Alligator meat

[indyrob]

I've been wondering about alligator meat that I see in the seafood section of my grocery store.

Anybody try it?

I'm asking because I just got 1lb. of some homemade andouille and wanted to make some jambalaya and then I got to thinking that I could do "Gator Gumbo" the next night.

 

[caudio51]

Never had it....

 

[tripp]

Interesting Easter recipie.......

 

[indyrob]

Interesting Easter recipie.......

Oh yeah...Easter is this weekend. Maybe I'll wait and see what the mrs. says about Sunday dinner.

 

[joshua]

I had Alligator nuggets one time, and........




















































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It tasted like chicken.

 

[indyrob]

I had the same experience with Gator Sausage, but the texture was way different than chicken.

 

[derek]

I had it years ago, they BBQ it with a spicy rub on it. Wasn't bad at all. I would eat it agian.

 

[kirscovitch]

at the local fair here theres a booth that sells all sorts of weird food served on a wooden skewer. ive had alligator on a stick with a little bit of bbq sauce.
i didnt like it. kind of stringy. and it did definatly did not taste like chicken....

 

[joshua]

at the local fair here theres a booth that sells all sorts of weird food served on a wooden skewer. ive had alligator on a stick with a little bit of bbq sauce.
i didnt like it. kind of stringy. and it did definatly did not taste like chicken....

Maybe the restaurant I got it from lied to us and gave us chicken. Its supposed to be the tail meat. One time I had rattlesnake... its all ribs.

 

[AZsteelman]

i love it!

 

[Jwrussell]

Never had it and I live in Florida, go figure.

 

[BradMc]

MMMMMMMMMMMMM I have had Gator Tail, Taste like chicken.........

 

[cvm4]

I've had some kind of gator soup and it was delicious!

 

[Matthew]

Never had it and I live in Florida, go figure.

I grew up in Florida and had it all the time (big on the indian reservations in the Everglades). Fresh alligator does taste like a slightly tougher and less juicy chicken. (Kind of like snake meat, it's a novelty item which isn't really very good.) Chicken is better. Therefore, it is made more palatable by adding sauces. I imagine the grocery store kind wouldn't be all that good.

 

[pharmgator]

I have an aversion to eating reptiles.....bugs too.

 

[icehog3]

I've had gator tail several times, including from a gator we caught ourselves in Sebring FLA. Always been deep fried, and the best has been with a spicy cajun batter. I would think it would go well in a cajun dish.

 

[caudio51]

I think anything is good deepfired. :rofl:

 

[Claudius]

Never tried it. Do you guys eat ostrich?

 

[cvm4]

Never tried it. Do you guys eat ostrich?

I've had scrambled Emu egg before...Close enough? :scratchhe

 

[Headbanger]

I like talking about my cocoa pebbles cereal thread better. not tried gator yet