Tender squirrel shredded and cooked with green chiles, onions and garlic and served as Sonoran enchiladas.
squirrel recipes
Squirrel Carnitas
A recipe for squirrel carnitas, served on homemade huaraches with stewed beans and a rich mole. You can serve your squirrel carnitas any way you’d like.
Pipian Rojo
Pipian rojo is a Mexican sauce with nuts and seeds, chiles, a touch of tomato and spices. I’m serving it with squirrel here.
Squirrel Pie
Squirrel hand pies with acorn flour in the dough, filled with squirrel meat, walnuts, apples and cabbage. Down home and wonderful!
Drunken Squirrel with Pumpkin Dumplings
This is a twist on traditional squirrel and dumplings: Squirrel legs braised in wine, then served with pumpkin dumplings, kale and pecans.
Homemade Agnolotti
Italian agnolotti pasta filled with meat. What meat? Squirrel, in this case. Any light meat will work.
Squirrel Stew with Paprika and Greens
I first made this stew for my friends Joe and Dorrie in Ohio, last season. I called it Portuguese squirrel stew at the time, but I really have no idea whether this qualifies as Portuguese. All I know is that it’s damn good.
Kentucky Burgoo
Every region of the country has its big, burly stew, from gumbo to chili to cioppino. This is a Kentucky classic, done with a menagerie of wild game: Pheasant, squirrel and venison. Make a big ole’ bowl this weekend and you won’t be sad.