Photo: Fried Gator Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound alligator meat, cut into chunks (can substitute chicken or pork)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Flour, for dredging
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup hot sauce
- 1 bottle store bought ranch dressing, for dipping
Directions
Heat a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.
Lightly season gator meat with salt and pepper prior to dredging them in flour. Combine buttermilk and hot sauce into 1 mixture. Dip the gator meat into the buttermilk and hot sauce mixture and dip, once again, in flour. Then place in deep fryer until golden brown, just a couple minutes. Drain on paper towels and serve with ranch dressing.
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By cicishramm
MT Pleasant MI
on February 09, 2013
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For a simple recipe very tastey. My husband never ate gator now he ask for it all the the time. Paulas recipes are out of this world.
By vlynn82
on February 19, 2012
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I loved it! I made some for a house party and everyone devoured it. I couldn't make it fast enough
By lb8101
LAKE OSWEGO, OR
on August 06, 2011
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WON-DER-FUL! This is a recipe I am saving to my recipe box. When my family was in FL we loved gator fritters so when we got the rare opportunity to buy alligator here in Oregon I jumped at the chance. Paula's recipe is perfect! The fritters have an amazing, light, flaky, spicy coating my whole family loved and it is exactly like the ones I was hoping to replicate from Florida. Since I have small kids I reduced the amount of hot sauce and it was still fantastic. I also used this recipe for chicken breast tenderloins and my husband cannot stop raving about them. The kids dipped them both in ranch and I made a spicy garlic aioli dipping sauce with a little horseradish for some kick. AWESOME! Thank you, Food Network!
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