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Tools and Uses => Hunting => Topic started by: 2aHawaii on June 25, 2010, 02:04:06 PM

Title: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: 2aHawaii on June 25, 2010, 02:04:06 PM

I saw this posted on the CTD twitter feed and thought it was kinda interesting. Squirrels are plentiful in the mainland.

Quote from: http://cheaperthandirt.com/blog/?p=3039

Preparing squirrels to eat is a straight forward process once they are skinned and gutted. Simply take your skinned and gutted squirrel and cut it into quarters. To fry up your squirrels using a traditional southern recipe, you’ll need:

•3 eggs
•1/3 cup water
•1 cup Buffalo wing sauce
•2 cups self-rising flour
•1 teaspoon black pepper
•1 teaspoon Salt
•1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
•3 to 4 squirrels, quartered
•Peanut Oil
Soak your squirrel pieces overnight in a salt water and meat tenderizer brine.

Heat the oil to 350 degrees.

Combine the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine the eggs and water and mix well. Slowly pour the Buffalo wing sauce into the egg mixture and continue to mix well.

Dip the squirrel quarters in the egg mixture and the roll well in the flour mix. Fry the squirrel in the oil for about 10-15 minutes until golden and crispy. Serves about 4 people.

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: Tom_G on June 25, 2010, 04:34:29 PM

Wow... suddenly, I miss squirrel.  And rabbit. 

The next time an invasive species gets introduced here, let's make sure that it is both huntable and tasty when fried!

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: 2aHawaii on June 25, 2010, 08:22:33 PM

Isn't everything tasty when fried?  :D

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: Tom_G on June 25, 2010, 11:22:02 PM

Quote from: 2aHawaii on June 25, 2010, 08:22:33 PM

Isn't everything tasty when fried?  :D

Yeah, I have some theories about that!  And I've always wondered... if frying can make crappy food taste great, what would happen if you fried great food?  I think I'll go bread up a prime porterhouse...

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: Jaydawg on July 14, 2010, 11:48:08 AM

how bout fryin' up some mongoose.

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: Heavies on July 14, 2010, 01:29:12 PM

Haha. Fried mongoose!   :thumbsup:
Sounds tasty.
You would probably get in trouble for cruelty like you would if you shot a feral cat.

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: Tom_G on July 14, 2010, 03:12:53 PM

If someone was serving mongoose, I'd step up for a serving!  Especially urban mongoose, fattened up on all that left-over people food. 

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: Jaydawg on July 14, 2010, 10:26:22 PM

Quote from: Heavies on July 14, 2010, 01:29:12 PM

Haha. Fried mongoose!   :thumbsup:
Sounds tasty.
You would probably get in trouble for cruelty like you would if you shot a feral cat.

or a baseball bat to a peacock.

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: monkeyboy808 on February 09, 2011, 07:11:22 PM

being from Texas, my grandmother used to make squirrel and dumplings with all the squirrels we shot. Man it was tasty.

Title: Re: Chicken Fried Squirrel Recipe from Cheaper than dirt
Post by: pj_benn on February 09, 2011, 08:39:19 PM

Id imagine squirrel meat isnt that much. 1 squirrel = approx 4 ckn wings? Or am i thinking of chipmunks?