How to Make Appetizing Rabbit and Rice Stew

Rabbit and Rice Stew. This is a lot of work to make but well worth it. It is an acquired taste dish; once hooked, you can't get enough. Serve with fresh mashed potatoes and celery sticks.

Red wine, along with a variety of aromatic vegetables, gives this stew a rich flavor. This recipe calls for a homemade seasoned salt, which is a combination of herbs such as thyme, marjoram, and dill weed as well as garlic and celery salt, onion powder, paprika. The stew is made with a variety of vegetables and seasonings and is finished with a rich sour cream sauce. You can have Rabbit and Rice Stew using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Rabbit and Rice Stew

1. You need 1 of whole rabbit, skinned and dressed.
2. Prepare 1 bag of baby carrots.
3. You need 1-2 of Celery stalks, chopped.
4. You need 1 of Yellow Onion, sliced.
5. It's 1-2 of Potatoes, cubed.
6. Prepare 1/2 Bag of frozen chopped broccoli.
7. You need 1 quart of Chicken Broth.
8. It's 1 of Sm. Can Cream Chicken Soup.
9. It's 2 of Tbsps. Seasoning Salt.
10. You need 1 Tbsp. of Black Pepper.
11. Prepare 1 Tbsp. of Each Onion and Garlic Powder.
12. You need 2 Cups of White Long Grain Rice.
13. Prepare 5 Cups of Water.

If you have fresh herbs, add a few sprigs to the stew. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain on paper towels and set aside. Once both sides are nicely seared, remove the pieces and set aside.

Rabbit and Rice Stew instructions

1. In a large slow cooker add the rabbit and rest of ingredients except for the rice and 4 cups of water. Turn Slow Cooker on high and cook for 6-8 hours or til vegetables are tender and rabbit falls off bone. When done go through and try to remove all the bones and shred meat. Turn Slow Cooker down to keep warm setting..
2. In a large saucepan add 4 cups water and 2 cups rice. Bring to boil on high stirring ever so often. Once to a boil turn down heat and let simmer til rice is soft. Turn heat off and let sit covered til ready to serve..
3. In a serving bowl add some rice and ladle some rabbit stew over the rice serve with buttered crusty bread. Serve and enjoy 😉.

A peasant dish that's fit for a king, rabbit stew has long been a mainstay on menus across Europe - think Coniglio alla cacciatora (hunter's rabbit stew) in Italy, Estofado de conejo (rabbit stew) in Spain and Lapin à la cocotte (rabbit casserole) in France. Rabbit is cheaper and more environmentally friendly to produce than other types of meat, most of all beef. It's a dish he playfully calls Tender-as-You-Like Rabbit Stew with the Best Dumplings Ever. Though rabbit is not as common a meat as it once was, Oliver urges you to give it a shot. And if you find you don't like it, you can always sub in chicken instead.