Rabbit Stewed In Stout Recipes

RABBIT STEWED IN STOUT

Steps:

• Cook bacon in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp. Remove bacon with slotted spoon, reserving fat in Dutch oven, and drain on paper towels.
• Mix flour, salt, pepper and paprika. Coat rabbit pieces with flour mixture. Heat bacon fat over medium heat. Cook rabbit in bacon fat about 15 minutes or until brown on all sides.
• Stir in mushrooms, onions, thyme and bay leaf. Pour stout over rabbit and vegetables. Crumble reserved bacon over mixture. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 1 hour or until thickest pieces of rabbit are tender.
• Remove rabbit and vegetables to warm platter; keep warm. Remove bay leaf. Heat stout mixture to boiling. Mix cornstarch and water; stir into stout mixture. Boil and stir 1 minute. Pour sauce over rabbit and vegetables. Sprinkle with parsley.

TRADITIONAL RABBIT STEW

Steps:

• Cut the rabbit meat into small, bite-sized chunks. Mix together flour, rosemary, oregano, parsley, and salt. Then coat rabbit meat with flour mixture, saving any remaining flour mixture.
• Melt butter in Large stew pot, and add onion. Cook until golden brown, adding an optional pinch of sugar.
• Stir in garlic. Cook together for 2 or more minutes.
• Add floured rabbit meat, and fry until cooked.
• Add cold water and diced vegetables.
• Simmer at least 1 hour, or until vegetables are done.
• Mix 1/2 cup of hot water with remaining flour mixture and add to stew.
• Boil 2 or more minutes until desired thickness is reached.

OLD FASHION RABBIT STEW

Steps:

• Chop rabbit into 12 pieces, discard the head and feet.
• Chop the onion and garlic finely.
• Slice and dice the bacon.
• Make a bouquet garni by tying together the parsley, thyme and bay leaf with string.
• Sear the rabbit pieces in olive oil, until lightly browned, remove from casserole.
• In the same pan, fry garlic, onion and the bouquet garni.
• Add the bacon and allow to color lightly.
• Pour off excess fat.
• Return rabbit to pan and deglaze with the red wine.
• Add 3 cups water, cover and cook for 1 hour 45 minutes.
• Peel small onions and remove root ends.
• Rinse well.
• Cook the onions in water to cover, add sugar, butter, salt and pepper.
• Cook until all water has evaporated and the sauce is caramelized.
• (20 min) Peel and cut potatoes into narrow rectangles.
• Add potatoes to rabbit stew after the stew has been cooking for 90 minutes.
• Cook covered until tender.
• Serve stew with caramelized onions and garnish with chopped chervil.

MARINATED AND STEWED RABBIT

Steps:

• *Note: for mushrooms, may use 1 ounce dried porcini, soaked in water to soften, drained (reserve soaking liquid) and mixed with ½ lb button mushrooms.
• Mix the wine, vinegar, and chopped carrot and chopped onion in a bowl large enough to hold the rabbit.
• Tie together the parsley or thyme, or put in a cheesecloth sack or tea ball; add the herb to the marinade with the rabbit; add some salt and pepper.
• Marinate in the refrigerator, turning the rabbit pieces occasionally, for 12-24 hours.
• Strain the marinade, reserving it, and dry the rabbit pieces.
• Cut the bacon into bits and render it over med-low heat in a Dutch oven or large deep skillet.
• When it has given up much of its fat and is becoming nice and crisp, remove it with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add in 2 cups minced onion, diced carrot, and diced celery; cook/stir over med-low heat; chop the mushrooms and add them too.
• When the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes later, remove them with a slotted spoon and set aside with the bacon.
• Turn the heat to med-high; dredge the rabbit pieces in flour, and brown them in the fat that remains in the pan.
• Season them with salt and pepper as they brown.
• When they are browned, decrease the heat and return the vegetables and bacon to the pan; stir, then add the chocolate, some salt, and plenty of pepper.
• Decrease the heat even further, cover, and cook until the rabbit is tender and the sauce is thick, about 1 hour.
• If the sauce is too thin, remove the meat to a warm oven and reduce the sauce over high heat, stirring near constantly, until it is a pleasant thickness.
• Remove the herbs; check and correct seasoning; serve immediately with buttered noodles, rice, or crusty bread.

CROCK POT RABBIT STEW

Steps:

• Grind pepper over the rabbit and place in the crock pot.
• Combine all other ingredients EXCEPT FLOUR in a large bowl, mix well and pour over the rabbit.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours for a small rabbit, or up to 8 hours for a large rabbit. Actually cook for half an hour less as below.
• Thirty minutes before ready blend flour with 1/2 cup of water until it is a smooth paste, add to the pot and stir well to thicken and continue cooking covered for a further 30 minutes.
• Give it a good stir and allow to rest 10-15 minutes before serving.
• At this point the rabbit should be so tender that you can tear pieces off with a fork to serve rather than cut. Just scoop it all out onto a plate.
• You'll end up with bones in the dish so eat much like you would a fish dish being careful for bones. Serve along with a nice crusty roll to soak up the juices.

RABBIT STEW

Steps:

• Cut rabbit into pieces. Layer onion, potatoes, and carrots in bottom of a crock pot.
• Add spices to the pot.
• Add rabbit, salt, pepper, consommé, and about 3/4 cup beef broth.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Thicken gravy as desired.

BEST RABBIT STEW

Steps:

• In a large shallow bowl, combine all the marinade ingredients together and stir to mix well.
• Add rabbit pieces and baste them thoroughly.
• Cover the dish and leave to marinate over-night or at least 12 hours.
• Remove the rabbit from the marinade and dry on kitchen paper.
• Strain the marinade into a jug and reserve. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a flame-proof casserole, fry the bacon strips over moderate heat until they are quite crisp.
• Set aside. Add the onions, garlic and carrots to the fat in the casserole and cook them 5 - 6 minutes, or until lightly colored red.
• Add the rabbit pieces and turn frequently to brown them evenly and quickly.
• Add the reserved marinade to the casserole and bring to the boil.
• Remove casserole from the heat, add the bacon pieces and place in the oven.
• Cook for 1 hour or until the thigh of the rabbit is tender when pierced with a fork.