Someone just gave me some, and I have no idea of how to cook it.
Suggestions?
garbage can -- ick! Sorry, just my idea.
Okay, my roommate just said that you treat it like chicken. Talk about cliche, but that's what she says.
I never realized there was enough meat on a squirrel to cook. :P
Marinate overnight in ranch dressing. Had a friend whose husband hunted and he served it braised with onions ... was pretty good.
Quote from: DesertRose on April 28, 2009, 08:02:30 PM
I never realized there was enough meat on a squirrel to cook. :P
Around here it is considered a bit of a delicacy.
I've decided to make Squirrel Cacciatore, using the pressure cooker.
Had Squirrel Cacciatore for dinner. It was rather good. Not unlike dark-meat chicken, but with a certain nut-like flavor. Any of my hunting friends who have some squirrel meat to dispose of will certainly find a willing recipient in me.
Zane (my cat) liked it, too.
Well, if those pesky squirrels don't stay off the bird feeders and down on the food I provide for them, I know what to do with them now! LOL
Quote from: Elkhound on April 29, 2009, 11:50:12 PM
Zane (my cat) liked it, too.
Well, if it passed the kitty test, then it must be okay. There is a joke in my house that if Tessa (my oldest cat, nicknamed Captain Nom and Garbage Gut for her tendency to eat damn near anything that doesn't eat her first) won't eat something, it must be poisoned.
Come to think, my oldest brother used to hunt squirrel.
He gave me another consignment--five squirrels, two one-pound packets of ground venison, and two venison steaks. (All frozen.)
I'm going to make squirrel curry and either squirrel paprikarsh or écureuil au vin or eichhörnchenpfeffer.
The venison steak I will marinate in a Dr. Pepper with a little Worchestershire Sauce. I'll then sautee some onions with garlic & ginger, remove the onions, brown the steak, add the onion mixture back, pour a can of diced tomatoes over, cover and let simmer.
I'll probably use the ground venison for meatloaf.
You can make burgers out of the ground venison too, and the steaks can be cut up and used for kebabs, if you're so inclined. The last time I ate venison, it was at a friend's house (her husband was a bow-hunter), and we had venison kebabs grilled over charcoal. Yum! :)
Sounds very delicious!! When's dinner being served?
Did the rest of the squirrel tonight. In the pressure cooker I sauteed some pearl onions withth garlic and bacon, then added the squirrels and browned them. I then added a large can of mushrooms and a bottle of Cabernet, closed the pressure cooker, and let it go for 20 min. I then released the pressure, fished out the meat, removed the bones, and returned it to the cooker with a packet of frozen mixed vegetables, closed the lid and processed it for five more minutes. Served over a mixture of brown & white rice. Very good; Zane thought so, too.
It does sound good. I'm glad it passed the Zane test. :D
Glad to hear that Zane is doing well too.
Quote from: derynifanatic64 on January 20, 2013, 02:23:56 PM
Glad to hear that Zane is doing well too.
Thanks; I was worried about him, for a while, but right when we got our first cold snap he seemed to revive himself--become more alert and started eating like a furry vacuum cleaner.
Got some more squirrels! I'm going to make "mokus paprikarsh". Next week I'm going to cook a couple more up with some cabbage instead of corned beef for my St. Patrick's Day.
I got curious as what Google Search would come up with:
http://www.mikewest.net/squirrel/recipes.html
My latest excursus was as follows:
1. Stir fry some chopped onions, chopped celery, and chopped green peppers with a couple of tablespoons of ginger-garlic paste.
2. Add the squirrels with about half a jar of curry paste, a cut up rutabaga, and a pint of vegetable broth.
3. Seal down lid and process for 20 minutes.
4. Remove squirrels; using a fork, strip the meat off the bones, discarding the latter. Return meat to pot and stir while bringing to boil. Add 1 pint sour cream and blend. Lower heat to simmer and replace cover, but DO NOT SEAL.
5. When you have judeged that it has simmered enough (at least 10 min.), serve over rice or pasta.