Sea Snacks Dried Rainbow Trout fillet strips

Sea Snacks Dried Rainbow Trout Fillet Strips — the buttery one

Dried rainbow trout fillet strips are the richest thing Sea Snacks dries, and the one that converts people who expected dried fish to be austere. The trout is farm-raised in Lithuania, the fillets take sea salt and a slow dry, and the 30 g portion that results is crunchy, high in protein and noticeably rounder in flavour than anything trawled out of cold salt water.

Why this one

• Rich instead of stark: trout has a buttery note that drying concentrates rather than flattens, which sets it apart from the white fish strips.
• A short journey: farm-raised in Lithuania, so the distance from pond to pouch is measured in hours rather than oceans.
• Crunchy, not chewy: these break rather than stretch, unusual for a fish with this much character.
• High in protein: trout fillet, sea salt, and nothing else invited.

How Sea Snacks makes it

Fillets come from Lithuanian trout farms and are salted and dried into strips. There is no smoking stage, which is worth saying twice for trout: smoked trout is a different product entirely, and this one keeps the clean, sweet flavour that smoke would take over.

Taste and texture

It crunches first and then turns creamy in the mouth, which is a strange and very good trick for a dried fish. The flavour sits between the cod and the salmon in this range — richer than white fish, gentler than an ocean-caught oily one — with a rounded finish and very little salt showing. It is the easiest of these to eat absent-mindedly while doing something else.

Who it is for

Cyclists and hikers with a jersey pocket to fill and no interest in another sweet bar. The hour after training, when savoury beats sugary by a distance. Fishing trips, where the irony is part of the appeal.

Frequently asked

Is the trout farmed or wild? Farmed, in Lithuania. That is what makes the supply steady and the size of the strips consistent from pack to pack.

Crunchy or chewy? Crunchy. The strips are dried thin enough to break cleanly, then they soften quickly once you start chewing.

How does it compare with the Sea Snacks bream? Both come from Lithuania, and there the resemblance ends. Bream is lean, delicate and sweet; trout is rounder, richer and creamier. Bream is the lighter snack, trout the more satisfying one.

Order Sea Snacks Dried Rainbow Trout Fillet Strips at Jerky Store Europe

Single 30 g portions and 20-pack cases are in stock, shipping fast across Europe from Jerky Store Europe.