Recipes

To me, nothing says Super Bowl party like a big spread of classic Midwest potluck fare. Call an audible and sub in squirrel for chicken in your buffalo dip this year and you're bound to turn some heads. By halftime and a few beers, even the most squirrelly guest will be digging in and maybe even...

It’s hard to argue with the versatility of an old-fashioned pot hunt. The meat from small game is tasty, easy to process, and can be used in a variety of preparations. While it might not be commonplace to work forest critters into weeknight meals, I feel that’s where they’re best suited. The mild...

This hearty soup is the classic flavor you know and love, but with protein from limb chickens rather than real chickens. Squirrel meat is a little darker than most poultry, creating a richer, more savory broth. This is a delicious recipe that the whole family will love.

When you eat as many squirrels as Parker Hall, you need to find ways to move beyond the classic recipes. His squirrel rollups are a novel way to cook this delicious meat, and it’s kid friendly. The recipe is fairly simple. Once you have it down, you can adapt it to your own tastes and fill the rolls...

Small game hunters can use this recipe to prepare one of America’s favorite barroom appetizers. Chicken wings are replaced with squirrel or rabbit legs to make a spicy, crowd-pleasing finger food. For this recipe and more, get your hands on The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook.

My friend Andrew Radzialowski, a chef from San Juan Island, developed this simple and fun squirrel or rabbit mini pot pie recipe a few years back when he and I did a couple of elaborate wild game dinners for folks who had only limited experiences with wild food. The pies were a huge hit and left...

My mom originally got a version of a hasenpfeffer recipe from her mother, who found it on the back of a box containing a frozen domestic rabbit. Growing up, my brothers and I ate countless squirrels and rabbits prepared in this fashion, and it remains one of our favorite small game preparations...

Pretty much everyone loves fried chicken, so why not apply that method to small game? My brother Matt asked himself that question years ago, and he became a huge advocate of browning squirrels and rabbits in a pan and then finishing them in the oven. The biggest risk with chicken-frying small game...

Sometimes I find that the best concepts for squirrel and rabbit recipes come from the chicken recipes of great chefs. You obviously have to adjust the cooking method and cooking times, but the flavor profiles often fit. This particular recipe was inspired by a very simple chicken preparation used by...