Let’s take a look at some good ways to cook steelhead trout. I feel you get the best results when you break down the larger fillets into more manageable, smaller fillets. I have had great success with an internal temperature of between 135 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit when cooking a steelhead trout. I am hesitant to recommend a lower internal temperature like the one for salmon though. I realize that the study in the link took place in Europe but I feel it is indicative of most aquaculture practices.Īs always, don’t ever mess around with safe serving temperatures if you are cooking for the immune-compromised, the elderly or children. Since a majority of Steelhead trout are of the farm-raised variety, the parasite factor will be negligible. But, could we go a little lower and get a better result? I think so. Steelhead trout is considered safe to eat at a temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit by the USDA. Just set your temperature alert for 135 degrees Fahrenheit (more on that temp in a second) and tend to your side dishes. If you have a decent oven meat thermometer you will have better success in the oven roasting a large steelhead fillet. Now, there isn’t anything wrong with this technique, but as I just explained, this leaves a lot open to interpretation. Five extra minutes in the oven at that temperature can dry out your fish easily.Īlso, a majority of the recipes will tell you to cook a whole fillet of steelhead, hence the oven-roasting. That vagueness in terms of time is how a lot of recipes go wrong. One such popular recipe tells you to bake steelhead at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 to 25 minutes. The problem with this is that it presupposes how big of a piece of fish you have. Quick Pan-Seared Steelhead Trout Steelhead Trout RecipesĪ lot of the steelhead trout recipes you find online will tell you to bake it in the oven for any given amount of time.
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