Body

Meat

Body

Crocodile body meat is the trunk flesh outside the prized tail—firmer, more worked muscle that benefits from marinating and moist heat or careful grinding. Colour is pale when raw, cooking white like firm fish-adjacent white meat with a mild, clean flavour closer to chicken or pork loin than to red game. Cube for curries and stews, slice for stir-fries after tenderising, or grind for sausages. Avoid high dry heat for long periods; the lean protein toughens. Farmed animals yield more consistent body meat than wild harvests of varying age.

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Characteristics

Preparations

BraisedMincedStewedStir Fried

Traits

FirmLeanMildTrunk MeatValue Cut

Nutrition and pairings

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 196

Amount per 100 g

  • Total Fat 12.7 g
  • Saturated Fat 4.97 g
  • Trans Fat 0.2 g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 4.81 g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
  • Cholesterol 70.6 mg
  • Sodium 62.9 mg
  • Salt 0.15 g
  • Total Carbohydrate 0 g
  • Dietary Fibre 0 g
  • Total Sugars 0 g
  • Complex / starch 0 g
  • Protein 22.1 g
  • Water 59.6 g
Detailed nutrients

Body of Crocodile: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.

History

AU

Indigenous Australian cooks used body meat from crocodile in traditional roasting and stewing.

AU

Commercial farms began selling body trim as a value cut beside premium tail.

Asian restaurants used crocodile body meat in spicy wet dishes and stir-fries.

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