Free Recipe Smothered Muskrat and Onions

Recipe Type: Free Canadian Recipes
Recipe Preparation: cook
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Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Smothered Muskrat and Onions Recipe

1 Muskrat
1/2 c Flour
1 tb -Salt
3 tb Fat
1 qt -Water; Canadian qt=5 cups
3 lg Onions; sliced
1 1/2 ts -Salt
1 c Sour cream
1/4 ts Paprika

Smothered Muskrat and Onions Preparation

Skin and clean the muskrat, remove fat, scent glands and white tissue inside each leg. Soak muskrat overnight in a weak brine solution of 1 Tbsp salt to 1 qt (Imperial qt = 5 cups) water. Drain, disjoint and cut up. Put flour, salt & paprika in a paper bag. Add muskrat pieces and shake until each piece is well coated. Melt fat in heavy fry pan, add the muskrat pieces and saute slowly until browned. When meat is browned, cover with onions, sprinkle with salt and pepper and pour the cream over. Cover fry pan and simmer for 1 hour. SERVES: 4 SOURCE: _The Northern Cookbook_, Ministry of Supply and services, Canada

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