Traeger Smoked Trout Fillet Recipe
Follow this recipe for smoked trout with rich flavor and tender and flaky texture that melts in your mouth.
Equipment
- Pellet Grill Traeger pellet grill (or other brand)
- Wood Pellets Cherry (or your choice of wood pellets)
- Bowls (or other containers) For brining
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Trout fillet (you can also use salmon fillet)
- 3 tbsp Kosher salt
- 2 tbsp Muscovado sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 1 cup Water
Instructions
- Heat up the water until simmering and mix in the salt, sugar, and honey. Wait until the water has cooled down.Add the salmon and brine into a container or ziplock bag and let it sit for at least one hour before smoking the fish.
- Preheat your Traeger pellet grill to 225 °F (or 107 °C) and place the trout fillets in the grill skin side down and close the lid.I recommend using a thermometer probe to monitor the internal temperature of the fish.
- Smoke the trout fillets for about 2 hours or until the internal temperature is about 140 ˚F (60 ˚C).