One of truly unique to North America and original ethnic food groups, is the outgrowth of dishes thought up within the African American food culture in the south. African American food recipes soon caught on with the rest of the southern people as well, and over time the culinary phenomenon became known as Southern Soul Food. Try some. You’ll have to agree, it just feels good to to the soul.
Deep South Deep Fried Alligator
O000h yeah, yessirree Bob! Down in the North American deep south, especially states like Florida, Louisiana, and some others, folks’ll catch the man-eating alligator, and turn the tables on the beast by skinning it (sell the skins to shoe, purse, and other clothing manufacturers), then chopping up the meat and eating it.
And y’know what? Tastes darn good, too! It’s prepared a lot of ways, but probably the most often used method is deep frying the tail meat. So, if you’d like a real “down south” ethnic taste treat, this recipe is just the the thing for you.
Ingredients:
1 pound alligator meat, cut into chunks (you can substitute chicken or pork, if you’re too squeamish about alligator)
freshly ground black peppercorns and course sea salt
all-purpose flour, for dredging
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup hot sauce (sriracha is best)
1 bottle store-bought ranch dressing, for dipping
Directions:
Heat a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F. (If you don’t have a deep fryer, you can get one by clicking HERE)
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 on the side.
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