How to Cook Raccoon

There are a variety of ways to cook a raccoon. Young raccoons can be tenderized by boiling in salted water prior to preparing. Older raccoons need marinating for at least 24 hours. Follow the steps below cooking raccoon.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 1 Medium raccoon
• 4 Medium to large yellow onions
• 3 to 4 Strips of salted pork
• 2 cups beef stock
• 4 to 5 medium to large green apples
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• Dash of cinnamon
• 1 Cup of bread crumbs
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste

1. Simmer raccoon for 30 minutes in salted water, longer if the raccoon is older and larger.
2. Cut up your apples removing the core and skin.
3. Dissolve the butter along with the cinnamon together on the stove top.
4. Add your bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Combine mixture well.
5. Remove the raccoon from the stock water and allow it to cool.
6. Place mixed ingredients inside the raccoon, much like you would stuff a turkey.
7. Putting the breast side down in the pan, place the legs under the body, securing with a string. Add the salt pork on top along with the whole onions around the outside. Cook for 10 minutes in a 400-degree oven. Lower the temperature to 325 degrees and put in 2 cups of beef stock, cooking for an additional hour and frequently scooping the beef stock and pouring over the raccoon as it cooks. Place in serving dish with a side of vegetables and rice.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember to properly clean the racoon first, removing all lymph glands and fat on the inside and outside.