BlueCoyote 0 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 (edited) First i will say - it was good, but could have been better and here is why.... this happened on a day when i had company over - took the kids and dog to the river, had fun, came home with intentions of eating pizza, ice cream water melon, typical summertime type evening planned... well we ended up with two extra guests which meant not enough pizza to go around. no big deal! i happened to have a fresh bunny in my fridge waiting to be cooked! (compliments of my runty know-nothing terrier lol) i seasoned it to my taste. i'm not really into over salting my food... whats the point? i cant taste it if its too salty.... i've never cooked a bunny before, but my cousin has. i ask her if there was anything i needed to know? i decided to batter and fry it that night(it was just one little rabbit, not enough to go around).... she said no nothing extra, just season and put it in the pan and get it going. i left the kitchen to see what the kids had broken in the next room, then went out to feed dogs, and live stock, etc and so on.. left my kitchen to my cousin because she's the capable sort. by the time i got back the pizzas were out of the oven, bunny was done cooking (according to her) so everything grabs food and scatters to go eat either outside or in front of the tv set... took my first bite of rabbit and... its too damned salty!! i even said so.. my cousin tells me she added more salt. WTF?! you're not supposed to do that! whhyyyyy would you do that? well, regardless of that, what little i could taste of it was good - but too rare for my liking... she said it was done, but clearly in some areas it wasnt - my husband wasnt at all impressed and said i could have all the rabbits i wanted, or give them to the dogs, he didnt care. wasnt worth it to him. nasty funny tasting little critters... i didnt think it was nasty. it tasted like lamb to me.... all be it oversalted/under cooked lamb! and lamb is something he dearly loves. so i'm confused.. So, next time i get another rabbit, i'll be sure to cook it when my cousin is far and away and cant interfere with it. my husband had the same opinion about venison when i met him. he was used to people trying to cook it like steak, which ended up being too tough, no flavour, etc... and the people who gave him venison obviously didnt like him enough to give him the best cuts of it lol. when i cooked it for him it was backstrap that i got from one of my dad's friends - as well as shoulders and other cuts from from a relatively young doe. He loved it. he has a new opinion on venison. so, maybe i can turn him around on his opinion about rabbit...... i'm not an expert professional chef, but i'm the next best thing lol i'm artist for crying out loud! anyway that pissed me off about my first time having rabbit for dinner...... i want to smack my cousin for doing that. no wonder people dont like eating wild game. you let some dumb dumb in your kitchen for 20 minutes and everything is ruined or tastes funny... Edited May 28, 2008 by BlueCoyote Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rolfe 2 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 One of the best recipes for a rabbit is to simply casserole it slowly..........stock, carrots, onions, etc. season to taste. That way you get the true flavour of the bunny..........and you can be sure it is properly cooked. One thing i always do though is to soak the rabbit overnight in cold salted water...........this gets rid of the rabbity smell from the meat. Rolfe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest on the hill Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 rabbit tastes like chicken dunno but maybe she switched the meat (joke) everyone i know that has tasted it said the same tho.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cúagusgiorraí 57 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 What type of rabbit was it? Hares often have a lamb/liver/steak sort of taste. I find the best way to eat rabbit is stir fried. Slice all the meat off the back and legs and little bit on the arms and fry it as you would chicken fillet. Another nice way to prepare it is to mince it up. Then make rabbit patties. They taste just like beef hamburgers. But with less fat. Barbequed rabbit burgers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runforyourlife 361 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Go togran canaria, (i know it is a bit extreme) lol, but go and see rabbit on the menu! My god, i was stunningly gorgous. It was FRIED RABBIT, DICED IN GARLIC! A plate to spit the bones on, i went back 4 times to that palce, and the kidney and liver where devine! My partner actually admitted to rabbit being nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SEAN3513 7 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 MMmmmmmmmmmm....rabbit.................young ,small rabbits................pan fry. older ,bigger rabbits slow cook, casserole, stew..........then add it to a pie with pigeon or squirell. nice...........!! regards sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiff 36 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Blue Coyote quarter it, and in a pan put a pad of butter, splash of oil and a couple of crushed garlic cloves. Pan fry on medium till crispy brown, season with a bit of S&P, it's perfect! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 (edited) it was a young bunny - bigger than a large squirrel, but not by much. like i said, enough for one person. it tasted like chicken but there was a flavour of lamb in there.... not strong, but it was enough to make it "Different", you know what i mean? and yep i put it in a pot of salted water in the fridge(not over night, but was in there half the day). my grandad taught me to do that ages ago. he said its to help draw the pockets of blood out. thanks to the terrier there were a couple of those black/bruised spots. according to my grandad that can make the meat taste funky. the company that came over was unexpected or it would have soaked the whole day and been cooked that evening, or maybe the next day for lunch. i cut it into quarters and had i not been distracted and left someone else in charge it would have been much better, i'm convinced of that lol i rarely fry anything, for the same reason i dont like to oversalt food. i want to taste what i'm eating.... not cover it up. and there is that little fact of it not being cooked thoroughly because of the bones. i'm not good at it..... i either burn one half or risk it being raw next to the bone. if its not a fillet i dont like frying. the next time around i'll try out the stir fry - and wont tell my husband lol - amazing what you can get away with when your husband isnt looking! Edited May 28, 2008 by BlueCoyote Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fraggle 4 Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 my fave two recipes are. 2 onions clove of garlic 5 carrots. two pints of chicken stock, table spoon of Classik (or worchister source) two table sppons of butter in the stock. potatoes, Chuck it all to gether and let it simmer for 2 hours, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Or Rabbit ala stir fry. Bottle of hon sin source. peppers onion etc etc u know a stir fry. I always soke rabbit for 24 hours in salt water first. duno why just always done it lol, aint got the balls to change it as i like it like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 3,300 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 To be honest rabbit does'nt have a lot of taste unless its been feeding around wild garlic or similar.What it does have is a distinctive texture-very firm,very smooth muscle. The advantage is that it will take on the flavour of anything you care to soak or cover it in.The disadvantage is that unless you have a tiny fryng -bunny you just cannot rush the cooking process. So many people say ",Tried it ,too chewy,did'nt seem cooked through".or similar.Then admit,understandably, that they only cooked it for an hour and a half because that's what the cook- book said.Probably used a recipe for soft ten-week old ,farmed bunnies not tough ,fit wildies. Try this .I actually prefer a really old tough buck but I'm possibly weird. Cover rabbit in chilli or curry powder (or whatever sauce/flavouring you fancy) overnight. Heat oil in bottom of cassarole pot ,flip the rabbit bits in the fat until browned on the outside. Then top up with boiling water and whatever vegetables you have. Put in a lowish oven,go to work ,go fishing ,anything just don't go near it for at least four hours except to check water levels or add extra ingredients .As long as it does'nt run out of water it can be left a lot longer longer. For a bit of texture chuck in some rice a few more chunks of carrot ,onion,even apple towards the end of cooking. Plums or tinned prunes are great. But perhaps I'm just old with tired and jaded taste -buds that require a degree of weirdness to excite them. Good luck . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogPaddle 0 Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I enjoy rabbit quite a bit, as it is a staple food here. If the rabbit is chased or snared, then the hormones released will make the meat a little more tough and chewy, even give off an odour, so I soak it in baking soda to neutralize it. But the rabbit tastes best if shot while it is not under duress. Just shoot it in the head, only. I am not a fan of eating the heads of animals so it's all head shots for me. I am an absolute believer in proper hunting/harvesting techniques that make the meat taste good. To cook, we like it in the pressure cooker (mmm, nice and tender), or my wife likes it fried in a pan with butter and onions (cut the meat against the grain), tenderize and shake n bake, or even roast over a good bed of coals (don't forget to baste. Cooking too fast can make the meat tough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) all of these recipes sound better than what was done. like i said before... thats the last time i surrender my kitchen to someone else to cook something for me! this particular bunny was surprised and died a quick death. that terrier is fast and has no mercy.. being the time of year it is i wasnt planning on killing bunnies. but she didnt know that.. and i didnt know there was a rabbit where we were walking! but since i dont like wasting meat..... i wasnt going to let the dog have it! Edited June 23, 2008 by BlueCoyote Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmw 0 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 First i will say - it was good, but could have been better and here is why.... this happened on a day when i had company over - took the kids and dog to the river, had fun, came home with intentions of eating pizza, ice cream water melon, typical summertime type evening planned... well we ended up with two extra guests which meant not enough pizza to go around. no big deal! i happened to have a fresh bunny in my fridge waiting to be cooked! (compliments of my runty know-nothing terrier lol) i seasoned it to my taste. i'm not really into over salting my food... whats the point? i cant taste it if its too salty.... i've never cooked a bunny before, but my cousin has. i ask her if there was anything i needed to know? i decided to batter and fry it that night(it was just one little rabbit, not enough to go around).... she said no nothing extra, just season and put it in the pan and get it going. i left the kitchen to see what the kids had broken in the next room, then went out to feed dogs, and live stock, etc and so on.. left my kitchen to my cousin because she's the capable sort. by the time i got back the pizzas were out of the oven, bunny was done cooking (according to her) so everything grabs food and scatters to go eat either outside or in front of the tv set... took my first bite of rabbit and... its too damned salty!! i even said so.. my cousin tells me she added more salt. WTF?! you're not supposed to do that! whhyyyyy would you do that? well, regardless of that, what little i could taste of it was good - but too rare for my liking... she said it was done, but clearly in some areas it wasnt - my husband wasnt at all impressed and said i could have all the rabbits i wanted, or give them to the dogs, he didnt care. wasnt worth it to him. nasty funny tasting little critters... i didnt think it was nasty. it tasted like lamb to me.... all be it oversalted/under cooked lamb! and lamb is something he dearly loves. so i'm confused.. So, next time i get another rabbit, i'll be sure to cook it when my cousin is far and away and cant interfere with it. my husband had the same opinion about venison when i met him. he was used to people trying to cook it like steak, which ended up being too tough, no flavour, etc... and the people who gave him venison obviously didnt like him enough to give him the best cuts of it lol. when i cooked it for him it was backstrap that i got from one of my dad's friends - as well as shoulders and other cuts from from a relatively young doe. He loved it. he has a new opinion on venison. so, maybe i can turn him around on his opinion about rabbit...... i'm not an expert professional chef, but i'm the next best thing lol i'm artist for crying out loud! anyway that pissed me off about my first time having rabbit for dinner...... i want to smack my cousin for doing that. no wonder people dont like eating wild game. you let some dumb dumb in your kitchen for 20 minutes and everything is ruined or tastes funny... be sure to remove the scent glands these are either side of the tail bone and are a greeny grey coulour.as said above soak in salt water overnight 2 table spoons of salt. rinse well.simmer for 15 minutes in plain water.brown the meat in the frying pan and brown any of your vegetables if you want to then put in a slow cooker as a stew or curry is nice then cook until the meat nearly falls off the bone and there is no more rubbery texture to it.this may take a few hours but i have found the easyest and nicest way to cook rabbit!good luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Thanks JMW i didnt notice any scent glands like you described. but my method when cleaning is to remove anything that doesnt look like meat! lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Balmoral bunnie!....its the same as balmoral chicken except for the obvious. lol..stuff the bunnie with haggis wrapp in tin foil and cook till ready, serve and cover in pepper corn sauce worth the fuss believe me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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