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Another way to cook squirrels
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JimD:
I've cooked squirrels several ways and as long as I cook them a half hour or so, they are tender and tasty. I like the gravy over biscuits method a lot.
But I tried something different tonight that turned out well and may be my new favorite. I steamed them in my electric pressure pot. I did it for 15 minutes but 20 wouldn't be a bad idea, especially if you have more than the 2 I was cooking. I put some barbeque sauce on them before starting the pot which worked it's way into them some but I put more on my plate to dip them in. I cut off the 4 legs and the back of the back and that's all I keep. So you have 5 pieces of meat (and bone) from a squirrel. It's a little like eating wings. You could also take them from the pot to the grill and cook in some sauce that way.
One reason I like it is it is so easy. My gravy tends to get too thick because I forget to add water. Nothing like that to mess up with a pressure cooker.
Bicycleman:
Jim, that is an interesting way to cook squirrels that I have never tried. The last squirrel I cooked was from the Spring Squirrel Season. He was a very mature Eastern Fox squirrel. I cooked it in my usual Onion Gravy for four HOURS before it was tender enough to eat. It was delicious. But, man, four hours is a bit more than usual.
Xraycer:
My Instant Pot is the only way I've been cooking squirrels, for the past few years. My preferred flavor is curry. I eat the entire torso, all the limbs, and the heart.
Bicycleman:
I, too, eat the whole body. The only thing not eaten is the head. Never did - never will!
Blowpipe Sam:
I lop off the head and tail, quarter the rest, brown them in a skillet and toss them in the insta pot for 20 minutes. I only eat young she’s, shot early in the season. Any males get cooked for the dogs.
I’ve got a recipe for “squirrel head gravy” but I have never tried it. :P
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