New to the forum, looking for recipes

[Trout]

Good morning everyone,

I just found this forum and am looking forward to the wealth of information.

This year my sons want me to help them to start hunting squirrels and I am 100% behind them doing so. I need some good tying materials for my fishing.

I would like to use the meat without it going to waste, but I’m not sure my wife would go for these meals. Does anyone have any good recipes that you enjoy? Me and the boys are up for anything, but the wife can be a little skeptical of our game meals.

Thanks in advance,
Trout

 

[klentz]

Lots of squirrel recipes on the Hunting Forum

Search results for query: squirrel recipe

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[Trout]

Thanks! Look forward to going thru that section.

 

[maxtrouble]

Meat Eater always has great recipes for game. I usually start there first.

Winning Recipes from The World Champion Squirrel Cook Off

The World Championship Squirrel Cookoff is an eccentric event, complete with live music, funnel cakes, squirrel costumes, and the best squirrel you ever ate. It takes place every fall in Bentonville, Arkansas. The competition attracts both wannabe and bona fide squirrel chefs from around the...

www.themeateater.com

 

[Ezana4CE]

@Trout Welcome to AGN. Unfortunately we don’t have a section or forum for recipes on AGN. I believe what @klentz was suggestion is that you try conducting an AGN search using “recipe” as a keyword. In the results, you have to sift through existing threads and posts to find the ones that have already been discussed on AGN.

 

[airgun_hack]

My wife, daughters and their children love squirrel this way - which says a lot about the recipe.

 

[Eric.Wilson]

I would encourage you to check out this video we did with a professional chef on cooking squirrel!

 

[dv8eod]

There has been an attempt to start a recipe thread, but it's quickly gotten pushed back down the list.

Cooking recipes of hunting success with air rifles.

Here we can share recipes.

www.airgunnation.com

 

[JimD]

Cleaning them is the first challenge. I have tried several ways to get the skin off and now use the shirt and pants method. I cut through the skin in the middle of the squirrel and hook fingers in under the hide and then pull in opposite directions. It works best if my cut goes all the way around the squirrel. Scissors work better for me than a knife. Legs are poked through after the skin from the body is removed back to the leg. I save only the legs and the back part of the back. There is very little meat on the front of the rib cage and back and taking 4 pieces off this way avoid the look of a rat that the carcase can have if you leave it whole.

My favorite way to cook them is to just put them in my pressure pot and steam them for an hour. They come out very tender and the meat will fall off the bones. I either pull the meat off the bones as I eat it and dip it in bbq sauce or I pluck all the meat off first then put the sauce on top and eat it. I like mac and cheese and broccoli with it. One caution - the bones are small and it's hard to get all them out of the meat without missing one or two. I think it is mainly an issue when I try to take the bones out all at once. I often have to spit out a little bone as I eat the meat.

 

[beerthief]

Chilly ,to get past identification thing great as a first time eating game .

 

[HogKiller]

Good morning everyone,

I just found this forum and am looking forward to the wealth of information.

This year my sons want me to help them to start hunting squirrels and I am 100% behind them doing so. I need some good tying materials for my fishing.

I would like to use the meat without it going to waste, but I’m not sure my wife would go for these meals. Does anyone have any good recipes that you enjoy? Me and the boys are up for anything, but the wife can be a little skeptical of our game meals.

Thanks in advance,
Trout

As long as it includes Bacon and garlic with some fried onions....... Personally never had squirrel the ones I shoot aren't for human consumption.