How to best Cook Frog Legs

[BrianGSDTexoma]

I picked up a 2 lb box of frog legs. I am deep frying some Smelt today and though about doing some frog legs with them but not sure I should deep fry them? @indaswamp Keith guessing you have made them before?

 

[912smoker]

Fried is the only way we've ever done ever them Brian. Usually along with fish. And they are great!


Keith

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Fried is the only way we've ever done ever them Brian. Usually along with fish. And they are great!


Keith

OK good. I will be using Fish Fry which is corn meal on the fish but probably flour on the legs?

 

[Timber II]

It’s been a while but I do them just like my fish. In a ziplock w a little yellow mustard - then in the seasoned cornmeal of your choice, then fried

 

[indaswamp]

I picked up a 2 lb box of frog legs. I am deep frying some Smelt today and though about doing some frog legs with them but not sure I should deep fry them? @indaswamp Keith guessing you have made them before?

Frying frog legs is definitely the most popular way to eat them. If I remember right (I don't eat deep fried foods any more), 9 minutes @350*F in a deep frier. But do a test fry with one at 7 minutes. Do not over crowd the frier or the temp. will drop too low and take too long to recover. There is a very small window where the frog leg is cooked, tender, and will pull off the bone easy. Go past that, and they get rubbery and tough.

 

[voyager 663rd]

I've had them at a restaurant--also fried.

Tasted like chicken

 

[voyager 663rd]

I've had them at a restaurant--also fried.

Tasted like chicken

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Fried is the only way we've ever done ever them Brian. Usually along with fish. And they are great!


Keith

It’s been a while but I do them just like my fish. In a ziplock w a little yellow mustard - then in the seasoned cornmeal of your choice, then fried

Well I did not expect much from the smelt as it came from Walmart in Texas. They where fairly strong tasting but the frog legs where very good! I been mostly using Blue Gill I get from Wallleye Direct but they been out for several months now and been out of smelt for several years.

 

[Timber II]

Looks good to me!!!

 

[normanaj]

Can't speak on frog legs but up here smelts are caught live and I've only ever had them fried.

 

[JIMSMOKES]

I like frog legs cooked in a skillet. So I can watch them jitter and cross.

 

[in. pred]

fried and dipped in shrimp sauce.

winchester sauce lemon juice horseradish and catchup. all you need. mix it like you like it.

 

[zwiller]

Ate them but never made them. MIL was a pro cook at our Yacht Club and Elks Lodge and soaked ANY fish we caught in milk and it seemed to do the trick. AI seems to agree "The proteins in dairy (casein) bind to trimethylamine (TMA)—the compound responsible for the "fishy" smell and taste—and draw it out of the meat. [1]" Elks lodge did annual muskrat feeds and same deal, soaked in milk.

 

[Elf@shore]

I picked up a 2 lb box of frog legs. I am deep frying some Smelt today and though about doing some frog legs with them but not sure I should deep fry them? @indaswamp Keith guessing you have made them before?

Frog Legs cook:
As a kid we caught a few Bullfrogs keeping us up @ night camping.
Over an open fire: Only had a rough pot grill, SO? We used a rinsed out can and over the open fire they go !
Very Tasty: Like chicken, But a sweeter taste !
Now? I would grill them so they do not fall thru the grates. 300 ish or slightly higher ?
Butter and spice of yur choice ! Hot/spicey, Old Bay, ECT...?
No Need to fry them ! You are killing the natural flavor of the protein IMO.

 

[clifish]

sorry my northern Yankee response is

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[Elf@shore]

sorry my northern Yankee response is View attachment 735602

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You are selling yourself short!
If one makes them properly grill, you would not even know what Yur eatting !
As an App plate.

 

[indaswamp]

I like frog legs cooked in a skillet. So I can watch them jitter and cross.

Try sodium salt on raw fresh frog legs...it will freak you out!

 

[in. pred]

lol yea if you dont wait half hour after killing they will jump back out of the grease lol not

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Ate them but never made them. MIL was a pro cook at our Yacht Club and Elks Lodge and soaked ANY fish we caught in milk and it seemed to do the trick. AI seems to agree "The proteins in dairy (casein) bind to trimethylamine (TMA)—the compound responsible for the "fishy" smell and taste—and draw it out of the meat. [1]" Elks lodge did annual muskrat feeds and same deal, soaked in milk.

I dont do most fish but these really need it and I did not have any milk. These also where very big for smelt. I will just wait until next trip to Michigan to eat them.