Fish / Shellfish, Main Dish, Copy Cat / Restaurant
Ingredients:
8 slices bacon
1/2 cup stone-ground cornmeal
1/2 cup Atkins Bake Mix
1 teaspoon chili powder
4 whole trout
2 tablespoons peanut oil
Salt
Freshly-ground black pepper
Lemon wedges
Directions: one line for each direction. When saved the lines will be numbered.
In a large heavy skillet, fry bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove skillet from heat, drain bacon on paper towels (leave drippings in skillet).
Combine cornmeal, bake mix and chili powder on a plate. Roll each fish in cornmeal mixture.
Add peanut oil to drippings in skillet. Heat over medium heat. Fry fish (two at a time), 5 to 6 minutes per side, until lightly browned and cooked through. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Crisscross 2 bacon slices over each fish, and serve with lemon wedges.
Comments: Watch the bacon carefully, removing it as soon as its done, so the remaining fat in the pan (which you'll use to cook the fish) doesnt get a burnt flavor.
