Posted By:Vicki,la
Date: August 20th 1997
Board:TKL Cooking Club

Alligator Sauce Piquant

4 lb Cubed Alligator Meat
1/2 cup Chopped Celery
1 cup Flour
1/2 cup Chopped Bell Pepper
1 cup Oil
One 8 oz Can Chopped Mushrooms
4 tbs Butter
1 cup Water
2 Medium Chopped Onions
1 Jar Salad Olives
1/2 tsp Sugar
1/4 cup Chopped Parsley
1 Can Tomato Paste
1/4 cup Chopped Scallions
To Taste Salt & Cayenne Pepper & Louisiana Hot
Sauce

*** Soak meat with hot sauce 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. SautÈ 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