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Questions. Anyone cook rabbit? (Original Post) Callalily Mar 2023 OP
Coated and fried just like chicken. ret5hd Mar 2023 #1
Hmmmm...I was looking at cooking rabbit in the Instant Pot. Callalily Mar 2023 #2
I agree, there are 2 main types of rabbit recipes I've had The Polack MSgt Mar 2023 #8
Like Chicken my market has them Historic NY Mar 2023 #3
I haven't cooked it peacefreak2.0 Mar 2023 #4
We used to cook rabbit quite often. AbnerBunny Mar 2023 #5
Tenderize the meat PJMcK Mar 2023 #6
The best way is to fry it, then steam it, then refry it. Emile Mar 2023 #7
Hassenpfeffer no_hypocrisy Mar 2023 #9
That looks like how I remember it. Backseat Driver Mar 2023 #11
Stewed, mostly Retrograde Mar 2023 #10

Callalily

(15,012 posts)
2. Hmmmm...I was looking at cooking rabbit in the Instant Pot.
Tue Mar 28, 2023, 05:19 PM
Mar 2023

I don't really fry anything. But thanks for the suggestion.

The Polack MSgt

(13,425 posts)
8. I agree, there are 2 main types of rabbit recipes I've had
Tue Mar 28, 2023, 07:03 PM
Mar 2023

Quartered and pan-fried or stewed with root vegetables.

The breaded and fried dishes were usually way better.

But I have to say that a solid rabbit stew is no joke.

This is though. My Scotch Irish Grandma's advice on stewed rabbit "Add a fine cut Parsnip. It sweetens the pot without turning the stew orange"

If ya get that joke, I'm your friend already...

peacefreak2.0

(1,027 posts)
4. I haven't cooked it
Tue Mar 28, 2023, 05:24 PM
Mar 2023

Had it in a stew when I was in Malta. I was told they brine it in milk and vinegar for a day to tenderize. Very nice root vegetables along with it.
I do love your sense of irony. So, who are you offing? Bugs? Donald? Peter?

AbnerBunny

(1,457 posts)
5. We used to cook rabbit quite often.
Tue Mar 28, 2023, 05:26 PM
Mar 2023

Stewed, mostly, because we love stews. Tons of recipes on the intertubes, or just use your favorite one and substitute rabbit! We no longer eat rabbit due to having a pet (thus my username) but honestly-them’s good eatin’ 🤗

PJMcK

(22,883 posts)
6. Tenderize the meat
Tue Mar 28, 2023, 06:24 PM
Mar 2023

In my days as a Scout leader, each Spring we’d have a weekend camping trip where one meal would be rabbit stew. In spite of our best culinary efforts, most of the kids hated it once they found out what it was.

Emile

(29,784 posts)
7. The best way is to fry it, then steam it, then refry it.
Tue Mar 28, 2023, 06:28 PM
Mar 2023

Steam it will tenderize it. That's a must if the rabbit is a wild one.

Backseat Driver

(4,635 posts)
11. That looks like how I remember it.
Thu Mar 30, 2023, 02:32 PM
Mar 2023

Hey Mom, what's hassenpfeffer??? Only had it a few times from the frozen state as a kid, certainly not fresh from a farmer's cage or hunted out of the wild, poor bunny, but the stewed meat in a rich gravied stew was tasty and satisfying. Never cooked by me...but I have prepared pheasant, Cornish hens, duck, wild boar loin roast, and in-season venison gifted and cooked by a friend. Next, maybe some bite-sized quail???

Retrograde

(10,645 posts)
10. Stewed, mostly
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 02:12 AM
Mar 2023

It's hard to find these days - the person at my local farmers' market who used to carry it gave up on rabbits during the drought years. What I can find (occasionally) is frozen, so stewing seems best for that.

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