Anyone have any good squirrel dishes they would like to share? I'd like to try for some with the bow. Not expecting to kill too many, but ya never know. Thanks.
Might want to put this in the Recipes section.
sqirell & dumplins, just use sqirell insted of chicken
put them in a crock pot with potatos carrots onion and garlic.do it just like a beef roast.turns out tender and delicious.
If a young'un, bread it and fry it. Serve with mashed taters, biscuits, gravy, and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Quartered up & crockpotted with a bottle of Franks hot sauce & a jar of Hooters hot wing sauce..
Dean Torges' site has it pretty well covered for squirrel recipes....I always have said if a squirrel was as big as a deer, they would be extinct 'cause they're so darn good eatin'.
Dip in milk, roll in flour and pan fry med-high heat till crispy. Turn heat down add water to pan, cover pan and steam for 45 minutes to a hour on low heat, until tender. Remove lid, turn up heat and crisp back up. Use milk, flour and little pepper to make gravy in pan. Serve with rice and veggie.
QuoteOriginally posted by Mitch-In-NJ:
Might want to put this in the Recipes section.
Sorry, didn't realize there was one.
Thanks for all the quick responses. Now to wait 2 weeks for the season.
Brunswick Stew comes to mind when You say TreeRat.
Lazy Man's Squirrel Pie
This recipe is pretty `loose'. I usually start by slow cooking 3 small or 2 large squirrels (or 1 rabbit) in a crock-pot on low heat for 8 or 9 hours (until the meat falls off the bones). Before cooking though, I slice an onion and layer the bottom of the crock-pot with the slices. Then I put the squirrels on top of the onions and add enough water to cover everything, and I mix in a packet of dry onion soup mix. When the squirrels are cooked I allow them to cool in the pot, and then I carefully bone them and collect all the shredded meat in a large bowl (I don't use the onion slices in the pies; I just use them to help flavor the meat and to keep the meat off the bottom of the pot). I add a can of mixed vegetables, such as Veg-All, to the meat, and then I add chicken gravy and mix it all together. I buy a large jar of gravy and mix in enough to have a fairly wet mixture.
After initially mixing up the meat, vegetables, and gravy, I sprinkle some salt and pepper on the top of the mix, as well as some of my 'secret' ingredient, thyme. Again, this recipe is loose with no exact measurements, but don't overdo the thyme or it will be too strong. However, just a little makes the pies savory and a little different from the norm, and I believe that's what makes them so good. After adding the seasoning, mix well before adding to pies/pasties.
For the crusts I always buy refrigerated, unroll-and-fill-type pie crust dough, and the type of pies I make depends on my whim and/or the occasion. I have pot-pie size pie pans that I sometimes use, but often I'll make mini pies for large get-togethers using cup cake pans. Either way, I unroll the 9" pie crust dough (they usually come 2 per box, and I buy a couple boxes) and I cut circles large enough to layer the bottom of the pans. Then I fill them with the meat/vegetable/gravy mixture, and I cover them with appropriate size circles of dough. I roll over the edges and crimp with a fork. Then I make slices or poke holes in the top of each pie to vent them, and I bake them according to the instructions on the pie crust box, basically watching them until they are golden brown. Other times I'll use the full 9" pie crusts to make pasties, filling half of them and folding over the other halves and sealing the edges, again venting the top before baking. No matter what form they take, they taste the same. I will also, on occasion, brush the tops of the pies/pasties with a mixture of whisked egg whites and a little water before baking to make them shiny.
Enjoy your tasty rodents!
For big squirrels (read old) I put pieces (4 legs and one back) in a crock pot with a can of cream of mushroom (Cambells) soup and half a can of water. Cook until meat falls off the bone. Very easy and quite good.
For young ones I coat with flour and fry in a skillet. My mother used to put the fried squirrel (and rabbits) in a pressure cooker. That was terrific --- very tender!
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sqirell & dumplins, just use sqirell insted of chicken
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QuoteOriginally posted by arrow30:
sqirell & dumplins, just use sqirell insted of chicken
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I like em as gravy with biscutes for breakfast. Plain floured and fried is fine too. In a pinch out in the woods, just spit them on a stick and roast them over open fire. Kinda tough and mild flavored that way, but plenty good eating.
Squirrel has always been one of my favorites to hunt and eat. Never have learned how to spell it though!
What do you guys do about wolves in them in the early season?
you have got to try this!!!!! Literally the best way to cook those small critters. Works really good with a single rabbit, but it works great for a squirrel and maybe his buddies too . . .
Throw the meat in a Crockpot, pour in an entire bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce and let it cook on low all day! AAAAAAAHhhhhhyyyeaaaa:)
Dad and I tried a squirrel on a spit last October . . . that was also amazing! but nothing beats the easy of that Crock recipe! Hope this helps
And Daniel the best way to avoid any early season problems with squirrels is to avoid shooting them in the early season :) I was always taught after the first frost, but have found that I can't wait that long, so about the first week in October is when I start!
Chris, that's how I cook goose. Crock pot and BBQ sauce. Thanks for the replies. Squirrel season starts next Wed....goose too.
you guys making me hungry --all sounds good.
don't forget to suck dem haids....oh, dats crawfish 'do, eh? oooooooooo-weeeeeee I guar-on-tee suck dem haids!!!
Dutch oven with potatoes olive oil butter salt pepper onion powder.
Coat the pieces with flour/salt/pepper mixture and fry golden brown. Remove the pieces and make gravy with milk and drippings. Add the fried pieces back to the gravy, cover and simmer until everything is ready to fall off the bone. Pour mixture on rice or mashed potatoes. That's real potatoes not the dry potato like substance sold as instant.
I crock pot them in chicken stock until they're falling off the bone, fish out all the parts, flake the meat, thicken the stock with roux and a little cream to richen things up, and serve it over rice or noodles.
quarter them and place in a crock pot...cover with barbecue sauce and cook on low for about 4 hours or so until the meat falls off the bone! works great for old squirrels that are too tough to fry
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Lazy Man's Squirrel Pie
*loose recipe here*
Enjoy your tasty rodents!
YES!
I do it about the same, but use mamas pie crust... ;)
Use cream of mushroom soup (the kind w/ garlic is great)
Veggies are, peas, corn, onion, taters & a little celery....mmmm
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Man these recipes make me hongry! I just need a squirrel to try them out, lol......good stuff!