Looking for a new way to cook rabbit
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Last year I soaked mine in a salt brine with herbs overnight or maybe longer, I don't remember. After soaking it, I rinsed it off and put it back in the fridge for another 24 hours. Afterwards, I made some homemade cream of mushroom soup and cooked that with the hare in a crock pot on low for 6-8 hours. It turned out fantastic!
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:ditto: The same. I always soak my hares in salt water for at least 24 hours. Then I bone it out and separate all the bloodshot meat. Then my wife either deep fries some for the kids and then she makes a delicious casserole from cream of mushroom soup, potatoes, onions and a few other things I am sure, but it is delicious. That's my favorite recipe anyhow.
iofthetaiga
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Stew in a slow crock pot until tender. Carefully remove and make gravy. Arrange pieces in a skillet with gravy and top with scratch dumplings. Finish in a hot oven until dumplings are done and lightly browned. Heaven on earth.
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My buddy does them like grouse poppers and they are amazing. Take a chunk of rabbit, slap a chunk of pineapple and a chunk of jalapeno on it, wrap the three up together with bacon and hold with a toothpick. Grill slowly until bacon is done. MMMMMMMMMMMM!
Of course, you could wrap a moose turd in bacon and I'd probably say the same thing.....
Of course, you could wrap a moose turd in bacon and I'd probably say the same thing.....
Pheasant, quail, cottontail
Pheasant, quail, cottontail
Do yourself a favor and just buy Hank's newest book. Until it arrives, use his extensive recipe collection on his website:
https://honest-food.net/wild-game/rabbit-hare-squirrel-recipes/
Pheasant, quail, cottontail
Do yourself a favor and just buy Hank's newest book. Until it arrives, use his extensive recipe collection on his website:
https://honest-food.net/wild-game/rabbit-hare-squirrel-recipes/
Rinella was saying to use a fork like a tenderizer, to stick it in the hind quarter, back strap, front shoulder, neck about 30 times each, dry rub it and grill. Said you’d never look at rabbit the same again. It’s on my to do list for the year
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I like to soak it overnight in water that has some salt and vinegar in it. rinse and put in crock pot covered in tomato sauce with a couple of cinnamon sticks thrown in. Some onions that you fry till clear are good in there as well as mushrooms. Let cook till tender which the acidic tomato helps with. I like to put in peeled and chunked potatoes an hour or 2 before the end. Can be served over egg noodles also. Have eaten lots of hares like this and it is always a hit. Recipe came from my ex in-laws who cooked rabbit that way back in Greece.
EDIT: cinnamon sticks are the key ingredient in this recipe so don't omit them.
EDIT: cinnamon sticks are the key ingredient in this recipe so don't omit them.
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I also add some red-wine vinegar to my salt bine as well.
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My recipe is similar but to the can of cream of mushroom soup, I also add about the same in sour cream. Then top with chives and stuffing, with a layer of cheddar cheese, and throw it in the oven for a little while.
And yes we always soak in a salt and red wine vinegar solution overnight. Red wine vinegar is THE best. I only change up when I brine my fish, and for that I add a little apple cider vinegar...
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I don’t soak em. No need. Cook fresh. Often slow simmer till falls off the bone, hour or less, while doin that throw in veggies ya already chopped while simmering bunny. Add noodles. I like soup over a big pile of mashed potatoes. Or more often I just mashed potatoes in same pot. Makes a thick style stew.
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Hasenpfeffer
Make a marinade
1 cup water1 cup red wine
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons chopped rosemary (fresh is better)
1 tablespoon juniper berries, crushed
1 tablespoon cracked black peppercorns
3 bay leaves
4 cloves
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup chopped onions
Put everything in a pot, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Cool to room temp
1 snowshoe hare, or rabbit, or 3-4 squirrels cut up into serving size pieces
MARINATE MEAT in Ziploc bags in the fridge for 24 to 48 hours
1 full stick butter butter + 2 TBSP cooking oil
Flour for dredging
1 tsp each salt, pepper, ground or rubbed sage, and 1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 to 3 cups chopped onion
4 or 5 slabbed carrots or parsnips (peeled, split, cut in 3rds)
4 or 5 stalks celery cut in 4ths
1/4 cup sour cream
When it's time to cook setup plates for dredging and get out your Dutch oven or heavy casserole
Preheat the oven to 325
Remove the hare from the marinade and pat it dry. Save the marinade.
Heat the oil and half the butter in Dutch oven/casserole on medium. Mix spices into flour and dredge the meat and brown well on all sides.
Remove meat pieces as they brown and set aside
As the last pieces are browning strain the marinade into a bowl.
After the meat is done melt remaining butter then add the onion and stir to coat with the butter. Cook onions over medium-high heat until they are soft and a little brown on the edges. Sprinkle salt over them as they cook.
Return the browned meat to the pot and add the strained marinade. Bring to a simmer, add remaining vegetables, cover and put into the oven.
Cook until the meat wants to fall off the bones: This will take 2 to 4 hours for wild meat, or between 90 minutes and 2 hours for a store-bought rabbit.
To serve the hasenpfeffer, remove it from the Dutch oven/casserole and add 1 cup of sour cream to the sauce and mix on low heat just enough to heat sour cream. Plate the meat with some pieces of vegetables and spoon some of the sauce over everything
Make a marinade
1 cup water1 cup red wine
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons chopped rosemary (fresh is better)
1 tablespoon juniper berries, crushed
1 tablespoon cracked black peppercorns
3 bay leaves
4 cloves
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup chopped onions
Put everything in a pot, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Cool to room temp
1 snowshoe hare, or rabbit, or 3-4 squirrels cut up into serving size pieces
MARINATE MEAT in Ziploc bags in the fridge for 24 to 48 hours
1 full stick butter butter + 2 TBSP cooking oil
Flour for dredging
1 tsp each salt, pepper, ground or rubbed sage, and 1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 to 3 cups chopped onion
4 or 5 slabbed carrots or parsnips (peeled, split, cut in 3rds)
4 or 5 stalks celery cut in 4ths
1/4 cup sour cream
When it's time to cook setup plates for dredging and get out your Dutch oven or heavy casserole
Preheat the oven to 325
Remove the hare from the marinade and pat it dry. Save the marinade.
Heat the oil and half the butter in Dutch oven/casserole on medium. Mix spices into flour and dredge the meat and brown well on all sides.
Remove meat pieces as they brown and set aside
As the last pieces are browning strain the marinade into a bowl.
After the meat is done melt remaining butter then add the onion and stir to coat with the butter. Cook onions over medium-high heat until they are soft and a little brown on the edges. Sprinkle salt over them as they cook.
Return the browned meat to the pot and add the strained marinade. Bring to a simmer, add remaining vegetables, cover and put into the oven.
Cook until the meat wants to fall off the bones: This will take 2 to 4 hours for wild meat, or between 90 minutes and 2 hours for a store-bought rabbit.
To serve the hasenpfeffer, remove it from the Dutch oven/casserole and add 1 cup of sour cream to the sauce and mix on low heat just enough to heat sour cream. Plate the meat with some pieces of vegetables and spoon some of the sauce over everything
Put it in a crockpot with water covering it, add a chicken bullion cube and let it cook several hours. Meat falls off the bone (like shredded meat) and is delicious.
Use it like chicken for anything from tacos to stroganoff to “pulled pork” sandwiches.
Use it like chicken for anything from tacos to stroganoff to “pulled pork” sandwiches.
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That sounds yummy! Thanks for reminding me. I also brown them in flour and butter/oil prior to cooking.
4merguide
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I was thinking the same thing!
So that's how hasenpfeffer is made. Makes me wish I killed more cottontails when I was down in the lower 48. Now THOSE are some delicious rabbits, hasenpfeffer or not. But I sure wish I would have tried it back then. Unfortunately I haven't killed a snowshoe in years. Just don't see them around like we used to...
