here to see grilled fish with its skin directly on the grill. You might be asking why? well, because in the Middle East – or at least in Egypt- our grilled fish is covered with bran then grilled. The most common fish to be done this way is the whole Trout and whole Tilapia with skin.
 

I like the trout more in this recipe, some people like tilapia more as it is a thinner fish and this makes its flesh absorbs more marination than trout . To me trout turns out very flaky, flavorful and irresistible.

Make sure to clean the inside of the fish very well with a sharp knife, rinse it with water and stuff it with this aromatic combination of bell pepper, cilantro, onion and tomato seasoned with cumin, salt and vinegar.

Cover your fish completely with bran and let it rest in a thick bed of bran then grill. After grilling while it is still hot dip it in another  flavorful solution , let it soak a little then enjoy with white rice or your favorite sides.

We usually eat grilled trout with white rice and tahini sauce or baba ghanoush. I’ll try to post about these  sauces soon.

I hope you’ll try grilling your fish this way next time you eat trout. Try this recipe before we start shoveling 😐

Here is a short but detailed video on how to make this grilled trout. Have a great weekend.