Marinate it in vinegar and honey for 3 days, wrap in foil and bake at 350 for 3 hours.
Let it cool.
Throw the meat in neighbors yard and eat the foil lightly seasoned with salt and pepper.

 

I've heard that joke told so many ways for many years for different critters.

 

Are you really looking for recipes, or just wanting to tell us all you're going to eat a giant sewer rat? :jester:

 

They're more like the love child of a beaver and giant sewer rat. A hybrid if you will...
I did eat one once. Shot a booner whilst duck hunting and couldn't help myself. Everyone either makes fun of me or thinks I'm joking, but I cut off the four quarters and cooked them like pot roast. Believe it or not, it was very good.

Simple preparation: salt and pepper then browned in a dutch oven. Covered in stock and added garlic, potatoes, onions, and carrots. Covered and set on low for a few hours.

 

I think you should try a couple of bite-sized pieces, just simply pan fried in butter with salt & pepper to get a sense of what the flavor and texture is. If it's good and tender- don't over do it. If it's tough - braise it/slow cook it.

I would be tempted to try it in squirrel recipe or in a country fried stake type way.

Keep us posted!

 

I've heard it can be really tough/chewy...that's why most slow cook. Will do! Going to cook it with my dad when I have time...he wants to try it too.

 

I've only shot one years ago and didn't eat it. We were going to eat it, but I don't recall why we didn't. But, I've never heard anyone that has tried it that didn't think it was good.

They are a big problem in Louisiana and they are pushing for people to eat them and use them an resource rather than just wasting the meat. Google Louisiana Nutria Recipes and you'll get a ton of information on cooking them.

 

Scott Haugen did a live feed of preparing, cooking, and eating nutria. I think he did it for ODFW on FaceBook. You could probably search and find it. I would not be opposed to eating an ROUS, depending on the location and circumstances. Stinky muddy slough, nope. Clean flowing water, sure why not?

 

I too shot mine whilst duck hunting...12 gauge 3 inch to the head. It was in a backwater slough, which smelled pretty bad when I was stepping through the 3 feet of mud to retrieve it on the other side.

I have watched a few youtube videos on how to cook it like they do down in Louisiana...One of the Chefs was in a restaurant preparing it...looked tasty.

 

Well I can't help I have never been that hungry to eat a sewer rat.

 

Bfr!!!

 

I think they taste like rabbit. Mild, light meat. Was good in tacos and pan fried. Makes sense as they are vegetarian.

Planning on doing some post duck season nutria hunting soon. This will be the next recipe I try... Just going to replace the pheasant with nutria!

https://www.themeateater.com/cook/recipes/buffalo-pheasant-bombs

 

https://cantbeatemeatem.com/recipes/nutria/

 

I think they taste kind of like a blend between a Bald Eagle and a Calif. Condor.

 

Nah. Bald eagle gives me gas. I always thought they taste like a cross of condor and spotted owl. Which isn’t to be confused with sea otter basted in the tears of a baby harp seal


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I have never eaten one but I don’t think it would be bad. Hell of a lot cleaner than a sewer rat. They have a good diet, all vegetation. Do it up and let us know. I’ve killed a pile of them over the years under the guise of removing an invasive. Maybe the next one I kill I’ll eat. In certain places, it’s really obvious to see the damage they do. There’s a meat eater podcast, “conservation through eradication” that talks about them and how prolific they are. I say kill them all, if they are edible, all the better.

 

Watched a show a few years back where the New Orleans SWAT team would load up in the back of pick ups after dark and drive around shooting them using suppressed .22's. They do a ton of damage to the levee's where these critters can actually cause them to fail and flood areas.

 

Seriously. You can’t afford rib eye??? If you’re poor, buy a strip steak.

 

Delicious light meat. The small ones eat best. Like people have said, rabbit or squirrel recipes will work.

I was taught that of you kill it, you eat it (with a few exceptions of course) so I have eaten a lot of different critters.

 

I was taught that of you kill it, you eat it

Jeffery Dahmers parents taught him the same lesson.

 

Thank you, all! Can't wait to try it...Might have enough for two different recipes...Next up on the menu is Raccoon & Possum...

 

Seems you’re kidding, but if you do get adventurous and try **** and/or possum be very careful. They can carry some parasites that are very bad juju for us.

 

I watched Scott Leysath on outdoor channel I think it was called dead meat. They killed a bunch and they cleaned em up and cooked a couple different ways. Maybe there is a video of that episode online you could watch.

 

It's no more a rat than it is a rabbit. More like a large, swimming squirrel. And plenty edible.

 

Hah!
Maybe this could prove a solution to the problem with this invasive and from what I read, destructive animal.
I have little doubt that, like most animals, nutria would be edible.
as for palatability, I would think that has more to do with the preparation.
I have eaten many types of critter that fall outside the normal diet of most people.
Long ago when I lived in AZ. the local rod and gun club would provide an annual feast of various game that had been taken from around the world.
What I learned is that if it walks, crawls, swims, or flies someone, somewhere probably eats it.

 

Fry just about anything in bacon grease and I’ll eat it.

 

If you wrapped it in bacon (extra thick slice) and coated it with brown sugar, I might try it.

 

If you're ever in the salem area, pop on by a Muchas Gracias restaurant and ask how they prepare it. They used to allegedly serve it to unknowing customers back in the day... alm:

 

Please tell me you cooked that thing up for someone special on Valentine's Day. Women love a man who can cook


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