Brice Palmer’s Fried Alligator Bites
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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24-36 bites
- Serves:
- 8-12
ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless alligator tail meat, cut into 1 cubes
- 3 cups milk or 3 cups evaporated milk
- 1 cup mustard
- 2 tablespoons of tony's creole seasoning
- 2 cups fish, fry mix (Golden Dipt or other brand)
- 2 cups pancake mix
- cooking oil (for frying)
directions
- Cut the alligator into 1” cubes and soak in milk (in the refrigerator) for 2 to 3 hours.
- Drain milk then season meat (in the same bowl) with Tony’s Creole Seasoning.
- Add the mustard to the bowl and mix well, coating meat with mustard.
- Mix Fish Fry and pancake mix together in shaking bag. Drop meat cubes in shaking bag and coat well.
- Deep fry at 375 F for 5 to 6 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve hot with French fries and seafood sauce or other dipping sauce.
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Reviews
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This is excellent! I do have to say I changed some things about it because I cannot eat Gluten. SO: I followed everything to the letter.. but I replaced the fish fry with 2/3C cornmeal 1/3 cup Corn Starch. Then for the pancake mix I used GF pancake mix. I couldn't use Tony's cajun seasoning but I used WildTree's and it worked very well. SO maybe not quite to the letter.. but I am telling you my "eat anything, Coon-booty, Hubby" said it was fantastic and couldn't tell it was GF! Definitely a Keeper, thank you FloridaNative for sharing your recipe!
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This is the best gator I've ever had! I had to go to a local restaurant to get gator. I marinated it in the evaporated milk, as suggested. I think buttermilk would also have been a good choice. I used buckwheat pancake mix because I thought I already had regular pancake mix. Still worked. Each bite was fairly tender, about the consistency that I've had at restaurants before. I almost didn't have enough for a picture because my husband and I kept eating them! Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT5, RRR.
Tweaks
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This is excellent! I do have to say I changed some things about it because I cannot eat Gluten. SO: I followed everything to the letter.. but I replaced the fish fry with 2/3C cornmeal 1/3 cup Corn Starch. Then for the pancake mix I used GF pancake mix. I couldn't use Tony's cajun seasoning but I used WildTree's and it worked very well. SO maybe not quite to the letter.. but I am telling you my "eat anything, Coon-booty, Hubby" said it was fantastic and couldn't tell it was GF! Definitely a Keeper, thank you FloridaNative for sharing your recipe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
kitty.rock
Orlando, Florida