[SandRat]

Fried Squirrel

Suggestion: Never broil or grill a squirrel. You won’t enjoy the leathery chewy result.

You’ll need at least 5 of those critters to have a meal.

Squirrel Preparation
Skin the squirrel (gray squirrels taste better than red squirrels), remove and discard the digestive organs (stomach and intestines), and cut the squirrel into sections (legs, etc.). Cut the heart and liver into bite size pieces.

Fried Squirrel
Soak the cut up squirrel meat in some water with one teaspoon of salt overnight. Then put it in a skillet with some salted water and slowly boil the meat until it is tender when stuck with a fork. Be very careful and do NOT cook the meat until it falls off the bones. Rinse the squirrel in some cold water.

1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper 1/4 cup oil

Mix the flour, salt, and pepper inside a plastic baggie. Dip the pieces of squirrel meat in some milk (or water) and shake the meat inside the baggie to coat the meat. Brown the coated meat in some oil in a skillet. Lower the heat after browning and cover the skillet tightly. Cook over low heat for 30 to 60 minutes or until well done. Remove the cover during the last 10 minutes to crisp the outer surfaces.

[Osage Orange]

You should try squirrel jerky.....

BTW..their hearts are bite size.

[OneVike]

Is that a real recipe?

[aviator]

After a few months on a candy bar diet, I wonder what this little fellow would taste like....

[Viking2002]

Last time I did tree rat, we hit the leg quarters with the pressure cooker for about 30 minutes or so, then put them in a crock pot with some good BBQ sauce for about four hours. The meat fell off the bone, and they were lip-smacking good.

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