Hi
just got a nice squirrel I hear they are good eating I am just looking for a few ways to cook them up any help is great thanks
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Hi
just got a nice squirrel I hear they are good eating I am just looking for a few ways to cook them up any help is great thanks
Just google squirrel recipes , there are lots of them .
If this is the first time you are having Squirrel you may want to try this. Let’s you know how good it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaycee
Cut squirrel into six pieces , legs 4 and back and breast where your most meat boil for about 15 min in water with a tbsp of vinegar in it. I use apple cider vinegar.
Take out, rinse pieces and allow to dry a bit or pat with paper towel. Put oil an inch , in a cast iron fry pan, I use peanut oil and heat so that the squirrel will cook like chicken wings... keep turning till all meat is cooked . You will be able to tell as it changes from that opalescent look to white like chicken.
Remove from pan and put on paper towels . Salt and pepper and enjoy!
You can also shake it in a sauce made of Franks Red Hot and Butter and dip in Blue cheese dressing.
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Chicken fried. Sooo. Good.
I skip the boil. I coat it, pan fry it to brown in cast iron and then toss it in the oven at low heat for a while.
I'll be heading out for my first squirrel hunt soon enough, saw too many during deer season not to go back out with the .22 now. Chicken fried squirrel from what I've seen looks like a damn good mealQuote:
Originally Posted by boozyleroux
I was also thinking about quartering up one or two as a treat for the dog, raw food diet. I think if your not going to cook away any possible unpleasantness (bacteria / parasite) then freezing for a couple of weeks first should do the trick
I'm tempted out of curiosity and disgusted at the possibility that it might taste good.
Is one even enough to feed a person?
They are delicious, better than rabbits in the cedars for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by poltrojan
Does a single grouse feed a person? Well worth the shot though, was the first thing I ever hunted, then rabbit and groundhogs. I never did find a baby groundhog that was not full of ticks to taste, grandpa used to bring those guys home for his mom to cook back in the 40s and everyone loved them.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkB
My suggestion would be to get at least one more to cook up lol. Put them in a slow cooker with some onion soup mix and your choice of liquid, beer, wine or broth with the browned squirrel pieces. Meat should be falling off the bones after a couple of hours. Enjoy.
Cheers
Shaken Bake !
Glen
Well I soaked the squirrel in buttermilk for a little longer then a day then I took some flour pepper and salt in a bag and put part in the bag shake It up and fryed in a frying pan with 1/2 inch of oil and it is pretty good!Attachment 36241
My neighbour, his 2 brothers and I supply the squirrels for a local wild game dinner. Usually around 18 to 20 squirrels. The cook there cooks them in a pressure cooker until the meat falls off. he then adds all the ingredients - peas, potatoes etc. for a meat pie.
this mixture is put into those butter-tart sized shells ... from Costco ... then back in the oven .... he makes about 150 mini squirrel meat pies.
about 120 people at this dinner. Everyone leaves saying their local squirrels are in trouble! mmmmm
I love squirrel stew. I cut up 2 squirrels into 6 pieces each. I simmer them in about 2-3" of water till tender. While the meat is cooking I cut up carrots, potatoes and some turnip (optional). I take the meat out and add the veggies. While the veggies are cooking I pull the meat off the bones and put the meat back in. I now thicken the sauce into gravy with flour or if in a hurry some gravy mix. Enjoy.
BBQ with your own BBQ sauce
Put the squirrels in a casserole dish. Make enough sauce to cover them by combining 1/4 water with 3/4 ketchup.
Add some green onion or chopped onion, and maybe a tablespoon of barbecue sauce.
Bake for 45 minutes covered, then 45 minutes uncovered at 350F.
Serve with rice or egg noodles, spooning sauce over everything.
This works amazingly well for rabbits or pork spareribs as well.