Gar Recipes

[gtsticker]

Caught some nice alligator gar and wanting some recipes to cook them up other than frying. What ya got?


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[Low Fence]

I baked one once, I thought I was gonna have to burn the house down to get that smell out.... so don’t go that route. Lol

[HunterU]

I baked one once, I thought I was gonna have to burn the house down to get that smell out.... so don’t go that route. Lol

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[Rick]

I was always told they are not worth eating, so I never tried one

[TxSon1836]

They are a pretty muscular fish I'd imagine maybe try grilling one of the filets like you would a swordfish. Which I'd have to Google how to do[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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[Bisch]

You should be able to find a recipe for gar balls online, but they will be fried. Idk, that there is anything else much to do with gar??? If you do fry it, make sure you don’t go too long, or you’ll end up with little cornmeal covered super balls!!!!! [emoji1787]

Bisch


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[cashcropper]

Mix with taters. Boil till taters are soft. Drain. Mix with green onionyellow onion,,mustard,salt,pepper,cayenne. Make patties and fry like a salmon patty.. A lot better than a salmon patty. I've eaten them fried,ain't bad,ain't crappie either.

[bobby314]

The last 1 I caught, I took off the hook and threw back in the water. Then next step, i Poured 3 tablespoons of millerlite on my fingers, then drink the remaining 11 oz. End of recipe. Are these good to eat???

[stickman]

We like them but I’ll never eat another that is over 4ft. Fried is good and wrapped in foil on the pit is my favorite.

[Bayouboy]

Fried thin filets or gar balls smother in a good brown gravy. One of my favorite fish to eat.

[twosixteens]

Growing up there was a commercial fisherman in Illinois who would smoke them the little ones were pretty good

[huntandfishguy6]

Fried is my favorite.

[RLHoward]

We blackened the last one we did . Turned pretty good . But do it outside!!

[Canoe1]

On the bigger ones, 4-5'+, the then membrane between the flakes of meat gets rubbery. Besides that, it's pretty tasty meat.

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[Mayhem]

If it’s hot right out of the grease it is ok, but if it gets cold it gets rubbery and nasty.


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