Gator Taters

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Tailgate

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (5)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(5)

Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

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Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 15 min

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Ingredients

Baked Grilled potatoes:

4 potatoes
Oil
1/2 pound butter

Potato sauce:

1 sweet onion, chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
Salt and pepper

Fried Gator:

2 pounds gator tail cut into chunks
Buttermilk
Flour
Salt and pepper
16 ounces vegetable oil
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup grated Monterey jack cheese
Sliced green onions, to garnish

Directions

Wash and coat potatoes with a little bit of oil. Pierce each potato with a fork, wrap in tin foil, place directly on hot coals, and cook for approximately 45 minutes. Use tongs to turn potatoes often.

In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients to make the potato sauce, and mix well.

In a large bowl, toss the gator chunks into the buttermilk, and dredge with flour that has been seasoned with salt and pepper. Using a large skillet, heat oil to 350 degrees F. Fry gator chunks until golden brown, approximately 4 to 5 minutes. Split potatoes and top with butter and potato sauce. Top potatoes with 2 pieces of fried gator chunks on top and sprinkle with cheese and green onions.

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Bambi Spring, TX 12-19-2005
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Too much mayo
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

We made the sauce for baked potatoes... no gator (love it though). Hubby liked it, but it was too much of a mayo taste for... me.Read more
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Dana Idaho Falls, ID 10-18-2005
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awesome sauce
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I actually didn't put the "gator" on it. I don't even know where I could get something like that in the NW. But that sauce... is the best! That is my favorite way to eat baked potatoes now. Thanks so much!Read more
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kerbie kansas city, MO 08-14-2005
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"pork chop" tators
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i subbed pork chop chunks instead of the gator and the recipe worked just as well
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Anonymous 02-11-2005
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Potato Sauce
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The Sauce for the potatos is all that I made and now we will not eat baked potatos without it. It is wonderful. The only way... to eat a baked potato. No need for butter or anything but a good cheddar cheese grated on top!! Wonderful PaulaRead more
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ELIZABETH Newnan, GA 07-25-2004
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great fast meal
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Simple and wonderful can be used with fried chicken or pork!! The sauce is excellent!!