alligator bites

• 2 lb alligator meat cut into bite size pieces
• 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup flour (all purpose)
• 1 salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder to taste
• 1 oil enuff to pan fry or deep fry
• 1 dash smoked paprika to taste
• 4 large vine ripe tomatoes chopped
• 1 can tomato sauce 15 ounce
• 1 sugar, salt, black pepper to taste.
• 1 packages 12 ounces bacon cooked semi-crisp chopped

1. marinate the alligator meat in 1 cup buttermilk overnight.
2. mix the cornstarch and flour together add spices to the meat after removing from butter milk use flour and cornstarch mixture to cover meat dip into 1/2 cup buttermilk then dip into flour cornstarch mixture gently shake excessive flour mixture off put into hot oil.
3. 350F Fahrenheit for deep fry good to use peanut oil unless you allergic to nut then try cotton seed oil mixed with 1/2part linseed oil cook usually till floating most of time it will be done.
4. fry pan fry , medium high heat serve with rice and tomato gravey and fried corn bread .
5. chop the tomatoes put into pot add can of tomato sauce add spices and add 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings and bacon.
6. simmer to let thicken about 20 mins.
7. you can substitute the rice for southern style grits or macaroni elbows.
8. if grits or rice use like a gravey.
9. if macaroni mix it after boiling the elbows all three of these are typically a true southern dishes.

alligator meat, buttermilk, cornstarch, flour, salt, oil, paprika, vine ripe tomatoes, tomato sauce, sugar, bacon

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/335347-alligator-bites (may not work)