Baked Fresh Rainbow Trout

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil , divided
• 2 whole rainbow trout , gutted and cleaned, heads and tails still on
• 0.25 teaspoons dried dill weed
• 0.25 teaspoons dried thyme
• salt to taste
• 0.5 large onion , sliced
• 2 thins slices lemon , Optional
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 teaspoon olive oil.

2. 2

   Place trout in the prepared baking dish and coat with remaining olive oil. Gather the seasoning ingredients.

3. 3

   Season inside and outside of fish with dill, thyme, and salt. Stuff each fish with onion slices; grind pepper on top. Place 1 lemon slice on each fish.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; add 2 tablespoons hot water to the dish (cold water could cause the dish to crack) to prevent the fish from drying out. Continue baking until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes more.

5. 5

   Serve hot and enjoy!