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The Recipe Bin: Cajun - Entrees: Beef & Other Meats

Alligator Sauce Piquant

4 lbs Cubed Alligator Meat

½ cup Chopped Celery

1 cup Flour

½ cup Chopped Bell Pepper

1 cup Oil

8 oz Can Chopped Mushrooms

4 tbsp Butter

1 cup Water

2 Medium Chopped Onions

1 jar Salad Olives

½ tsp Sugar

¼ cup Chopped Parsley

1 can Tomato Paste

¼ cup Chopped Scallions

Salt

Cayenne Pepper

Tabasco Sauce

Lemon Juice

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.

Makes approximately 8 servings.

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