Alligator Meat Shows Its Versatility

Besides being lean, alligator is also blank-canvas protein that can hold up to anything from frying to grilling. At Chicago’s Elle on the River, Tim Graham marinates gator in a pineapple piri-piri sauce. “We call it ‘piri-pasto,’ a mashup of al pastor and piri-piri flavors,” he explains. “We grill the marinated gators whole, until the meat begins to flake. We then mix the meat...