Grey squirrel

[Honfor500]

I've been seeing alot of grey squirrels around lately wondering how they might taste. Anyone have experience or recipes ?

 

[project_84]

Where are you located? Squirrels, as with any animal, usually taste like when they eat.

 

[Bowtie747]

Squirrels are very good! My 7 year old nephew told me once “they tasted so good he almost cried”

 

[Reddish]

They taste good. Just have to cook them low and slow so they are tender. Lots of recipe options.

 

[aclawrence]

From what I’ve been reading the insta pot is a good way to go. I’m not seeing many here in North Alabama.


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[manitou1]

Really good if prepared right. IMO.
I ate them most of my life until I moved out West.

 

[barrister]

They are very good. I equate them to dark meat chicken. As noted, they can be tough if not cooked low and slow. We've also used the instapot as an initial tenderizer and then cook them the traditional fried/braised method. Don't forget the gravy at the end of the process to make it the perfect meal.

I've also slow cooked them in broth, then pick all the meat off the bones. You can use that meat in any number of recipes. I do this also with rabbits, pheasants and chukars. Gumbo and jambalaya are a couple of my favorites with small game meat.

 

[JDT1982]

In the crock pot, debone, shred the meat, and add bbq sauce

 

[Reddish]

In the crock pot, debone, shred the meat, and add bbq sauce

I do the same and put them in chili or use the meat for fajitas.

 

[Ozarkansas]

Grey squirrels are the main squirrels getting eaten in the Ozarks and Appalachia. They taste great! Cook them the way you’d cook tougher fowl/poultry

 

[JoeDirt]

Strong flavor, need to be used in a crock pot recipe!

 

[Maverick1]

Used to cook them in the crock pot when I was a young teen and just got into hunting. They tasted like chicken.

Used to bow hunt for deer in the morning, squirrel hunt during the mid day, and then go back out and deer hunt in the evenings.

Haven’t done that in many years!

 

[Jakflak71]

I've been seeing alot of grey squirrels around lately wondering how they might taste. Anyone have experience or recipes ?

My neighbor and best friend gave me a mess of very fresh, cleaned, dressed and quartered squirrels ! About a pound and a half! He said roll them in a flower, pepper mixture and cook them on medium to low in butter! It tasted great! Don’t know what kind of squirrels they were! C don’t think they were gray squirrels

 

[Batsonbe]

First year eating squirrels. They are delicious. Par boil till tender cool for a few minutes and fry 325-350 till golden brown.

Working on perfecting this but I smoked till 160 then braised them till 204. However I only braised them for like 30 minutes. Not nearly long enough. They were delicious. Juicy but not as tender as chicken.

 

[Captains1911]

We thoroughly enjoy “chicken of the tree” around here, and lord knows we have no shortage of them. Tons of good recipes, just google. Fried with gravy is popular, as is slow cooking/braising. Some older larger squirrels can be tough no matter how long you slow or instapot cook them, and so I just discard those pieces.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I shot many back in WI and MO. My favorite was to braise them in some stock for a couple hours, debone and break up the meat and make a stew out of them. Potatoes, carrots, onions, a bit of garlic and some spices. Yum.

 

[Captains1911]

I shot many back in WI and MO. My favorite was to braise them in some stock for a couple hours, debone and break up the meat and make a stew out of them. Potatoes, carrots, onions, a bit of garlic and some spices. Yum.

I recently stumbled across a Brunswick Stew recipe that is very similar to this. Delicious, even the wife loves it!

 

[M44]

Fresh killed squirrel, rolled in flour,and fried in skillet
Biscuits made from scratch
Squirrel gravy.
Don't get any better than that .