The Utah man loves the grilling aligators, calls him ‘Swampy turkey’
Erik Svendsen, 42, started exposing his cooking skills On social networks, where otherwise it cooks beef, pork and fish.
Recently, the owner of the store supplies for cars from Prova, Utah, turned to cooking alligators, the SWWS news agency reported.
Svendsen calls it “wetlands” – and costs up to $ 300 a piece.
Said to leave the animal’s head and feet to “for a presentation” – and opens the jaw with a wooden block while It’s grilled.
His latest alligator baked on grill cost $ 200, Swws said.
It takes a total of about three and a half hours to cook.
Svensen said that cooking the alligator at 225 ° for two hours, then raises it to 350 ° hour and a half.
“I ate a lot of turkey and ham, so I wanted to test and make for Thanksgiving Day“, he told Swns.” When I first cooked the alligator, I did it so good and it taste so good. “
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He added, “Salamura is the most important part. Because of the taste, it is better to eat people. I highly recommend that you get your alligator from Louisiane or Florida … whenever I did it, I held it with the cayen spices, then I put salt for brine and lemon . “
He said he “loves” the Swamp Boys Original BBQ sauce, “who tastes like an apple; I think he was made for alligators.”
“Everyone who eats her love is if she is adequately prepared,” he said. “Some people say it can have a fish taste, but my grilled chicken is like a pork fillet taste.”
He added: “I had a bowl of alligator meat, sliced chicken and chopped chicken – and I didn’t tell anyone what a bowl was [which]”Slavsen told Swns.
“I had 20 neighbors – And everyone loved the alligator. “
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He said he explored how to cook aligators and that he looked at a lot of tutorials.
He focuses on the bakers of the tail and the meat along the back and neck, he said.
(The most commonly eaten part of alligators, at least in Florida, are ribs, according to food & wine.)
“It’s fun to create new flavors for different dishes,” Svendsen said.
As for his social networks posts, he said he wanted to “look back on his trip [of] all my grills. “
“I see people try out new things, which drives me to go over the meals and ingredients before I go to make them,” he added.
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“The best part of this is that people comment and participate in my work,” he said, “what makes it fun when you learn so much.”
“Chosen pieces of meat, primarily tail and jaw, can be easily used in any recipe.”
The Louisiana Divine Animal Department and Fisheries said that alligator meat “has a very mild taste … [It] is a versatile replacement in recipes that require veal, chicken and most seafood. “
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On its website also states: “Selected meat pieces, primarily a tail and jaw, can be easily used in any recipe. Body meat and thighs can be equally tasty with just a little additional preparations and Special recipes. The alligator also has little fat. “
Fox News Digital spoke to Svendsen for more details.