Favorite way to prepare squirrel?

[Woodbridge 30-30]

Hey y'all, I'm wondering what is your favorite way to prepare squirrel? My agreement with the wife is that if I clean em she will cook em but coming up with good recipes is a challenge. I'd like to hear how you like to do it.

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[Winger Ed.]

If I only have a few, I like to cut 'em up and fry them like ya would do fried chicken.

[Bazoo]

I enjoy squirrel soup. It works out if you just get one. Boil the squirrel in a pot, remove and cool enough to debone. I dice up a stick of celery, 2 potatoes, half an onion and put that to cooking and add the squirrel meat. Salt and pepper to taste. Cornbread or grilled cheeses for sides. Mmmm

[Hogdaddy]

Mamma use to make a great squirrel gravy to die for.. Don't have the recipe or I'd be in squirrel heaven ; )
H/D PS sorry I'm no help

[gbrown]

Fry them puppies up with plenty of seasoning, salt and pepper will do. Set the pieces aside, make a thin gravy, add the pieces and let 'em go for about 2-4 hours. Gravy thickens up.. Squirrel fricassee. Add onion, celery, etc. to the gravy for flavor. Serve over your choice of starch, we always did rice. Add a veggie and some biscuits or cornbread and you got a meal.

[redhawk0]

I boil them and pick the meat. Then it goes in a pot pie with gravy,veggies,potatoes with a nice crust over the top.

redhawk

[Finster101]

I guess I'm different. My favorite way was to give them to whoever I was hunting with.

[WebMonkey]

I boil them and pick the meat. Then it goes in a pot pie with gravy,veggies,potatoes with a nice crust over the top.

redhawk

similar to 'my way'.

slow cooker.
separate the meat.

strain the 'stock' to make gravy.

dish it up.

plain or with veggies/taters in it and biscuits.

nummy

(i'll admit i do this with lots of critters. squirrel, rabbit, yardbird too old to lay eggs, etc)

[parrothead600]

I throw them in a slow cooker and cook them long enough to separate the meat off the bones. Then use it to make a pot of white chilli or stew.
Now if you will excuse me, I need to go get the .22 ready for tomorrow.

[bluejay75]

Boil for ten minutes. Remove from liquid. Let cool. Coat in seasoned flour like you would chicken. Smother in gravy.

[Yogi]

They sound great. My daughter has a few in the freezer. I think it's time to get them cooking. You guys got me hungry. The pot pie sounds really good.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I grill/sear them over hot coals until cooked through, they will be tough as nails if you stop there, so I put them in a crock pot with 1/2" of chicken broth, cook/steam until tender, probably takes an hour.

[TyGuy]

My pops was always broke when I was growing up. If we only got one or two we would let them soak in salt water in the fridge overnight. He would take two packs of ramen noodles and boil the noodles in just water. He would then fry up the squirrel meat with the seasoning packets and some butter, drain the noodles and top with squirrel. It may seem about as trailer park as it gets but I love it.

He did something similar with little chunks of deer as well. When my younger brother was in elementary school the teacher asked them on a worksheet to draw their favorite food. “Deer noodles” is what he wrote with a picture of a bowl of brown squiggles. The teacher (uppity city school) was concerned and sent a note home with him asking for an explanation... I think she though it was brains!

[Silvercreek Farmer]

I pressure cook them in a bit of water until tender, but not falling off the bone, then bread and fry them. The old ones take quite a bit longer than the young ones, so you have to be careful to stage them properly so you don't turn the young ones to mush...

[Bazoo]

My pops was always broke when I was growing up. If we only got one or two we would let them soak in salt water in the fridge overnight. He would take two packs of ramen noodles and boil the noodles in just water. He would then fry up the squirrel meat with the seasoning packets and some butter, drain the noodles and top with squirrel. It may seem about as trailer park as it gets but I love it.

He did something similar with little chunks of deer as well. When my younger brother was in elementary school the teacher asked them on a worksheet to draw their favorite food. “Deer noodles” is what he wrote with a picture of a bowl of brown squiggles. The teacher (uppity city school) was concerned and sent a note home with him asking for an explanation... I think she though it was brains!

No shame in being poor. Some of the nicest most generous people I've ever seen were poor.

[TyGuy]

No shame in being poor. Some of the nicest most generous people I've ever seen were poor.

No shame intended! I just thought the “recipe” could use some background context. Many folks these days turn up their nose to ramen noodles so tree rat noodles don’t exactly come across as a delicacy. They just don’t know what they’re missing! Hard to beat the price tag too.

[Minerat]

I guess I'm different. My favorite way was to give them to whoever I was hunting with.

My variation is to even dress them first.

[MaryB]

Squirrel stew. Season and flour squirrel pieces including the saddle(ribs). Brown then cover with water(or stock) and simmer until the meat is tender but not falling off the bone. Add onion, carrot, potato and cook until the veggies are tender. Thicken with your choice of thickening agent, I use corn starch slurry. Serve up a big bowl with buttered biscuits on the side! One pot meal and tasty!

[Martin Luber]

I found them tasty, but tough. A pressure cooker worked well to start them, then any kind of stew.

I had one one the counter and my mother in law said " What's that?" I was ready for her and stuck it with a fork while squeaking a game call. Just about messed myself and her too!

[Woodbridge 30-30]

Thanks to everyone for your replies, some great ideas! Just what I was hoping for.