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Cajun-Spiced Rainbow Trout Meunière

Cajun-Spiced Rainbow Trout Meunière

with Smothered Green Beans & Potatoes
4.0(442)156 Reviews
Recipe Development Team
Recipe Development TeamUpdated on April 02, 2026
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Calories
970 kcal
Protein
69g protein
Total
35 minutes
Difficulty
Medium
Allergens:
  • Fish
  • Wheat
  • Milk

This Cajun-kissed trout transforms humble meunière into a Louisiana love affair! Crispy-skinned rainbow trout gets a spicy makeover with Cajun spices, while tender green beans and potatoes swim in a golden roux sauce that's pure comfort magic. The pièce de résistance? A buttery meunière sauce spiked with Worcestershire and bright lemon zest that’ll make your taste buds do the two-step.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Serving amount

6 ounce

Green Beans

12 ounce

Potato

1 unit

Onion

1 unit

Chicken Stock Concentrate

1 unit

Lemon

1 tablespoon

Cajun Spice Blend

20 ounce

Rainbow Trout

(Contains: Fish)

1 tablespoon

Worcestershire Sauce

¼ ounce

Parsley

2 teaspoon

Garlic Powder

½ cup

Flour

(Contains: Wheat)

Not included in your delivery

Cooking Oil

Butter

(Contains: Milk)

Salt

Black Pepper

per serving
Calories970 kcal
Fat39 g
Saturated Fat15 g
Carbohydrate81 g
Sugar14 g
Dietary Fiber10 g
Protein69 g
Cholesterol220 mg
Sodium540 mg
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.
Zester
Medium Pot
Small Bowl
Paper Towel
Large Pan

Cooking Steps

Prep
1

• Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and finely dice onion. Trim and halve green beans. Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Zest and quarter lemon. Roughly chop parsley.

Start Veggies
2

• Melt 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in a medium pot (large pot for 4) over medium heat. Add 2 TBSP flour (4 TBSP for 4) and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. (You’ll use the rest of the flour later.) • Add onion and green beans; cook, stirring, until softened, 4-5 minutes.

Finish Veggies
3

• To pot with green bean mixture, add potatoes, stock concentrate, three-quarters of the Cajun Spice Blend, half the garlic powder, 1 ¼ cups water (2½ cups for 4 servings), salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are softened, 10-12 minutes. • Once veggies are softened, uncover and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened, 5 minutes more. • Stir in a squeeze of lemon juice. Taste and season with salt and pepper.

Season Flour & Coat Fish
4

• While veggies cook, in a shallow dish, combine remaining flour, remaining Cajun Spice Blend, remaining garlic powder, salt, and pepper. • Reserve 1 TBSP seasoned flour (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a small bowl (you’ll use it for the meunière sauce!). • Pat trout* dry with paper towels. Press fish into seasoned flour until fully coated; shake off any excess.

Cook Trout
5

• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add trout, skin sides down; cook until skin is crispy, 3-4 minutes. • Flip and cook until opaque and cooked through, 1-2 minutes more. • Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Let pan cool slightly; wipe out pan.

Make Meunière Sauce
6

• Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for trout over medium-low heat. Add reserved seasoned flour; cook, stirring constantly, until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. • Stir in half the Worcestershire sauce (add more for extra-savory flavor!), ¼ cup water, juice from one lemon wedge, salt, and pepper (½ cup water and juice from two lemon wedges for 4). Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened, 2-3 minutes. • Turn off heat; stir in parsley and lemon zest.

Serve
7

• Divide trout and green beans and potatoes between shallow bowls. Top fish with meunière sauce and serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.

Fish is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.

Customer reviews

Review summary

Updated on Feb 2026
  • Flavor: Some loved the trout's taste, while others found the dish bland; many wished for more Cajun spice and deeper flavors.
  • Ease of prep: Recipe took longer than expected for many; potatoes and green beans often needed extra cooking time.
  • Suggestions: Consider adding fresh herbs or garlic to boost flavor; cook potatoes separately or longer for better texture.
  • Portions: Several found too many potatoes and green beans compared to the fish serving.
  • Sauce: Opinions varied widely; some enjoyed the unique combination, while others found it too thick or oddly paired.
AI-generated from customer reviews

Reviews from our home cooks

C
Cassie SchmittCooked for 2 people
|Jan 4, 2026

This was much easier than I thought it would be and was delicious and felt like an elevated meal. I also love all the rainbow trout protein options available now. Please bring this one back!

D
Dianne BenzCooked for 2 people
|Jan 5, 2026

A nice change. Instructions could be clearer, I felt like I was doing a lot at once. Sauce on fish is good. Potatoes and beans a little bland... it would be great if the recipe would recommend a minimum quantity of salt to add to a big pot of food like this. Recipe seems to assume that we would eat fish skin that has scales. We don't lol. Fortunately it peeled off easily

M
MaryEllen KavanaghCooked for 2 people
|Dec 31, 2025

My husband absolutely raved about this recipe! I have to admit that the trout was delicious.

E
Ellen HokkanenCooked for 3 people
|Dec 31, 2025

Great meal, could have used even more Cajun spice that is spicier!

M
Michael GeldertCooked for 2 people
|Jan 5, 2026

Potato and green beans had to be cooked longer to get tender enough to serve, using electric cook ware.

D
Doreen GreeleyCooked for 2 people
|Jan 5, 2026

Good. But much of the rainbow trout is such a delicate flavor, got lost in the Worchester sauce.

C
Cameron WhiteCooked for 3 people
|Dec 30, 2025

Sauce did not have much flavor and the Meunière had a strong lemon flavor, suggest either scaling it back or eliminate it altogether.

T
Tiffany SchneggenburgerCooked for 2 people
|Dec 30, 2025

The trout was good but didnt like the potato green bean pot. Also the sauce for the trout was very think. I think there was too much flour.

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