Rabbit is not as common in the home menu. But he is considered a dietary meat, because it has a lot of protein, which is absorbed almost completely.
Rabbit meat is rich in vitamins PP, B9, B12 and such useful trace elements as phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, calcium, copper, selenium.
The rabbit has white soft meat, so it is used in baby and diet food.
Rabbit in cooking. Good advice
- Rabbits are boiled, fried, baked.
- For frying, use the back of the carcass, as it has less connective tissue.
- The front of the carcass is boiled or stewed. The line between the front part of the carcass and the back passes through the last lumbar vertebra.
- The fatty parts of the carcass are baked. Most of the fat in rabbits is deposited at the withers and in the groin area. In well-fed rabbits half fat and kidney.
- If a rabbit is skinny, he is sometimes stuffed with lard.
- The old rabbit is pre-marinated. It improves its taste, kills the peculiar smell and makes the meat soft. For the marinade, onion is cut into half rings, celery, parsley, garlic are ground. Pour the vegetables with 500 ml of vinegar. Add salt, pepper, bay leaf, one teaspoon of sugar and boil for 10 minutes. Cool. In this marinade withstand pieces of rabbit from 6 hours to a day (depending on age).
- Most often, sour cream is used to make the meat soft during heat treatment.
Rabbit in sour cream
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- fat - 80 g;
- onions - 1 pc .;
- carrots - 1 pc .;
- butter - 20 g;
- sour cream - 180 g;
- flour - 20 g;
- broth - 500 ml;
- salt - to taste;
- black pepper to taste.
Preparation Method
- Chop the carcass into portions.
- Fry in fat until golden brown and put on a plate.
- On the remaining fat, spasserovat onion and carrot, cut into strips.
- Fold the pieces of meat back in the pan.
- Make sour cream sauce. To do this, lightly fry the flour in butter. Gradually add broth and cook at low boil for 5 minutes. Strain.
- Combine the flour liquid with sour cream and pour the meat over this sauce.
- Stew until tender.
Boiled rabbit stewed in sour cream
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- onions - 2-3 pcs .;
- butter - 50 g;
- salt - to taste;
- bay leaf - 2 pcs .;
- black pepper peas - 10 pcs .;
- garlic - 5 cloves;
- sour cream - 500 g.
Preparation Method
- Cut the carcass into portions.
- Dip in boiling water and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from water and rinse well.
- Again, put the meat in clean boiling water, put salt, pepper, bay leaf. Cook until ready.
- Remove from broth, cool and fill with garlic. Put in the pan.
- Onion cut into half rings and spasserovat on butter.
- Cover the meat with prepared onions.
- Pour sour cream and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes under the lid.
Rabbit stewed with sour cream in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- sour cream - 400 g;
- bulb onion - 1 pc .;
- carrots - 1 pc .;
- vegetable oil - 40 g;
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- salt - to taste;
- garlic - 4 cloves.
Preparation Method
- Cut the prepared rabbit carcass into portions.
- Fry meat in a frying pan until golden brown and put in a multicooker bowl.
- On the remaining butter, fry finely chopped onion and carrot grated on a medium grater. Put in a bowl on top of the rabbit.
- In a separate bowl, mix the sour cream, salt, pepper and garlic passed through the garlic press.
- Pour the meat with sour cream sauce.
- Close the lid of the multicooker, cover the “Quenching” program and cook the rabbit for 40-50 minutes.
Rabbit stewed in sour cream, with spices in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- onions - 1 pc .;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
- carrots - 1 pc .;
- ground black pepper - pinch;
- hops-suneli - 1 tsp;
- salt - to taste;
- olive oil - 20 g.
Preparation Method
- Cut the prepared rabbit into portions.
- Cut the onion in half rings, grate the carrot on a medium grater, cut the tomatoes into cubes and chop the garlic.
- Pour oil and put meat into the multicooker bowl. Set the program “Baking” and fry the rabbit 15 minutes.
- Put onions and carrots, mix. Cook for another 15 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, garlic and fry for 10 minutes. As a rule, the multicooker finishes its work in 40 minutes.
- In a cup, mix sour cream with spices. Pour her meat and vegetables. Set the program “Stewing / Soup” and cook for 30-40 minutes.
Rabbit stewed in sour cream in a microwave (dietary dish)
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- sour cream - 300 g;
- salt - to taste;
- ground black pepper - pinch.
Preparation Method
- Cut the carcass into portions.
- Put the pieces of meat in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Put sour cream and how to coat it with each piece.
- Fold the meat in a microwave-suitable dish. Add 100 ml of water.
- Cover the pot loosely with a lid and place in the microwave at medium power. In the process of cooking the meat must be periodically mixed, otherwise the upper pieces dry out and darken. After 40 minutes rabbit will be ready.
Rabbit stewed in wine with sour cream and mushrooms
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- champignons - 200 g;
- sour cream - 150 g;
- rosemary - pinch;
- white wine - 100 ml;
- olive oil - 20 g;
- salt - to taste;
- ground black pepper - pinch.
Preparation Method
- Chop the carcass into pieces and pour the marinade (the recipe is described at the beginning of the article). Hold for several hours.
- Fry the rabbit pieces in butter until golden brown.
- Put the meat on a plate and fry the champignons in the remaining oil. Add chopped garlic and mix.
- Return the meat to the pan, sprinkle all the rosemary and pour over the wine.
- Over high heat, slightly evaporate the liquid and then put sour cream.
- Close the lid and simmer over low heat until the meat is cooked.
Rabbit stewed with sour cream and tomato
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- onions - 2 pcs .;
- carrots - 2 pcs .;
- sour cream - 400 g;
- broth or water - 600 ml;
- tomato paste - 50 g;
- butter - 100 g;
- salt - to taste;
- ground black pepper - to taste.
Preparation Method
- Cut the prepared rabbit into portions.
- Fry it in oil in a pan until golden brown.
- Put the meat in the pan. Put onion and sliced carrots in half rings.
- Pour the broth into the skillet out of the meat and bring to the boil. Strain.
- Pour the broth over the meat and vegetables and bring to the boil.
- Add sour cream and tomato paste.
- Stir. The liquid should cover all the meat, so if it is not enough, you need to add a little water or broth. Put the spices, close the lid and simmer on low heat for about an hour.
Rabbit stewed with sour cream in a pot
Ingredients:
- rabbit - 1 pc .;
- onions - 4 pcs .;
- sour cream - 300 g;
- melted butter - 80 g;
- salt - to taste;
- flour - 60 g;
- ground black pepper to taste.
Preparation Method
- Cut the prepared rabbit carcass into portions.
- Spread them in pots.
- Onion cut into half rings and fry in melted butter.
- Equally spread the onion in pots, covering the meat.
- Put salt, pepper and sour cream.
- Put in the oven and bring to a boil.
- Knead fresh, cool dough out of flour and water. Close them pots, like a lid. Put the rabbit in the oven and simmer for about an hour at 200 ° C.
- Remove from the oven, remove the “lid” and serve.
To any of these dishes, crumbly rice, buckwheat, mashed potatoes, and boiled potatoes are suitable as a side dish. Put the meat on a plate, put a side dish next to it and pour it with sour cream sauce.