Alligator Sauce Piquant

* Exported from MasterCook *

ALLIGATOR SAUCE PIQUANT

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Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main dish

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 lb Cubed alligator meat
1/2 c Chopped celery
1 c Flour
1/2 c Chopped bell pepper
1 c Oil
8 oz Can chopped mushrooms
4 tb Butter
1 c Water
2 md Chopped onions
1 Jar salad olives
1/2 ts Sugar
1/4 c Chopped parsley
1 cn Tomato paste
1/4 c Chopped scallions
To taste salt & cayenne
-Pepper

*** Soak meat with Tabasco and lemon juice for 30
minutes prior to cooking. Rinse before cooking. Make
roux with 1 cup oil and 1 cup flour and cook until
golden. Saute onions in roux until brown. Add tomato
paste and sugar and cook about 5 minutes. Add bell
pepper, celery, garlic, mushrooms and stir well. Add
water and cook 1 hour over low heat. Add scallions,
parsley, alligator (cut in small pieces, and
preferably meat other than from the tail) salt, pepper
and cayenne to taste. Cover pot and cook slowly for 30
minutes or until meat is tender. Add olives which have
been soaked in water and cook a few minutes longer.

Serve over cooked rice
Walt



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