Tasty Rabbit Stew

[VanTrekker]

Friends,<br><br>I made&nbsp;a recipe for van-cooked Rabbit Stew.&nbsp; It's customized for small sized, crockpot cooking and uses salad bar ingredients.&nbsp; Good stuff!<br><br><img class="bbc_img" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uinx_GblNc4/UTOCmCQ3yqI/AAAAAAAAFkg/aszncWljYCw/s320/Rabbit+Stew+II.jpg" rel="lightbox"><br><br><div align="left"><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">VT's Crock Pot Rabbit Stew</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div><div align="left"><p>1 rabbit (roughly 2 lbs)</p><p>8 mini yellow Dutch potatoes with skin on (or buy some small potatoes and cut them up)</p><p>10 small baby carrots *</p><p>10 cherry tomatoes *</p><p>10 "salad bar" strips of green bell pepper (about 1/3" x 2.5") *</p><p>1/2 cup chopped onions *</p><p>1/2 cup white mushrooms sliced in half *</p><p>1 cup beef broth</p><p>3/4 cup of red wine such as Cabernet Sauvignon (and a glass for the cook, too!)</p><p>2 cloves of garlic, chopped</p><p>2 teaspoons Italian seasoning</p><p>2 bay leaves</p><p>salt and pepper to taste</p><p>1 packet of brown gravy mix (the cheap stuff)</p><p>flour, corn starch or fine bread crumbs for thickening</p></div><div align="left">&nbsp;</div><div align="left"><p>* = items from the salad bar</p></div><div align="left"><p>&nbsp;Directions for cooking with a raw bunny....</p></div><div align="left"><p>&nbsp;Butcher and separate the pieces like you would a chicken. Layer the pieces in the crockpot with the potatoes, carrots, cherry tomatoes, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, and garlic. There is nothing magic about the proportions or types of veggies. I got all of mine from the grocery store salad bar!</p></div><div align="left"><p>&nbsp;Add the Italian seasoning and bay leaves. Then pour in the beef broth and red wine. Cover and let simmer around six hours on low. You can probably cut the time in half if the rabbit is precooked and deboned. Discard the bay leaves when you finish cooking.</p></div><div align="left"><p>&nbsp;Pull everything out of the crock pot and then thicken the gravy with a brown gravy packet and add whatever other thickening is needed: a bit of flour or corn starch paste or, if you don't mind the consistency, some fine bread crumbs. (I used Italian seasoned bread crumbs, then beat the tar out of the mixture, and it became a wonderfully rich, smooth gravy)</p></div><div align="left"><p>&nbsp;There was enough salt in the gravy packet that I didn't have to add any extra.</p></div><div align="left"><p>&nbsp;The best part of this recipe is that you can do anything you want with it... It's almost impossible to mess up. Have fun at the salad bar!</p></div><div align="left"><p>&nbsp;The most difficulty I had was sleeping as the crock pot simmered away, filling the van with the most delicious aromas.</p></div>

 

[Mouldy]

Sounds delectable. Too bad you need a hunting license in every state you travel if you legally want to take wild game. Would cost an arm and a leg. They need to make a nationwide vandweller small game hunting license!

 

[ccbreder]

Works with road kill. Also if we could brown the "rabbit" before crockpot would be much better. To cut the gamey taste, soak in salt brine or pickling or both, before cooking.

 

[Guest]

Great recipe! (and I don't like rabbit). Even better with herbs/veggies you grew in containers and it's outstanding when made in a solar oven. Thanks for that.<br><br>Hmm..Worry about the 'legality' of popping off a pellet gun, .22, slingshot, xbow or setting snares......or starve?<br>Farmer rules win every time.<br><br id="tinymce" class="mceContentBody "><img rel="lightbox" src="http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh600/4x4k5zaav/sss_zps4a879dea.jpg" class="bbc_img">

 

[Guest]

<br>SMALL GAME AND BIRD BRINE<br>1 gallon water<br>1 cup sea salt<br>1 cup brown sugar<br>1/4 cup onion powder<br>1/4 cup garlic powder<br>2 tablespoons black pepper<br><br>In a saucepan, mix 1 cup of the water with the salt and heat while stirring until salt is dissolved. In a large, deep container add warmed salt solution to remaining ingredients. Place game in brine and refrigerate overnight. Rinse game, pat dry and discard brine. Game can then be refrigerated, frozen, smoked or - slapped onto a hot gril after rubbing with olive oil, salt and pepper.

 

[frickinducky]

Love bunny stew! And I am not above scooping up fresh road kill. A left over from a southern childhood. Possum and muskrat were a staple at the dinner table.