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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: steeliedrew on September 03, 2013, 07:02:27 AM

Title: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: steeliedrew on September 03, 2013, 07:02:27 AM: After harvesting my first rabbit last night I got him skinned and gutted. I also put him in a saltwater brine in the fridge.

Anyone got any good recipes for bunnies?
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: C-Money on September 03, 2013, 07:17:31 AM: Use your favorite chicken pot pie or chicken/turkey stew recipe. Oven bake till done, and pull the meat off the carcass and throw it in the pot with your stew broth and veggies. You will love it!! Looked like a great shot on that bunny!
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: hrd2fnd on September 03, 2013, 07:17:39 AM: Quote from: steeliedrew on September 03, 2013, 07:02:27 AM
After harvesting my first rabbit last night I got him skinned and gutted. I also put him in a saltwater brine in the fridge.

Anyone got any good recipes for bunnies?
Fry it up like chicken :drool: :drool: :drool:
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 03, 2013, 07:21:12 AM: Brown the outside of the rabbit in a hot skillet with olive oil. Then braise it for two hours in aromatic veggies (onions, carrots, celery, parsley), red wine, garlic, and a little lemon juice. Serve with a brown gravy that you either make from the braising juices or a package.
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: steeliedrew on September 03, 2013, 08:16:31 AM: Wow. That sounds good! Thanks guys. I'm hoping the wife will like it so my goal is to make it the best I can.
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: Smokepole on September 03, 2013, 08:29:36 AM: We like it fried. We bone it first, then cut the meat into strips like chicken. Brown it with batter & butter. :drool:
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: C-Money on September 03, 2013, 08:58:09 AM: Killing it with your bow is a huge step to liking rabbit. I never liked worrying about biting on shot. I usually hunted them with a .22 as a kid for this reason. Once some one chomps on shot, they never seem to like game anymore.
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: Hermit on September 23, 2013, 11:00:44 PM: Rinse it, roll it in flour and fry it like a piece of chicken.
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: lokidog on September 23, 2013, 11:37:50 PM: The slow cooker/crock pot is your friend. We love bunny but have never soaked it in anything before cooking. Look up haasenpfeffer (sp?) recipes, rabbit in wine sauce.
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: jay.sharkbait on September 23, 2013, 11:53:00 PM: Soak in milk overnight

roll in flour and fry in butter

remove and de-glaze pan with white wine, lemon and capers

pour drippings back over wabbit
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: Hermit on September 27, 2013, 06:43:05 PM: Lots of small game, liver and heart benifit from a overnight soaking in cold water and some table salt. Rinse it off and cook it. Draws out the blood and lessens the "gamey" taste.
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: lokidog on September 27, 2013, 06:47:35 PM: Quote from: Hermit on September 27, 2013, 06:43:05 PM
Lots of small game, liver and heart benifit from a overnight soaking in cold water and some table salt. Rinse it off and cook it. Draws out the blood and lessens the "gamey" taste.

I won't eat liver but I like the "flavor" that heart and bunnies and squirrels have, never saw a reason to soak them. :dunno: Of course, I eat some racoon too. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Rabbit Recipe?
Post by: Hermit on September 27, 2013, 06:51:33 PM: Me too........ I don't know how much difference it really makes but it DOES draw out the blood.