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Beer-Battered Cajun Gator Bites

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  • Gator Meat is Ultra Lowfat
  • Beer-Battered Cajun Gator Bites

Easy recipe for beer-battered gator bites cooked in healthy fat and mildly seasoned with Cajun spices. A great dinner mix-up the family will love.

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As a Florida native, I’ve grown up eating gator from time to time. And no, it doesn’t taste like chicken!

While not a common meat by any means, a number of locally-owned restaurants do feature fried gator bites as an appetizer.

One of my children really enjoys gator meat, so I devised a healthier recipe for frying up gator fillets into nuggets. I get it from my local butcher, as I’ve never seen it anywhere else for sale at retail.

Gator Meat is Ultra Lowfat

Alligator meat is very, very low-fat, clocking in at around 1.6%. This is far less than skinless chicken breast (about 11% fat) and significantly lower in fat than even the leanest cuts of beef. (1, 2)

The lack of fat in gator meat means that you really need to fry it up in oil. Otherwise, it is simply too dense and chewy to enjoy in my opinion.

The downside of frying even if you cook the gator carefully in healthy fat is that the final dish potentially contains acrylamide. Thus, fried gator nuggets should definitely be a once in a while treat. Due to its cost, you probably won’t want to serve it often anyway. I pay $10-12 for a pound of fresh, wild gator fillets. Ouch!

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Beer-Battered Cajun Gator Bites

Easy recipe for beer-battered gator bites cooked in a healthy fat and seasoned with cajun spices.

Course Main Course
Keyword cajun, easy, fried
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 20 nuggets
Calories 348 kcal
Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

  • 1 pound fresh or frozen gator fillets thinly sliced
  • 12 ounces beer preferably locally brewed
  • 1/2 cup sprouted flour
  • 1/2 cup corn meal
  • 3/4 cup expeller pressed coconut oil
  • 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp onion flakes
  • 1 pinch chili powder
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  1. Slice gator fillets into bite-size nuggets.

  2. In a bowl, combine flour and seasonings.

  3. Slowly pour the beer into the flour mixture, blending well.

  4. Heat the coconut oil in a large frypan.

  5. Dip each gator nugget in the beer batter.

  6. Coat with corn meal.

  7. Fry in hot expeller pressed coconut oil for about 8 minutes until just cooked through. Flip each nugget every 2 minutes.

  8. Remove from heat and serve promptly.

  9. Cool leftovers and refrigerate in a glass dish with a tightly fitting lid.

Recipe Notes

The alcohol in the beer cooks off during frying, so this dish is kid-safe 🙂

Nutrition Facts
Beer-Battered Cajun Gator Bites
Amount Per Serving (4 nuggets)
Calories 348 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 5.5g28%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Protein 47g94%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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References

(1) Crocodile and Alligator Meat
(2) The Skinny on Skinless Chicken Breast

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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