Yield: 4 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
2 pounds | Turtle steaks |
1 \N | Salt |
1 \N | Ground black pepper |
2 larges | Sweet onions |
1 large | Sweet pepper |
4 mediums | Tomatoes |
3 \N | Bay leaves |
1 \N | Clove garlic, crushed |
1 cup | Mushrooms |
2 \N | Lemons |
Trim turtle steaks into 1½-inch squares, season well with salt and pepper, squeeze lemons over meat and let stand awhile. Add plenty of chopped onion, sweet pepper, chopped, 4 tomatoes cut into eighths, 3 bay leaves, crushed garlic clove and mushrooms. Moisten well with stock made by boiling salted turtle trimmings and smother very slowly in a tightly covered skillet until turtle is tender. Serve with big mounds of rice. This will feed 4 farm boys.
Rick Lewis
Grand Old Palate Wayne County Republican Women's Club Goldsboro, North Carolina
MM Format by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN 12 August 1997