Alsatian

I have not cooked squirrel often. Once I made a kind of stew which I found not too pleasing. But another time I ate it fried and liked it pretty well.


I have just heard from my son -- 26 years old living on his own -- who told me he thought squirrel tasted fantastically good. I'm not disagreeing with him, I just didn't have a clear recollection of the squirrel meals -- which we shared together as a family. Maybe he got to eat most of the squirrels?


Anyway. Among those who hunt squirrels how do you like to prepare and eat your squirrel meat? How many like squirrel fried?


I happen to like squirrel hunting but haven't done it much because I didn't recollect being impressed with eating squirrel meat. If I changed my thinking on that, I might get back to squirrel hunting and maybe do that with my son, as he has expressed interest in that.

Champlain Islander

Being of Italian descent it goes into the red sauce. What's not to like? Tastes like chicken

Bocajnala

CI, I would be interested in hearing how you cook it. Sounds like something I'd like to try...

I typically do squirrel two different ways...


The first is just par boiled, breaded, and fried. I like it this way, and so has mostly everybody that has tried it.


The second is to boil it off the bone, then make it into a pot pie. This has also been popular at several wild game feasts that I've taken it to. I've tried lots of other ways, but these are the favorites.


-Jake

Champlain Islander

Just brown it and throw into a pot of sauce to cook further for a while just like you would do with some pork or chicken.

Hatfield Hunter

throw about 4 squirrels in a crockpot---add a sliced up onion a sliced up green pepper and a couple of jars or cans of gravey---slow cook all day add mashed potatoes and a veggie mmmmm good and easy

alleyyooper

Squirrel like many wild critters can be cooked any number of ways useing recipes for demestic animals.
Biggest thing I have seen to ruin the meat is not keeping it clean when dressing.
Some of my favorite recipes.




Brined Squirrel

2 – 3 squirrels, quartered
~ 2/3 cup brown sugar
~ 1/4 cup salt
~ 1 heaping tbsp. cracked black peppercorns
~ 3 cloves garlic, crushed
~ 2 large sprigs fresh rosemary
~ 1 small bunch fresh thyme
~ 1 hand full parsley
~ 1 1/4 cup cold water
~ 1 – 12 oz. bottle hard cider
With a rolling pin or the back of a large kitchen knife, bruise the rosemary, thyme and parsley. This releases their oils.

Place in a large bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until sugar and salt are dissolved.

Place the squirrel pieces in a large zip-lock bag. Pour in the brine.

Seal and place in a baking dish just in case your bag leaks.

Place in refrigerator at least 10 hours, 24 hours is better.

Remove the squirrel, rinse and pat dry.

You can now cook them anyway you want. Fried, baked, grilled, etc.

"I like to make mine as stew in the crockpot"


Cajun Squirrel

squirrels, cut into serving pieces, amount depends upon how many you can eat
~ olive oil
~ 1 large onion
~ 1 large green bell pepper
~ 2 cloves garlic
~ Cajun spice ~ 2 tbsp. Tabasco sauce
~ 4 tbsp. ketchup
~ 1 tbsp. Gumbo File seasoning
~ cooked rice
In a deep pot or dutch oven, heat some olive oil.

Season the squirrel on all sides with the Cajun seasoning. Add to the hot oil and turn to brown on all sides. Continue to cook until done.

Place the onion, bell pepper and garlic in a blender. Cover with water and chop. Add to the pot when squirrel is done.

Sprinkle the added vegetables with Cajun seasoning.

Add the Tabasco sauce, ketchup and the Gumbo File. Stir to mix well. Cover.

Heat and simmer until veggies are heated through stirring as needed.
Serve over the cooked rice.


Fried Squirrel with Mushroom Gravy

3 squirrels, cut into serving pieces
~ flour
~ salt and pepper
~ 2 eggs, beaten
~ 3 – 4 pieces bacon, chopped
~ 1 medium onion, chopped
~ 1 can cream of mushroom soup
~ 1 soup can milk
Season the flour to taste with salt and pepper. Place in a bowl. Beat the eggs in another bowl.

Heat some oil in a large skillet.

Dip the squirrel pieces in the egg and then the flour. Repeat if you want. Add to hot oil.

Fry until golden brown. Remove and drain fat. Return to skillet.

Cover with the bacon and onion.

Mix the soup and milk together and pour over meat.

Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours.



Squirrel Pot Pie

6 squirrels, quartered
~ seasoning salt
~ pepper
~ your favorite seasonings, garlic powder, onion powder, etc.
~ 1 – 15 oz. can Veg-All mixed vegetables
~ 1 can cream of mushroom soup
~ 2 frozen pie crusts
Place squirrel quarters in a crock pot. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add your favorite seasonings if desired.

Cover with water and cook on low until the meat starts coming off the bones.

Strain out the meat and allow to cool. Remove meat from the bones when cool.

In a large bowl, mix the soup with a little water until smooth.

Stir in the vegetables and meat.

Pour into a pie crust and top with the other. Cut a slit in the top.

Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees until golden brown.


Grilled squirrel.


Dress the squirrel do not cut into pieces, season and spread Eagle it on the grill over a flavor wood like Hickory, Apple, or other fruit wood. I like to soak the chips in water and put them in a foil pack with a few vent holes in the top.
Grill till done.




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gjersy

Sounds good! I like to fry them on cast iron, gray/fox squirrel is delicious game in my book. My Grandma used to pressure cook them a bit before pan frying them if they were a bit tuff.

dogbone13

I boil them till meat starts to separate from bone.
Then put them on a flat pan and spread honey bbq sauce on them and put in oven for 20-25min to get sauce sticking to meat.

If you use a pressure cooker it is much quicker process than boiling.

toytruck

I grew up eating squirrel. We prefer it fried, but I have eaten it in potpie which is good, but not my favorite. I got tired of boiling them all day an got a pressure cooker, that's the way to go, like said above.

There is a small gland under the forearms that you want to remove during cleaning to improve the taste. I like squirrel better than venison actually!!

bearbow49

we wash them after skinning put in a bowl of salt water over night in frig take out roll in flour have a hot cast iron skillet with lard ready drop in and deep fry take add milk and little flour in skillet with drippings for gravey bake biscuits fried taters and apples with blackberry jam make you want to smack your grandma lol