Sunday, February 8, 2009

What's eating Gilbert Gator?

If you happen to find yourself wondering what to do with all that great alligator meat. Here's a nice recipe for you.

Gator Sauce Piquant

3-4 lbs gator meat cut into 1/2" cubes (if no gator, substitute any small reptile)
1 large bell pepper - diced
1 med yellow onion - diced
1 bunch of green onions - chopped
1 cup celery - chopped
1 can Rotel tomato and chiles
1 can stewed tomatoes
Tony Chacheres seasoning to taste
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp parsley
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
Tabasco to taste
Worcester Sauce
Soy sauce
2 cups rice
2 cans tomato sauce 6 oz.

Cut meat into 1/2" cubes, season lightly with Tony's and garlic powder. Saute in heavy pot until brown. Add 3 cups of water and simmer 20 minutes. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, Rotel, and stew tomatoes. Cook on medium heat for about 30 minutes; stirring often. Add 2 bay leaves and parsley. Cook on low heat 15 additional minutes, remove bay leaves and add Worcester sauce, soy sauce, and Tabasco sauce to taste. Add 2 cans of tomato sauce; stirring often. Cook 2 cups of rice or enough to feed six adults.
(courtesy of Robert Englund, Port Acres, TX, from Alligators in Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2005)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Robert Englund? Freddy Kruger?