Smoked Nutria and Andouille Sausage Gumbo

[Ijaw]

Folks, you need to try this recipe: http://nutria.com/site20.php

 

[Vermiform]

What does nutria taste like?

 

[Ijaw]

IMO, it taste like rabbit, not chicken

 

[BOSS351]

Gotta agree on the rabbit taste. Unless you knew it was a nutria you would swear it is a rabbit..no bull here either.

 

[Vermiform]

One of these days I want to try some.

 

[PirogueJim]

Sounds good. I use hind quarters and backstrap only. Also, if you use roasted garlic and a glass of white wine, it will give a sweeter taste.

 

[Ijaw]

Sounds good. I use hind quarters and backstrap only. Also, if you use roasted garlic and a glass of white wine, it will give a sweeter taste.

Good tip - thanks !

 

[GaryCCR]

I made a nutria stew with a big male. I took the leg and backstrap and cubed it and let it soak in some red wine worchestershire sauce overnight. The next day I cooked it for hours in a dark roux until it was tender. I added; onions, bell pepper, garlic, celery, potatoes, carrots, and put it over rice! It was delicious. I can't want to do it again. My wife said it tasted like a really good beef stew.

 

[freedive10]

I made a nutria stew with a big male. I took the leg and backstrap and cubed it and let it soak in some red wine worchestershire sauce overnight. The next day I cooked it for hours in a dark roux until it was tender. I added; onions, bell pepper, garlic, celery, potatoes, carrots, and put it over rice! It was delicious. I can't want to do it again. My wife said it tasted like a really good beef stew.

Recipe please!

 

[GunRelated]

I made a nutria stew with a big male. I took the leg and backstrap and cubed it and let it soak in some red wine worchestershire sauce overnight. The next day I cooked it for hours in a dark roux until it was tender. I added; onions, bell pepper, garlic, celery, potatoes, carrots, and put it over rice! It was delicious. I can't want to do it again. My wife said it tasted like a really good beef stew.

My wife would kill me in my sleep if I made her eat nutria. I would love to try it though.

 

[Ijaw]

Perhaps you could speak to Chef Brian Berry at Hotel Acadiana Bayou Bistro and sample his Smoked Nutria and Andouille Sausage Gumbo?

 

[Hermit]

Years ago they had NutriaFest at the Nature Center.
They had five top chefs prepare it five different ways.
It was all delicious. Haven't had any since, but I would
if it was available. Too bad it's never gonna be popular.

 

[N4sir]

Where can one obtain nutria meat except for killing one yourself? I'd try it but how do you know if it wasn't road kill or sitting in the bed of a pickup all day?

 

[Emperor]

Nutria are actually more selective in their diet than marsh rabbits. Nutria prefer the basal of plants (the heart or prime rib, if you will). The stigma has and will always be the animals' appearance. I will let you all in on a secret; if there ever is a food crisis or major natural disaster where store shelves are decimated, I am heading to the marsh.

 

[EightySix]

Nutria are actually more selective in their diet than marsh rabbits. Nutria prefer the basal of plants (the heart or prime rib, if you will). The stigma has and will always be the animals' appearance. I will let you all in on a secret; if there ever is a food crisis or major natural disaster where store shelves are decimated, I am heading to the marsh.

I have eaten Nutria several times. The days are long gone when I will let a nutria swim by while paddling my pirogue heading to the duck blind.

Nutria=delicious