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 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!
By shsusparky_12661534
Bryan, 83
on February 15, 2010
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Not a very spicy recipe, but that can be fixed with some cayenne pepper. Very good when fried extra crispy in lard. Let's face it, this isn't a health snack, so do it up right. Also, tenderloin meat much better than tail or leg meat. More expensive, but very tender gator.
By kaths4boys_9205478
Columbus, GA
on December 16, 2007
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this was the easiest and quickest recipe. my boys really liked it.
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