gopher stew

How To Make gopher stew

• Step 1
  Carefully clean the gopher wash and drain.
• Step 2
  Fry down the salt pork in a big pot add gopher meat and brown.
• Step 3
  Take out the meat and drain on paper towels. Add onion, celery , and bell pepper to salt pork grease and saute until tender
• Step 4
  Add tomatoes and a bit of water if needed and cook down to a pulp,On low heat 2 hours.
• Step 5
  Add gopher meat 19 cups water and the 2 whole jalapeno peppers salt and pepper to taste
• Step 6
  Cook another 1 1/2 hour or until the meat is tender.
• Step 7
  Add potatoes the last 1/2 hour of cooking. Mix browned flour with water into a glass jar and shake vigorously. Bring stew back to a boil and thicken with flour mixture.
• Step 8
  Serve over beans or rice
• Step 9
  TIP: To brown flour add the 5 tablespoons to a iron skillet and stir until browned.
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