OK guys. Lets start posting your favorite Alligator Gar recipes. Cathy, you're first. I think I will just hang out and watch.
Alligator Gar Nuggets
6 large strips of alligator gar meat
a steel cookie cutter
corn meal
salt and pepper
cyan pepper
peanut oil
tarter sauce
jalapeno pepper
milk
Clean and prepare stips of gar meat. Season with salt,pepper,cyan pepper. Use a steel cookie cutter and cut shapes of your choice. A round cookie cutter works best. Drop the nuggets into milk and cover with corn meal batter.
Heat peanut oil to 350 and drop the nuggets into the oil. When floating the nuggets are ready.
Dig nuggets into tarter sauce with a generous portion of jalapeno peppers and juice added
Stir-Fried Gar
6 pounds gar meat (cut in 3-inch pieces)
1 large onion (chopped)
1 tablespoon ketchup
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 cup cooking oil
Salt and pepper
Heat the oil in a large cast iron pan and add fish pieces. Stir lightly until brown. Add onion, and stir until light brown. Add the other ingredients and stir lightly, then mix in 3 cups water. Cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.
Serve over rice.
6 large strips of alligator gar meat
a steel cookie cutter
corn meal
salt and pepper
cyan pepper
peanut oil
tarter sauce
jalapeno pepper
milk
Clean and prepare stips of gar meat. Season with salt,pepper,cyan pepper. Use a steel cookie cutter and cut shapes of your choice. A round cookie cutter works best. Drop the nuggets into milk and cover with corn meal batter.
Heat peanut oil to 350 and drop the nuggets into the oil. When floating the nuggets are ready.
Dig nuggets into tarter sauce with a generous portion of jalapeno peppers and juice added
Stir-Fried Gar
6 pounds gar meat (cut in 3-inch pieces)
1 large onion (chopped)
1 tablespoon ketchup
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 cup cooking oil
Salt and pepper
Heat the oil in a large cast iron pan and add fish pieces. Stir lightly until brown. Add onion, and stir until light brown. Add the other ingredients and stir lightly, then mix in 3 cups water. Cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.
Serve over rice.
I have two favs... it's a toss-up! Alligator Gar Ceviche and Alligator Gar Pot-Pie! But then again, the Creamed Alligator Gar on Toast ain't nuthin' to sneeze at!
Being from Louisiana I shouldn't be laughing. Our local fish shops advertise catfish, gar and gou all the time. A local fare is called gar balls (quit snickering Mama it's a real dish) and is made with rice and fried. Of course the deap south is noted for odd dishes and I think the late newsman Paul Harvey once stated that 60% of all turnip greens are eaten by Democrates. The rest is thown out. 
jpshaw wrote:Being from Louisiana I shouldn't be laughing. Our local fish shops advertise catfish, gar and gou all the time. A local fare is called gar balls (quit snickering Mama it's a real dish) and is made with rice and fried. Of course the deap south is noted for odd dishes and I think the late newsman Paul Harvey once stated that 60% of all turnip greens are eaten by Democrates. The rest is thown out.
thrown out or thrown up??
certain "male parts" of many animals are enjoyed as delicacies by many - no thanks fellas - not inerested
I'm so glad I'm a pasta junkie.........................