![]() You can substitute it for any recipe that calls for salmon. You’ve probably caught a salmon if you reel in a steelhead-looking fish longer than 25 inches. An adult steelhead salmon grows to an average length of 20-25 inches. An adult steelhead trout is smaller and weighs less than an adult salmon. I’ve been having steelhead trout on an almost weekly basis in my house. Steelhead vs Salmon: Size and Weight Steelhead trout and salmon differ in size and weight. Make sure your pan is hot before you add the fish! I served sauteed asparagus spears with garlic and an aged balsamic drizzle as a side. But this doesn’t mean you won’t catch salmon around the same size as steelhead. The smallest is the pink and sockeye, whose average weight is around 5 lbs with a maximum of 15 lbs. The taste, however, there are some notable differences between. ![]() ![]() Now, for how to cook this great fish! I used The Cookie Rookie’s recipe for Salmon with Avocado Salsa but instead of grilling in this unpleasantly cold rainy weather we are having here in Houston, I drizzled a pan with olive oil and sauteed the fillets on medium heat on each side for about 4-5 minutes until a nice crisp sear formed. Generally, compared to steelhead, salmon are much bigger the Atlantic and King Salmon can grow to over 50 lbs in weight and push 100 lbs sometimes too. Steelhead trout has a striking resemblance to salmon however, it is far different than salmon. Make sure that you are buying trout only farmed in the US, which have well-regulated and farmed inland in flow-through systems with continuously flowing water, minimizing escape and pollution problems.Īlong with omega-3’s, steelhead packs in loads of protein, vitamin D, B-12 and selenium and is low in mercury. Steelhead however migrate to the ocean as juvenile fish and return to fresh water as adults to spawn. Steelhead trout is fairly easy to come by and is sold at the fresh seafood counter at most grocery stores. Typical trout remain in freshwater all their lives. Seafood watch recommends wild Alaskan salmon as a *best* choice. The beauty of steelhead trout, aside from its health and sustainability benefits, is that it’s a fish made for crowd-pleasing: It’s milder and less fatty than salmon, it doesn’t have as much. This recommendation differs from that for salmon, as most farmed salmon is on the *avoid* list due to the widespread use of antibiotics in Atlantic farmed salmon and the potential for disease transfer to wild salmon populations. Steelhead trout is an up and coming cousin of salmon that looks very similar, tastes amazing and is much cheaper than it’s Wild Alaskan family member. Steelhead is the market name used for rainbow trout (now it sounds more familiar, right?). That means it’s got all those delicious healthy fats that you’ve heard makes salmon so good for you.Īccording to Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, the authority that helps consumers make smart choices for healthy oceans, US farmed steelhead trout is among the *best* choices for sustainable seafood. Salmon has been known as the best of the best when it comes to healthy fish for a while now, but it’s finally getting some competition… from a fish you’ve probably never heard of.
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