Fried Squirrel

[Snuggles]

When I was a kid, we used to hun squirrel in the woods behind the house. Many a night mom would make fried squirrel, rice and gravy. I haven't had that in years. It's about time to go squirrel hunting again. You think?

[hummingbird]

I love fried squirrel! We used to eat it all of the time. I haven't cleaned a squirrel in years though. I love rabbit too but my kids are horrified to think I ate "Thumper".

[bsmit212]

I have had squirrel, but never fried. That sounds wonderful.

[Cappy]

The most common way to cook squirrel in these parts is to heavily season the cut squirrel in cajun seasoning and drop it into a greased black iron pot. Brown the meat then remove. put into the pot too much onions and some sliced cajun sausage if ya got it. Cook the onions down till they dark golden almost brown color add mushrooms bell peppeer garlic etc (what ever ya like) brown it some more for like 5 minutes deglaze the pot with water or wine or beer add the squirrels bck and simmer till tender. Add finely chopped onion greens, parsley at the last simmer like 5 more minutes and serve over rice.

[wvbreamfisherman]

We fry them sometimes here. For the old , tough squirrels we might cook them in a pressure cooker for a while first.

My favorite way is to take a mess of squirrels and slow cook them in a little water, onion, bell pepper and black pepper, until the meat is falling off the bone. Then, debone them and make pulled squirrel BBQ.

[Scotty]

Wow guys! That sounds very good. I used to fry young squirrel and make country gravy in the grease. If you parboil the squirrel first, it does make it a bit more tender.

[wvbreamfisherman]

Originally Posted by Scotty

Wow guys! That sounds very good. I used to fry young squirrel and make country gravy in the grease. If you parboil the squirrel first, it does make it a bit more tender.

I've had some old tough boar squirrels that parboiling didn't touch- even the gravy was tough. Trying to eat them was like chewing on an old tire. For those, either pressure cooking, or long slow cooking in a crock pot did the trick.

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


One hot frying pan. One squirrel. Plop. Sizzle, sizzle. Eat.

[tentrus]

I just puked in my mouth! No way to fried squirrel or any squirrel for that matter. Seriously I thought very few people ate squirrel but I guess I am wrong from looking at these replies.

[Judy Ann]

Little gray squirrels are bountiful, easy to dress, and yummy when fried up in a cast iron skillet. It appears that there are a few of us that live or have lived in the mountains or other areas where fishing and hunting are just part of a way of life.