Squirrel Recipes Wanted

[Longbow1953]

I've lived in the Midwest for less than two years and recently took up squirrel hunting.  My wife has tried a couple different recipes that haven't turned out so good.  Anyone have any good squirrel recipes you care to share with us?  We'd sure appreciate it as I'm really enjoying the hunting part of it!  Thanks!

[magnus]

Check out the Grilling/BBQ Section. Lots of good info there.

[soap creek]

Take squirrel cut into pcs season (Emeral Essense or what ever you like) brown in skillet.Put in crock pot cover w/chicken broth or even water, cook untill meat falls off the bone. Usually 6-8 hrs. takr out squirrels, save  liquid remove meat from bones set aside. Put a package of mixed vegi's in crock pot with meat. Now you can either make your own gravy or use boughten, adding the saved liquid to thin to suit you. Put this in pot with meat and vegi's. Cook 2hrs or untill vegi's are done. Serve over hot bisuits. I'm getting hungry I got to go.

[Keefer]

Dead Squirrel and Pan then fry       that's all I know to do...

[Rick Perry]

flour and season with your favorite fried chicken seasoning .Brown quickly in shortening.
Place in dutch oven on a rack to keep them off the bottom of the pan . Put a small amout of water in bottom of pan ( approx 1/4 inch). Put in oven @ 225-250 for 2 hours .

even an old tough skwerl will be falling off the bone tender and finger likin good !

(also be sure to soak cut up skwerls in salt water overnight and peal off as much membrane and fat as you can before cooking.)

[Steve in Canton]

Saute the brains with eggs

[macbow]

I sort the squirrels into fryers and skewers.
The young ones fry like chicken.
Older ones cut into quarters . Put in crock pot with cream of mushroom soup and water. Cook till falling off bone, remove bones.
Add dumplings.

[Kudu Kid]

Young Squirrels, fry like chicken.  Tougher/older squirrels, soak in buttermilk overnight then fry like chicken. The buttermilk will help tenderize the meat.

[Jedimaster]

Like has been said, fry the little ones.

Quarter squirrels and brown in a cast iron pot over high heat with just a little oil. Add just a little water (not enough to cover), place the lid on top, reduce heat and cook for 3 hours. At 3 hours add chopped onioins, potatoes, salt and pepper and simmer one more hour. Serve over rice.

[Bowwild]

I've done this with bigger fox squirrels:

Cut up 1-2 squirrels and put in crock pot with a can of Cream of Mushroom Soup and enough water to cover the pieces. Takes half a day or when meat falls off the bones.

[frassettor]

Here is one I posted a while ago on the Recipe/ Grilling Forum

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000381

[bluegrassbowhunter]

Quartered up & put in a slow cooker with a bottle of Franks Red Hot sauce & a jar of Hooter Hot Wing Sauce..You'll know when their ready... my 2 kids will eat a limit of 6 squirrels in one sitting easily.....

[heydeerman]

Cook in a crockpot overnight with a little water and whatever spices you want. I usually throw in a little onion, garlic, and salt and pepper. Let it cook all night. In the morning pull the meat off the bones and brown in skillet with a little grease. Fry up some eggs and eat.

[Keefer]

t.t.t. for Lee

[sticshooter]

Guess who is going looking for bushy tails tomorrow?     Maybe I;ll pick up some extra bird feed for the feeders hahahahaha no I am not kidding!<><

[Duncan]

Skwerl haid stew. You'd have to be from SC to like it.  

[Jakeemt]

I am from the midwest aswell and a fanatic about squirrel hunting. Here is my favorite recipe for white squirrel chili.

Get together several squirrels skinned and left whole. Soak in a salt brine over night. Then simmer them whith a couple of bullion cubes until the meat comes easily off the bones. Shred by hand and set aside.

other ingredients
4 cloves garlic (or 4 table spoons minced garlic)
2 medium yellow onions
2 bell peppers one red one green
2 serano peppers
2 cans great northern beans
1 can pinto beans
1 table spoon cayane
1/2 table spoon texas chilli powder
1/2 table spoon salt
1/2 quart chicken broth

saute peppers, onion,squirrel in a little oil until veggies are soft. then combine all other ingedients and simmer cover for 1-2 hours then simmer uncovere as desired to thicken.

[hogless]

2 young squirrels clean and quarter soak in salt water at lest 30 min dip in egg milk mixture and dredge in flour salt and pepper fry on low heat covered until brown on both sides about 45 mins remove squirrels in bowl add 2 cups milk and 2 table spoons flour mix  stir in hot pan of dripings and salt and pepper to taste stir until thick

[Knawbone]

I was going to tell you about my recipe, but Soap Creek beat me to it. Squirrel is tough unless cooked a long time or in a pressure cooker. Just follow what Soap said. You can of course adjust ingredients as you like. I like to keep the broth or gravey thin and like corn in mine. I made this for a few friends one time, and the one friend at first refused to eat it. We finally got him to try it and he ended up eating three bowls full. He said he didn't know tree rats could taste so good. Very healthy, nutritious meat. At least twice as nutritious as any meat from a store.      Enjoy

[Lucas K]

I don't have one on hand, but look up a recipe for Brunswick Stew.