Rattlesnake-N-Beans

[NePaSmoKer]

Here is my recipe for rattler-N-beans i use. One of the things i miss about living in the desert. Ya really have to hunt for the rattlers up here in the NEPA

If you cant get a wild rattler you can buy it online too.

I thought i had a photo but cant find it now.

3 lbs. dry kidney or pinto beans, cooked
OR 64 oz. canned beans of the same.
30 oz. stewed tomatoes, undrained
4 oz. canned diced jalapenos (more or less to taste)
1 large red onion, chunked
1 garlic clove, smashed
Dash salt around 1/2 tsp or to taste
1 T chili powder (opt)
1 lb. ground beef, browned and drained (opt)
1/2 lb. rattlesnake meat, de boned and cut into bite-size pieces. You can smoke the meat if you like.
Broken tortilla chips (optional)

Directions:

(If desired, substitute for rattler: quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, or pork) Put cooked beans into large pot; add tomatoes, jalapenos, onion, salt, garlic, ground beef, and rattlesnake (or other meat). Simmer 10 minutes to heat thoroughly.

For chili bean pie, put broken tortilla chips in bottom of bowl and spoon beans over chips.

[TestRocket]

Does it taste like chicken-N-beans?

[KevinG]

Sure, come up with a recipe AFTER I've digested mine.  ;D

[NePaSmoKer]

Does it taste like chicken-N-beans?

Noooooo


It taste like snake n beans  ;D

[TestRocket]

I still bet it would go good with cornbread!

[NePaSmoKer]

I still bet it would go good with cornbread!

Oh yeah  ;D

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Oh that sounds good, NePaS!  I haven't had rattler since I moved to TX fifteen years ago.  Before that I lived in MI and used to go to AZ in the winter for golf.  Every year I got the fresh rattlesnake fritter at the same restaurant, really good stuff.  I found a source of frozen rattler in Houston.  Do you have any idea how the frozen compares with fresh?

Does it taste like chicken-N-beans?

If you want to compare it to something else for flavor I'd say it taste more like gator than chicken.

[TestRocket]

It was just a play on "it tastes like chicken". I've had fried N. Ala rattlesnake and gator once as an appetizer while on vacation in FL and both were good to me.

I'd try a bowl of those beans without hesitation!

[NePaSmoKer]

Fresh is better than frozen rattler. In my desert days i only froze for 2 months, any longer they taste weird.

Here are my beans n rattler

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Thanks, NePaS.  Based on your experience I think I'll just avoid the frozen stuff.