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Makes:
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
1 hour, 0 minutes
Ready In:
1 hour, 20 minutes
Know how to tame an alligator......Cook it in a gravy of etouffe' over rice...OK OK it won't tame the beast but it sure will tame the hunger. This is an interesting note on the crocodile - The crocodile cannot move his tongue. The whole tongue is rooted to the base of his mouth. So he can’t stick out his tongue at you, but you can always stick your tongue out at him. Did anyone ever notice an alligator do that?
Ingredients
2 medium onions chopped
2 cloves garlic chopped
4 stalks celery chopped
1 can tomatoes or Rotel Brand tomato
salt black pepper and cayenne
1 pound alligator meat cut in thin strips
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup green onions
1/4 cup parsley
1 bell pepper chopped (optional)
Directions
Saute' onions, garlic and celery (bell pepper optional) in the butter until soft. Add the tomatoes and simmer for twenty minutes in a covered iron pot.
Add the alligator meat and cook over a low fire until tender about one hour. If the gravy thickens too much while cooking or at the end add water. Add the onion tops and parsley in the last 10 minutes of cooking.
Serve over rice but especially nice with jasmine scented rice, a fresh tomato and lettuce salad and a thick slice of French bread for mopping your plate clean.
