Share Your Squirrel Recipes Please

[USMCsilver]

It's been years since I've done squirrel. Colt has become quite the marksman, and we've got dozens of tree rats around here.

I'm wanting him to get his first kill(s) and have him help prepare dinner.

I'm looking for something easy and good.

I've seen some mighty involved recipes online, but I'm trying to seek out some tried 'n true pros' advice.

Thanks in advance.

[We Jeep Inn]

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My son is wanting to shoot a tree rat. I told him if he shoots it, he eats it. I have a feeling skwerl is on the menu soon.

[MKW]

It ain't special, but I always salt, flour, and fry in a skillet. It's good, to me, but I ain't very fancy.

[USMCsilver]

It ain't special, but I always salt, flour, and fry in a skillet. It's good, to me, and I ain't too fancy.

Parts? Just legs or what?

[MKW]

Front half and back half. I usually throw the middle away cause there's not a lot of meat there. I actually love squirrel.

[Rem11-87]

We usually fry or make squirrel and rice. Same as chicken bog just use squirrel instead.

[USMCsilver]

Front half and back half. I usually throw the middle away cause there's not a lot of meat there. I actually love squirrel.

Two halves make a whole. A front, middle, and back make thirds.

I reckon I get the jist of it. Like I said, it's been many 'a years...

[TurkeyTrax]

I usually fry the quarters with thick breading. Then hunk a Trappy bull hot sauce and butter mix. Buffalo squirrels.

[Duck cutter]

MKW's way is pretty good

They also make for a good stew,

You need 4-6 squirrels, can debone or parboil or pressure cook first if you would like
Red potatoes
Kielbasa sausage ( spicy kind)
Onion
Belle pepper
Jalapeño peppers (3)
Beef stock
Rice

Cook in crockpot 2hrs on high 6 on low

Add anything else you might think would add to it

[TheVisorGuy]

Only way I've had it was like mkw said. I remember it being ok. Been a few Christmases ago though

[MKW]

LOL...I remember one time we killed a bunch of squirrels at the deer club and we cleaned, seasoned, and threw them in a deep fryer. My son, at about 6yrs old, walked around all afternoon chewing on whole fried squirrels. Good times!

[fuzzy]

Cook like MKW said, or cook a squirrel perlo.

[trash2]

Same but I'd rather eat on ribs and loins than hams or shoulders. Hard to beat a bite of crispy ribs

[BlackTom]

Evidently Palmetto Bug hasn't seen this post yet and hopefully he'll be along shortly to share his reciept. Involves a pressure cooker then floured and fried. Bout the best i ever had

[Swamp Rat]

I like to parboil 'em at least, if they are young squirrels. Old squirrels get boiled, sometimes changing the water. Then I debone the meat and either make a bog, or put 'em in a cream-style sauce and serve over rice.

[justhuntin]

Mince up 2-3 slices of thick cut bacon and fry in the bottom of a big pot.
Add in two big cans of crushed tomatoes
1 diced onion
1 bag frozen Lima beans
1 bag frozen corn
4-5 patatoes cubed
6-12 squirrels pressure cooked or boiled and deboned. (Easier to debone when pressure cooked)
1 table sized bottle of Texas Pete
Bring to a boil and then cook low-med heat until patatoes are done while seasoning to taste. I like to cook for several hours and season with plenty of salt and black pepper.

[EDV1]

I heard someone mention squirrel and dumplings the other day. My great-grandmother would pressure cook, pull, flour and fry them. These steps would make darn near anything edible.

[ReelHard]

Squirrel bog is my fav. Use beef broth instead of water for the rice.

[Woodiewacker82]

I heard someone mention squirrel and dumplings the other day. My great-grandmother would pressure cook, pull, flour and fry them. These steps would make darn near anything edible.

One of my all time favorites along with squirrel gravy and homemade biscuits. Those two meals make my mouth water.


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[Palmetto Bug]

Cut them into five pieces...2 back legs, 2 front legs with shoulders with as much meat as you can cut off the front and back (lats, pecs and delts) and both backstraps together with the spine. Cut out the icky stuff under the front arm pits. I usually cut the ribs off with poultry scissors right along edge of the loins but the ribs and belly have good meat. Before you cut them up, rub them with dry salt to help remove any hair that got on them while cleaning. Either pressure cook them for 10 minutes or boil them around 30 minutes in slated water before you fry them or pick them to put in a bog.

Boar squirrels have musk glands around their butt. I remove the whole pelvis after hyper-extending/dislocating the hips and cutting the back legs off.

If Colt will stick to head shots only, they'll be much easier to clean.... and he'll learn to be a stone cold killer sniper.

Squirrel hunting with a rifle is the best way in our region to train a rifle hunter.