Blackened Alligator & Comeback Dipping Sauce| How to Grill Gator Tail
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- Grilled Alligator Tail, or Blackened Gator as other folks call it, is easy to make and always a memorable dish for parties or dinner. Pair that with the Southern staple, Comeback Sauce, and you'll be fighting crowds to get your plate back. This video covers how to properly grill gator meat, as well as whip up a perfectly paired dipping sauce. Make sure to review the ingredients and supplies list below before getting started. If you aren't knee deep in the mud hunting gators, there are multiple specialty meat stores online that can deliver gator tail to your door in no time flat.
Ingredients:
1+ lb Alligator Tenderloin (Cut into Equal Parts and Pounded Thin)
Blackening Rub of choice (low salt)
Olive Oil
Comeback Sauce Ingredients:
1/2 Cup of Mayo (Duke's preferably)
2 Tbsp. Ketchup
2-3 Minced Cloves Garlic
1 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp. Blackening Rub
Hot Sauce Dashes to Taste
Supplies:
Grill/Smoker that can maintain direct heat of 350-400 degrees (F)
Mixing Bowl for Sauce
Mixing Bowl or Pan for Seasoning Meat
Tongs
Temperature Probe
Musket Powder Red Label Seasoning:
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Absolutely love gator. Great recipe, with a new twist.
Thanks bud! Like everything else, once you get past the oddity of the source, it's all about how you cook it.
Making me wish we had gator easily available in wisconsin, looks delicious! 😋
Thanks, Lydia! There’s plenty of online butchers that can get it to your door overnight!
Looks very tasty my frnd, well done. You are making me hungry. Thanks for sharing. 😋😋😋
Thanks Food Fight! Hope all is well on your side of the screen.
“Fish-pig of the swamp” looks delicious 😋 the gator hunt is def not smtg we have in northeast, but it sounds like so much fun! Great video 👏👏👏
Ha thanks for catching that! They are a ton of fun and you get some great meat and alligator skin out of the deal. win/win
Outdoor Indoor Texan sustainability and self-sufficiency at its best 😊
@@PinchofCooking Waste not, want not!
Gator, the other white meat! I've had it once and really enjoyed it. Gator hunting makes sense, i bet there are a lot around there. I've only seen them in the wild once, at Cape Canaveral. Cool to see. Great job Texan, looks good!
It’s hard to explain to those who haven’t had it, but dangit it’s good! They’re highly regulated in Texas as far as hunting goes. Tags are issued by the state solely to manage population growth. Thanks for stopping by my friend.
I just acquired some gator and tried it for the first time. I was surprised that it actually does taste about like chicken and takes on the flavor of whatever you season it with. And it had a pork like texture. I eat a lot of different game and gator just became one of my favorites 😁🇺🇲
Another convert! I’ve been serving gator meat to any friend and family member who will let me, and have had a majority come back for seconds. It’s good! Thanks for watching!
Looks great! I’ve ate gator and loved it. Never had the opportunity to cook it! This looked delicious, and that comeback sauce sounded amazing! Great video! 🔥💯💯💯
Thanks bud! It’s not something you find at every grocery store but if you do run across it definitely give it a shot. Also that comeback sauce is awesome. Highly recommend whipping that up and giving it a try.
I've ALWAYS wanted to find a good comeback sauce. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching and I'm so happy to help! I really like my version, though it's important to note that whatever rub you mix in really drives the flavor of your sauce. heading over to your channel to check things out by the way.
No idea alligator hunts were a thing! But I have liked eating gator the few times I've had it! Very interesting recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! Gator hunts are common here in the South where their numbers are regulated by the state wildlife departments. The state biologists run annual counts throughout natural habitats and then decide how many alligators need to be culled in order to maintain a healthy population. They then issue tags for the number of gators they hope to cull to hopeful hunters. Just doing my part and getting some great meat for the freezer in the meantime!
Taking some gator tail to a meat & brew party with my buddies, using your recipe. Thanks!
Awesome to hear! Thanks for watching and I hope it’s a hit!
I had gator meat before it taste like chicken to me especially when fried. Looks good thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching, Kiana! Depends on the cut and the preparation, chicken, pork chops, something!
Went to NOLA, had AMAZING blackened gator meat at Vampire Cafe on St. Ann's (just a shout out, but it is great and they are known for it). I live in CA, so illegal to buy or sell here but fortunately made lots of friends there and got a few lbs. Unfortunately...I didn't know what to do with it until I watched this video. I followed your instructions (used coffee based/gunpowder rub) and now all my friends want to go to gator country! Your instructions are perfect for the novice. Keep it coming.
P.S. The dipping sauce is great too! I kept it spicy, but I added some Bourbon.
Thanks so much for the feedback, Karen and I’m so happy you liked the recipe! I believe I’ve been to that same cafe in NOLA too! My wife’s family is from there, so we find ourselves exploring the city whenever in town to see family.
Make sure to check out the other gator recipes I have and thanks again for swinging by.
growing up in South Florida I've eaten Gator mini times and my wife's favorite is blackened on the grill. I use a seasoning called black and red fish magic that works great but other than that follow your recipe pretty much the same. beer batter gator is good and another dipping sauce that works well with grilled alligator is a sauce that we use for stone crabs
I’m surprised how hard it’s been to get people to try blackened/grilled gator meat. Once they do though, they dig in for seconds! Thanks for watching, John! I’m going to dig around and see if I can find some of that Black and Red Fish Magic.
pork chop of the swamp!!
Haha I was waiting for someone to pick that up.
I’m definitely trying this today normally I fry it but this looks really good! We just caught a 96lb gar so must try different recipes Hola from the Rio Grande Valley South Texas! Thank you for sharing!
Howdy from East Texas coast! Thanks for watching and let me know how it turns out. In case there’s confusion though, I’m cooking an alligator not alligator gar, but 🤷♂️
Whoa! Gator! Don't think we can get that up here ...
Ha well if you look hard enough, the internet is a wonderful place. 😆🐊📦 Thanks for watching!
Wow , that looks pretty good and never had gator! Sounds like a great combo with rub / sauce. We have rattle snake hunts in Oklahoma. 😳
You should do a rattlesnake cook on your new sloroller. 😆I suppose it's a little dry in Oklahoma for gators, but there's always online butcher shops if you ever want to give it a shot!
Looking forward to trying, I'm in Nebraska so I had to buy a 1lb. gator filet for 14.99, so I'm checking out lots of recipes cause at that price I don't want to mess it up..lol.
Best of luck! I’m sure it’ll come out great! Thanks for watching.
I ate gator meat and it is so good
Amen!
That’s what I’m talkin about ! Love some gator ! Never had it blackened though and that comeback sauce sounds killer. Nicely done. Does UA-cam not monetize hunting? I see a lot of hunting channels/videos with ads.
They don't monetize gun content and any content deemed "gory". Unfortunately all the photos of my gator from that hunt either has a large gun in it, or it's bleeding, so I just decided not to press my luck. Thanks for watching, Mike!
Outdoor Indoor Texan gotcha! Yea I don’t blame you, not worth it at the end of the day. I was just wondering cause I have a hunt of my own planned soon! And no problem, great video as always! Cheers
You can get away with some cleaning your carcass content and hunting with a gun content but my understanding is that it constantly changes, so to me not worth playing around with. Awesome to hear about your hunt! What are you hunting?
Outdoor Indoor Texan weather pending gonna go on a wild hog hunt. Hoping to get plenty of meat for some videos lol
If they’re as prevalent as they are around here in Texas, you’ll hVe a very full freezer soon enough! Have fun!
hi! in florida we lived in indian harbour beach and wud occasionally eat on the cocoa pier where gator was served as a appetizer being grilled and with some sort of barb q sauce and it was like eating tender ribs with no bones...aside from the rubs is there just a bbq sauce i can marinate in zip lock over night and then grill?
Great question! I’d wait to put the BBQ sauce on either at the last few minutes of grilling or even after taking the meat off altogether. I say that only because if you want a sweet sauce, it’ll have sugar in it, and if you grill that sugar sauce too long it’ll burn and taste terrible. Use something simple like Sweet Baby Rays or anything people recommend locally for baby back ribs. Thanks for watching and let me know how it turns out!
I don't eat reptiles but think this would probably be pretty good chicken fried.
It’s great fried! Tastes like a mix between chicken and catfish. 👌
Great recipe man, I just came into some gator and plan on doing sone kabobs on the grill
Have fun with it! Gator meat soaks up a marinade really well, so there’s lots of ways to change things up. Let me know how yours turns out and thanks so much for watching!
@@outdoorindoortexan thanks I was thinking about a orange juice for a marinade.
@@BackyardSmoke614 Should work fine! That plus your favorite rub/spices, and you'll be golden.
Thanks for comeback sauce recipe blacken gator on the grill is the only way I can't eat fryed food like to go gator just don't know when or where in tx
Happy to help! That sauce is addictive. I got invited to a private land hunt this go around but there are guides who offer trips for the season. It’s a tight window though, as the season only runs just for 3 weeks in October.
@@outdoorindoortexan wow that is short I'll have to put a reminder for October thanks
May be safe to set that reminder for August before those folks get booked!
Love from India sir ♥.
Thanks so much!
Hahahaha fish pig of the swamp. That is HILARIOUS for some reason. Still, looks interesting. Not sure I would pay shipping to have any sent up here but I appreciate you challenging peoples misconceptions. Without people like you, they will usually just continue with their uniformed opinions
Thank you! That’s pretty much why I started playing around with other alligator recipes besides the usual. Check your local specialty butcher and even liquor store. Our local liquor store has alligator meat for $20 a pound 😂
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Thanks for stopping by to leave the kind comment! I'll be happy to check your channel out.