Posted on 04/30/2020 10:38:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
If you've ever wondered how to cook alligator but didn't know where to begin, this is for you.
Florida-based YouTube stars Robert Arrington and his wife Sarah will teach you how to properly prepare, grill and fry an alligator tail. Instructions on how to actually kill the alligator aren't included but even if they were, um, don't try to get alligator meat that way. This is what stores are for. Please do not run out into the swamp and try to cut yourself off some alligator tail meat. You won't end up eating fried alligator. That alligator will eat you.
Curious about what it tastes like? "I always say gator tail is like a mix between frog legs and chicken," Robert says. "It's mild, but it's got its own unique flavor."
The finished product looks like it tastes amazing, and it's all because of the marinate he prepares with it.
An entire stick of butter fried in a pan with some garlic is all you need to coat the gator tail in flavoring before you add some salt and pepper and onions, and then take it to the grill for the grand finale. You'll want to cook it medium to medium well for the best flavoring, Robert says.
If you want to fry it golden brown, just repeat the same steps, but instead of grilling it, season the cooking oil in the pan with some onions and have fun. (Make sure to have paper towels ready for the excess oil.)
Robert's recipe pleased his fans at the end of the video, too.
One of his hunting buddies proclaims, "I'm from Eastern Oregon, and anybody that don't like that is communist. It has kind of a chicken taste, but it's not, but it's so good."
And as a Tennessee fan, this especially warms my heart.
Also, don't forget dipping sauce and, even more importantly, some good cajun hot sauce.
There hasn’t been a wild alligator seen in Michigan for over a hundred years. They must have been hunted to extinction......
I must of missed the How to catch Alligator episode........
I've checked in on the guy's YouTube channel over the years since before he got married. He's done quite well for himself but since becoming a YouTube celebrity, I stopped watching.
When it was just him recording and sharing what he did as live-aboard captain of a wealthy person's fishing boat who loved the Florida outdoors, his videos had a genuine quality to them.
Now he's just using his videos to show off his toys and peddle sponsor's merchandise.
I picked frog legs from a menu when I wasn’t particularly hungry. Seemed like a lot of work , but Florida has some large frogs!
Anyway, they had a pleasant, delicate taste. I wouldn’t turn them down.
Don’t eat for 5 days. Anything will taste delicious.
Had some years ago when I was stationed down in Ft Rucker Alabama. It’s ok, fried to a crisp. Had some rattle snake too. My southern pals loved seeing my Yankee-ass eat stuff like that. Good times.
If they were only the size of pigeons we would call them quail hawks, because they would be too small to kill a chicken.
Marinate in orange juice, garlic and thyme or oregano then grill, or fry, or wrap in half cooked bacon and bake.
Or soak in buttermilk overnight, and right before cooking give it a shot of House of Autrey seafood breading or Zatarain’s cornmeal breading and fry it.
[If they were only the size of pigeons we would call them quail hawks, because they would be too small to kill a chicken.]
I’ve eaten alligator tail. It’s great.
Took my wife and 2 young kids to an alligator preserve in FL where we rode an airboat for an hour looking at gators in the wild.
Afterwards we got deep fried gator nuggets. Everyone, even the picky eaters, loved them!
I’ve eaten alligator meat (hamburger). Maybe it wasn’t prepared correctly, but I found it a bit too gristly for my taste.
Gator and frog legs are great fried. The gator meat needs to be marinated though.
I’ve only eaten alligator tail once. It was during the shutdown after Hurricane Hugo when everyone was pulling everything out of the freezer and bringing it to block cookouts. The neighbor two doors down, a good ol’ boy from Louisiana, breaded the tail meat, deep fried it and then put the hot meat in layers along with raw onion rings, each layer separated by a dry paper towel. He stacked the layers in a small cardboard box. Left it all there to “steam” in its own heat, I guess. Opened the box...and we ate the tail and the raw onions. It was very good. Seemed almost like fish.
Never had any since, but I’d try it again. But, I’d also be happy just having fond memories.
Best way to enjoy alligator meat is to buy the meat along with some choice ribeye’s. Go home, throw away the alligator meat, put the ribeye’s on a charcoal grill until you achieve your personal level of doneness. A gas grill can be used if need be.
Best way to enjoy alligator meat is to catch, kill and grill it *after* it’s been useful in disposing of one or few of the more annoying people in your life.
Is it still cannibalism if you’re eating the critter that ate your enemy?
Its a gray area, fine line so to speak, Ha!
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