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I usually cook alligator gar wrapped in foil with garlic, butter, salt, pepper, onion, tomato and cilantro on the grill or I will saute it in butter like shrimp scampi on the stove. I was fishing the other day and spoke with an gentleman that told me a recipe for the gar that would make it taste like lobster. I took the info to heart and when it came to cooking my wife's recent catch I followed his recipe. I basically took the gar and boiled it in crab boil and then served it with melted butter. Now originally he had told me to steam the meat and not to boil it, but I had so much to cook I decided to boil. The verdict was that since I boiled versus steaming, that the meat got a little soft (think crab meat) but tasted just like crab meat. Thinking back on steaming it, I believe it would of had more of a lobster like texture. The only thing the meat was missing was that little bit of sweet after taste that crab or lobster will have. This will be remedied next time by me adding just a hint of sugar to my water.