Alligator Sauce Piquante

Ingredients

• 2-3 lbs. Alligator meat
• Tabasco Steak Seasoning
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup shortening or oil
• 1 large bell pepper -chopped
• 6 ribs celery – chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic – minced
• 3 large onions – chopped
• 1(10 oz) can Ro-tel tomatoes -mashed
• 1(6 oz) can tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1/4 cup green onion tops – chopped
• 1/4 cup parsley – chopped

Directions

Cut meat into small pieces. Remove all tallow. Season with steak seasoning.
Brown meat in Dutch oven or black pot using 1 tablespoon shortening. Remove meat.
Melt 1 cup shortening in pot and add flour. Make your roux, stirring until dark brown.
Add bell pepper, celery, garlic,and onion. Sauté on low fire until onions are clear.
Stir in tomato sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, and paste continue to cook 3 minutes.
Add water gradually (2 cups at a time) until the consistency of gumbo.
Cook 30 minutes. Add meat. Cover. Cook 60 minutes until meat is tender.
Add onion tops and parsley, cover until served. Serve over rice.