Rabbit meat is very useful due to the large number of nutrients, and low in cholesterol and sodium salts. In all respects, it is better than pork and beef.

In addition, rabbit contains a protein that is easily digestible by the human body, so it is included in the diet of children, sick and elderly people, pregnant and lactating women. But rabbit meat also contains harmful substances - purines, which can upset the acid-base balance in the body.

In addition, rabbit meat is one of the most expensive on the market, and health problems from excessive use of it may not appear at all. Therefore, sometimes you can diversify the menu and treat yourself and your loved ones with "home game".

In what dishes is it better to cook rabbit meat so that the dish really turns out delicious? Cookware for making a rabbit at home is suitable for any - cast-iron or ceramic ducklings, steel baking sheets, frying pans, cauldrons, stewpan, a conventional pan - enameled or ceramic. The choice of dishes depends on how the rabbit will be cooked - in the oven, or on the stove.

Culinary experts advise soaking rabbit meat before cooking - the meat is soaked in pure water, milk, or whey for 5-7 hours. After soaking, the meat becomes softer and loses a specific flavor of game. If the meat is soaked in water, you can add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to it.

Cooking time also depends on what kind of dish you should get as a result - in a pan you can fry it until crisp very quickly - in just half an hour, but most likely this meat will turn out to be tough. It takes about an hour to bake in the oven. If you need to make broth from meat, it will also take no more than an hour, although cooking time does not least depend on the age of the rabbit - the younger he was, the softer the meat.

Experienced cooks prefer not to cook the whole rabbit, because different parts of the carcass have different cooking times. The back, back, chest and legs are best prepared in different ways, but sometimes they violate this rule if you need to cook a rabbit not only tasty, but also beautiful.

Cooking methods

There are many recipes, following which you can cook rabbit meat correctly and tasty - in a pan, in the oven, in pots, in a pan, on water and on sour cream. Let's start with the simplest.

Recipe 1.

How to cook a rabbit so that the meat is soft? It is very simple to do this - cut the carcass, cut into pieces and boil for 1 hour. A young rabbit will become soft during this time, but if the rabbit was more than two years old, it will take longer to cook. The first broth will need to be drained, pour meat with clean water and cook until tender. In the broth you can put seasonings and spices to taste - bay leaves, onions, carrots, a mixture of peppers, basil, ginger, nutmeg, and of course - a little salt.

When the meat is cooked, it can be slightly fried in a pan in butter or vegetable oil until a slight blush appears. It will turn out quickly, tasty and healthy, with a minimum set of products.

Recipe 2.

Rabbit in sour cream on a plate. For its preparation you will need such products:

• 1 carcass of a rabbit, 200 grams of sour cream, 2 onions, 100 grams of butter, 4 tablespoons of flour, 2 bay leaves, 2-3 cloves of garlic, a mixture of peppers, salt.
• Cut the carcass into small pieces, rinse, salt and pepper, roll in flour.
• Finely chop the onion, garlic through the garlic.

Melt the butter in a pan, fry the meat on it from all sides until golden brown. Transfer the fried meat to a cauldron. Separately, fry the onions for 2-3 minutes.

Pour 2 cups of water into a cauldron with meat, add the fried onions and simmer for 40-50 minutes. Then add bay leaf, sour cream, and a little water to the meat if it has boiled away. Stew for another 10 minutes, remove from heat, add garlic, let stand 10-15 minutes. The rabbit in sour cream is ready! You can serve with any side dish - pasta, mashed potatoes, buckwheat.

Recipe 3.

Rabbit with potatoes in the oven. We need such a set of products: rabbit meat, 700-800 grams of potatoes, vegetable oil for frying meat, 100 grams of butter, 2 small onions, 1 carrot, bay leaf, 10 peas of black pepper, 100 grams of water, salt.

Pieces of rabbit meat are fried over low heat in a pan under the lid until half cooked. Separately, fry 1 onion and chopped carrots. We put the meat in a small baking sheet, add the fried onions and carrots, bay leaves, peppers, coarsely chopped potatoes, on top - chopped raw onions, pour water, salt to taste. On top of the potatoes and onions, put the butter cut into pieces.

Cover the baking sheet with foil and place in the oven. After 30-40 minutes we take out a baking sheet, remove the foil, mix all the components and put in the oven for another 10-15 minutes so that the excess moisture evaporates, and the meat and potatoes are slightly browned. After that, the dish will be ready to serve.

Recipe 4.

It is better to cook the whole rabbit carcass for the festive table, so that you can serve it to the table in a beautiful design. So, we cook the whole rabbit at home, in the oven and in sour cream. In addition to the rabbit carcass, you will need 1 cup of mustard, 1 kg of potato, 200 grams of sour cream, salt and pepper to taste.

We wash the carcass, rub it with salt and ground pepper, put the carcass on a baking sheet, greased with vegetable oil belly down. We mustard the top of the carcass with mustard, and put the pan in the oven preheated to 160 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

While the rabbit is cooking, peel the potatoes, chop coarsely, and salt to taste. We take the baking sheet out of the oven, turn it over, grease the abdomen with the remaining mustard, put the potatoes around, put it in the oven for another 15-20 minutes. After that, once again we take out the baking sheet from the oven, pour the carcass and potatoes with sour cream and put in the oven to complete cooking for 10 minutes. When the rabbit is ready, the whole carcass is also laid out on a large dish, the potatoes are laid on the sides, sprinkled with herbs and served hot.

Recipe 5.

Rabbit in sour cream in the oven. What products do we need? In addition to the rabbit carcass, you need to take 4 onions, 4 carrots, 500 ml of sour cream, salt and pepper to taste.

We cut the meat into pieces, soak in water for 2-3 hours, then drain the water, rub the pieces with salt and pepper and fry in a pan until golden brown.

We add the fried meat to ceramic or cast-iron ducklings. Cut the onion into rings, grate the carrots or cut into rings, and add to the meat. We fill the container with water so that the meat does not appear in the whole water, the rabbit should be stewed, not cooked.

Cover the container with a lid or foil and put in the oven for an hour, then add sour cream and simmer everything together in the oven for 20 minutes. After that, the rabbit in sour cream is ready.

Recipe 6.

Rabbit in sour cream and wine, in the oven. The carcass can be prepared in whole, or cut into pieces. We need: rabbit meat, 500 ml of dry white wine, 3 onions, 2 tomatoes, 100 ml of sour cream, ground black pepper, a sprig of rosemary, 5 grams of marjoram, salt, garlic head, 1 tbsp. flour.

Rub meat with salt and pepper, pour wine and 1 tablespoon into a large saucepan or other suitable container. sour cream, mix, add rosemary. If the capacity is small, it is better to cut the carcass into parts so that the meat is completely in the marinade. We put the capacity in the refrigerator for a day.

Before cooking, cut the onions, crush the garlic, add marjoram and pepper to them, fry everything in a pan in vegetable oil.

Fry marinated meat in a pan for 10-15 minutes, put in a baking sheet, add sour cream, fried onions, garlic and spices, peeled and chopped tomatoes, cover with foil and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

The wine in which the meat was marinated, pour into a glass, add 1 tbsp. flour and mix, add to the meat, simmer all together until tender.

Cooking a rabbit according to this recipe will not work quickly, however, the result will pleasantly surprise both guests and households.

Recipe 7.

The rabbit in foil, in the oven, meat according to this recipe is cooked quickly for 30-40 minutes, but it must first be marinated. For this recipe you will need these products: rabbit carcass, 1 onion, 100 grams of butter, 40 grams of parsley root, 2 tbsp. tomato paste, 4-5 caps of cloves, pepper, salt to taste, water.

Cut the meat into large pieces, rinse, sprinkle with pepper, add cloves and grated parsley root, fill with water. In this marinade, the meat should be 2-3 hours at room temperature.

Then we lay out each piece on a separate sheet of foil, on the meat we spread the chopped onion, a little tomato paste, sprinkle with ground pepper. We wrap the foil very tightly so that the juice does not leak from the meat and steam does not come out.

Foil rolls are placed on a baking sheet and put in the oven for 30 minutes, then we take out the baking sheet, puncture holes in the foil through which moisture evaporates, and put in the oven for another 10 minutes.

Recipe 8.

Rabbit meat in a white sauce. We will need: 1 carcass of a rabbit, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 parsley root. For the sauce - 3 cups of broth, 1 egg yolk, 3 tbsp. butter, salt, black peppercorns, bay leaf.

We divide the carcass into portions and cook for 40 minutes in water with the addition of onions, parsley, carrots, pepper and bay leaf.

Put the cooked meat on a plate, and proceed to the preparation of the sauce. To do this, heat the flour in a dry pan, stirring constantly. Then add 2 tablespoons of butter and fry the flour. After cooking the meat, filter and pour into a skillet with fried flour.

Stir so that there are no lumps, cook the sauce for 5-10 minutes, turn off the heat. Egg yolk should be mixed with a small amount of sauce and pour into the total mass. Add salt and 1 tablespoon to the sauce. melted butter, mix thoroughly.

Pieces of meat are poured with sauce and served on the table, if desired, the meat can be slightly fried in a pan.

Recipe 9.

Rabbit in sweet and sour sauce in a pan. We need: rabbit meat, frying oil, 300 ml of tomato juice, salt, black peppercorns, 1 tsp. sugar, 2 tsp lemon juice, 1 onion, 1 carrot.

Fry the meat until a blush is formed - 10-15 minutes, separately fry the onions and finely chopped or grated carrots, add them to the meat, pour tomato juice, add lemon juice, pepper, sugar and simmer for 40 minutes under the cover over low heat.

Many rabbits are associated with diet. However, such meat can be used for cooking barbecue and other delicious dishes. But for this you need to be able to make the right marinade for the rabbit. It is about how the marinade is prepared, we want to talk in our article.

Rabbit benefits

From time immemorial rabbit meat has been famous as diet meat. It contains a lot of protein, very little fat and cholesterol. By its properties, it overtakes beef, pork and lamb. Proteins contained in rabbit meat are absorbed by 90 percent. Vitamins PP, potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus are present in meat. By the way, the last element is very important for a young growing organism. Probably, children intuitively realize this, because kids usually love rabbit meat very much. In addition, this meat is very tasty, and it is prepared quite simply.

Preparing meat for cooking

If you have never dealt with rabbit, you need to know that it has a specific smell. Some people do not pay attention to this, but there are many who will not eat such meat, including children, for whom everything unusual causes an immediate refusal to eat. Experienced housewives before cooking try to soak rabbit meat for three hours. This procedure not only improves the properties of the meat itself, but also reduces the manifestation of odor. However, soaking is not able to fully cope with the natural aroma of rabbit meat.

In order to cope with the smell, the meat must be pickled. In addition, after such a simple preparation, rabbit meat becomes softer, tastier and more aromatic. Without marinade, the meat is tighter. All housewives know about this property. Whatever you take: beef, pork or rabbit - any dish turns out to be much tastier if the meat was previously marinated.

Marinade ingredients

In order to understand how to pickle a rabbit, you need to find out what ingredients are used to make marinades. Young rabbits should be soaked in serum, water or wine.

But vinegar is not recommended. It can be used in extreme cases, when the meat has an unpleasant odor. Vinegar, on the one hand, muffles an unpleasant aroma well, and on the other hand, makes the taste of meat not so expressive. That is why it must be used very carefully.

Spice

It is impossible to imagine a marinade for a rabbit without spices. They are added not only during cooking, but also at the pickling stage. Mandatory components for the marinade are: bay leaf, black pepper and onion. All other ingredients are placed at will and taste preferences.

Additional components include: oregano, basil, rosemary, parsley, dill, thyme, cinnamon, coriander, lemon, garlic, cloves, celery, juniper berries.

Wine marinade

There are different recipes for marinades. All of them are good in their own way. The choice of this or that option depends on what dish you plan to cook.

How to marinate a barbecue rabbit? The process is simple and has few components. By the way, it is the wine marinade that is the most popular among housewives. The combination of alcohol with spices gives the most beneficial effect.

Ingredients:

• two kg of rabbit meat,
• ground red pepper (1/4 tsp),
• salt (tsp)
• mustard (tsp),
• dry white wine (600 ml).

The meat must be thoroughly washed and cut into portions. Since we will cook kebabs, we don’t need to chop too finely, otherwise the dish may turn out to be very dry. If possible, remove bones from meat. Apply mustard to prepared pieces. Sprinkle with ground pepper and salt. We transfer the meat to the dishes and mix the ingredients with our hands. Next, pour wine into the container and mix everything again. Now you know how to marinate a bunny rabbit. In the marinade, the meat should lie for at least an hour. After rabbit meat we put on skewers and cook. By the way, in order to make the meat more juicy, in the process of cooking it can be periodically flavored with the same marinade.

Rabbit in sour cream

How to pickle a rabbit in sour cream? The recipe is quite simple. Sour cream marinade is suitable for cooking many dishes, including barbecue.

Ingredients per kilogram of rabbit:

• half a liter of sour cream,
• two or three onions,
• garlic,
• a tomato,
• seasonings
• salt.

Pour sour cream into a deep container, add chopped garlic, seasonings (for example, black pepper, coriander, cumin). Mix the ingredients and add the chopped onion. We also cut the tomato in the form of rings and add it to the marinade. Next, we transfer the washed portioned meat pieces to the dishes, mixing them with sour cream. The amount of marinade should be such that it completely covers rabbit meat. We remove the pan in the refrigerator for three to four hours. After meat can be strung on skewers, alternating with onions and tomatoes.

Rabbit marinated in kefir

Very often rabbit marinate in kefir. Sour-milk product is perfect for chicken, pork, and any other meat, too.

Ingredients:

• meat (two kg),
• several onions
• olive oil (two tablespoons),
• liter of kefir,
• garlic,
• spices and salt.

The meat marinated in kefir is incredibly tender. Before cooking, rabbit meat must be washed and divided into portions. To prepare the marinade we take a deep container. We mix olive oil, kefir, chopped garlic, spices and salt in it. In the resulting mass we spread the meat and mix everything well with our hands. Next, add the chopped onion rings. We send the pan to the refrigerator for at least three hours, and best of all for the whole night.

How to marinate a rabbit for smoking?

Of course, barbecue is a very tasty dish. However, rabbit meat is good not only in this cooking option. It can be smoked, like any other meat. But at the same time rabbit meat must be prepared accordingly. How to marinate a rabbit before smoking?

Ingredients:

• rabbit carcass
• salt,
• three bay leaves
• sugar (1.5 tbsp.)
• garlic,
• grated ginger (0.5 tbsp. l.),
• peppercorns, water (2.5 l).

We carefully prepare the carcass for smoking, after which the meat is well washed. If you want to get tender and juicy meat, colic must be suspended in a room with a temperature regime of not more than 10 degrees and good ventilation. Under such conditions, the rabbit is kept for about two days. After this, you need to prepare the fill. She must be warm. In the container we heat the water by adding sugar, salt, bay leaf, garlic and pepper. After the first two components are completely dissolved, remove the pan from the stove and place the carcass in the liquid. The marinade should completely cover the meat. Cover the container with a lid and leave for a day. The carcass periodically needs to be turned over so that it is well saturated. After this procedure, the meat is already fully prepared for smoking. True, before this, it is necessary to suspend the carcass and allow the drainage of excess fluid. Then the meat can be sent to the smokehouse.

In everyday life, rabbit meat is most often cooked in the oven. And so the housewives are wondering how to pickle a bunny rabbit. Baked rabbit meat is tender and tasty, besides this dish can be given to children.

Ingredients:

• wine or balsamic vinegar (0.5 cups),
• rabbit carcass
• garlic,
• black pepper,
• olive oil (1/2 cup),
• peppermint,
• basil,
• rosemary,
• thyme.

How to marinate a bunny rabbit? As a marinade, you can use any of the options given in the article.

Pour balsamic vinegar into the container and add olive oil. Add chopped garlic, salt, pepper, bay leaf. Cut fresh herbs or tear with your hands, then add to the marinade. Mix everything thoroughly. Next, add a glass of heated (but not hot) water, mix the solution again and put the meat in it. We close the container with a lid and put it in the refrigerator. Rabbit meat should be marinated for at least six hours, if you leave the meat in the marinade for a day, it will only make it tastier.

Mineral water as a marinade

Usually experienced housewives recommend soaking rabbit meat in ordinary water. Moreover, the liquid itself must be periodically changed. This will remove excess bitterness and slightly soften the smell. However, marinade in the case of cooking rabbit meat just can not do.

Surely you have repeatedly used mineral water as a marinade for cooking pork skewers. So, for rabbit meat, mineral water is also relevant. She will remove all unnecessary from the meat and soften it.

Rabbit meat is placed in a deep container and poured with mineral water, adding suitable spices. The meat should be in the marinade until all the gas has escaped from the liquid.

Vinegar with water

As we mentioned earlier, vinegar is far from always worth using for rabbit meat. However, there are times when the carcass is not too fresh or has a smell due to the nuances of feeding. In this case, vinegar is simply indispensable. It will help not only soften the meat, but also neutralize all extraneous aromas.

In this case, the carcass should not be soaked in plain water, it is necessary to add wine or apple vinegar to it. The marinade should be done based on the fact that one or two tablespoons of vinegar are per liter of liquid.

Alcohol Based Marinades

How to pickle a rabbit? There are a lot of marinade recipes in the arsenal of housewives. Many famous chefs believe that a rabbit should be cooked only in wine. We presented a classic recipe based on white wine with spices.

But French cooks prepare rabbit meat soaking it in red wine. It is important to use dry varieties, because young rabbits already have a sweetish flavor. Such an interesting combination of tastes worthy of true gourmets.

There is also another interesting option for the preparation of marinade. The wine is heated with spices and brought to a boil, after which the meat is lowered into it. However, not only wine is suitable for marinade. Any alcoholic beverage, including beer, can be used as the basis for preparation, which gives the meat an incredible softness. Thyme must be added to this marinade.

If you are a lover of the sweet taste of meat, you can use cider as a marinade. It gives rabbit apple sweetness.

Rabbit meat is dietary, tasty and easily absorbed by the body. You can cook a variety of dishes with vegetables, sauces from rabbit meat. The meat can be baked, sautéed or steamed.

Recipes of rabbit dishes in the oven, cooked correctly, are distinguished by a special gentle taste, aroma and retain useful properties.

Rabbit meat is easy to process, but you must follow the cooking rules so that the meat does not turn out to be overdried and hard. You can cook rabbit meat in the oven with potatoes and spices. To cook a rabbit in the oven, choose the meat of a young rabbit.

Step-by-step video recipe

Ingredients:

• rabbit;
• bulb;
• dried dill;
• a kilo of potatoes;
• 5 tbsp. tablespoons of mayonnaise;
• vegetable oil - 4 tablespoons;
• 4 leaves of laurel.

Cooking:

1. Rinse the meat, cut into several pieces. Put in a baking dish, add vegetable oil, bay leaves, dill. Add salt and pepper if desired.
2. Finely chop the onion, add to the meat with mayonnaise. Mix the pieces of meat well with mayonnaise and spices.
3. Cut the potatoes into circles, put in the meat and mix again. Add some water.
4. Cover the top with foil, leave to bake for about 50 minutes.
5. Remove the foil from the mold 10 minutes before cooking, so that the top of the rabbit meat in the oven is also browned.

At the last stage of baking a rabbit in the oven with potatoes, you can sprinkle the meat with grated cheese. If you don't like mayonnaise, replace it with sour cream.

Rabbit with vegetables in the oven

It turns out very delicious rabbit meat with vegetables - eggplant, tomatoes and zucchini.

Ingredients:

• a kilogram of potatoes;
• rabbit carcass;
• 5 tomatoes;
• zucchini;
• 5 onions;
• eggplant;
• 100 ml grape vinegar;
• 500 g sour cream;
• dry seasonings, salt;
• fresh greens.

Stages of cooking:

1. Wash the meat and divide into pieces. Dilute the vinegar with water.
2. Salt the meat and pour in the diluted vinegar, leave to marinate for 20 minutes.
3. Cut the zucchini and eggplant into circles. Roll the zucchini in flour and put in a disposable foil dish. Top each piece with a little sour cream, sprinkle with ground red pepper and salt.
4. Cut the tomatoes into 4 parts, cut the potatoes into large pieces, salt the vegetables.
5. Remove the meat from the marinade, dry and sprinkle with dry seasoning. Put the meat in zucchini.
6. Foil the pieces of meat that go out of the mold so that they do not dry out during baking and do not burn.
7. Put potatoes and tomatoes between pieces of meat.
8. Chop greens and mix with sour cream. Spread generously with a mixture of vegetables and meat.
9. Cover with a foil mold, bake for an hour and a half in the oven, preheated at 220 degrees.

Decorate the finished juicy rabbit in the oven with vegetables with fresh herbs.

Oven whole rabbit with bacon

This is a tasty and mouth-watering rabbit dish that looks very impressive. Serve it on the festive table.

Essential Ingredients:

• 2 kilos of potatoes;
• whole rabbit;
• 350 g bacon;
• 5 sprigs of rosemary;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking:

1. Peel the potatoes and chop coarsely. If the vegetables are small, you can leave them whole.
2. Stir the potatoes with salt, oil and seasonings.
3. Cut the bacon into long thin strips, if you have a whole piece.
4. Put the whole rabbit on its back, wrap the legs with bacon, put the bacon on the inside of the carcass.
5. Turn the rabbit over and lay the pieces of bacon over the whole carcass from start to finish. The rabbit should be wrapped in strips of bacon.
6. Lay the rabbit upside down on the potato, put rosemary sprigs on a baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, then mix only the potatoes a little. You do not need to touch the rabbit.
7. When the dish is cooked, leave it in the oven off for another half an hour.

Cooking baked rabbit with bacon in the oven takes a little time. Instead of bacon, you can take bacon. In the photo, the whole rabbit in the oven looks very appetizing.

Rabbit with garlic in sour cream

A rabbit in sour cream in the oven is an excellent dish of the simplest ingredients. Sour cream and garlic make the meat juicy and flavorful.

CHAPTER ONE.

Baked rabbit whole with vegetables and mushrooms.

What kind of rabbit breeder, in spite of the experience and experience, refuses on New Year's holidays to taste the delicacy of the meat of a self-raised rabbit? The reason is excellent. It is possible to sum up some results of the past year, make wishes, make plans for the future. An excellent incentive to action will be a family feast, where all its participants will be able to enjoy great delicacies. With this publication, we continue the good tradition of delighting you on New Year's Eve with new options for preparing holiday dishes from the arsenal of rabbit breeders. I think the roast in the form of a baked rabbit, the recipe of which was kindly provided for our site by Irina Tylik, will without any doubt decorate your holiday table and will give occasion to once again admire the delicious taste of delicate, dietary meat.

Preparing a rabbit carcass.

Today we will cook the roast in its classic version, when the meat is baked whole, without cutting. Soak the rabbit carcass for 12 hours in cold water with vinegar. For 10 liters of water you need 50 ml. vinegar. It’s convenient, for example, to soak at 9 a.m. and get it at 9 p.m.

After that, wipe the entire surface dry and rub with salt to taste. Mix the whole mayonnaise with half a chopped bunch of parsley, dry basil and a mixture of peppers. Thoroughly coat the rabbit inside and out, put in a bowl or a small bowl, tighten with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for the night or until the celebration to marinate.

Cooking meals.

3 hours before serving, we get our rabbit out of the refrigerator. We are preparing a special filling, for which we use mushrooms (potatoes), onions, lard, carrots. Cut all the ingredients. The sizes of the cubes are arbitrary, I had about 1 cm per 1 cm. All the salt, pepper, add half the chopped bouillon cube and mix. Also in vegetables, you can and should add mayonnaise which is a stack from a rabbit carcass into a bowl. The photo shows a variant without mushrooms, using potatoes. But this does not change the essence.

With the mixture we fill the rabbit’s belly and sew it up. Sprinkle the rabbit itself with spices (for me, I remind you for potatoes) and the remaining half-bunch of chopped parsley, then spread it in a desired position on a baking sheet covered with foil.

Bake at 180 ° for about 3 hours, depending on the size of the rabbit until a brownish crisp appears. After they have got it, we pull out the thread, dump the vegetables and put it next to the crab, decorate with greens. Enjoy your meal!

Source products for cooking.

• Rabbit carcass (I had 3.5 kg)
• Mayonnaise 300g
• Any mushrooms 200g (I had mushrooms)
• Onion 1 large
• Carrot 1 medium
• Parsley 1 bunch
• Salted regular salted 10 gr (for taste)
• Dried basil
• A mixture of peppers (sold ready-made in stores: ground white, red, black, green)
• Any spices (I had for potatoes)
• Bouillon Cube - 1
• Salt to taste

We share our recipes.

Unfortunately, rabbit meat rarely appears on our tables. However, it has dietary properties and high nutritional value. Rabbit meat is low in fat and maximum protein. This meat is often recommended for diets and young children.

How to cook a rabbit in the oven

Rabbit meat is very soft and tender meat. In cooking, it is a versatile product that can be cooked, stewed, fried, rolled and baked. Cooking a rabbit in the oven is the best method. With it, meat maximally preserves all the useful substances. However, not every housewife knows how to cook a rabbit in the oven. Inspiration will give beautiful photos and delicious fragrant recipes.

Cooking rabbit recipes in the oven

Before cooking rabbit dishes in the oven, cut the carcass into small pieces. To make the roast soft, you should first properly soak the product. For this, milk, kefir, cream, white wine or water are suitable. The meat of a young animal can not be pickled. There are two ways to bake a rabbit: in a sleeve or on a baking sheet under a foil. It can be cooked as one meat, or with a side dish (stewed vegetables, rice, potatoes). Consider some recipes for baking a rabbit in the oven.

Rabbit in the oven with sour cream

It is better to use sour cream of 30% fat for this treat. So the roast will turn out softer and juicier. A tender rabbit in sour cream in the oven is baked on a baking sheet under the foil. Prunes according to this recipe will add a delicate aroma and unique taste to the dish, plus it goes well with rabbit meat. You can do without it, if the food is prepared for everyday dinner or lunch.

Ingredients:

• rabbit meat - 2 kg;
• large carrots - 1 pc.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• prunes - 0.5 cups;
• garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• sour cream - 500 ml;
• salt and pepper.

Cooking method:

Cut the rabbit into medium pieces, grate with garlic.

1. Fry in a pan until a brown crust is obtained, not forgetting to salt. Put the meat on a plate.
2. Passer the carrots and onions in large pieces in the same oil.
3. Put pieces of meat on a baking sheet, place vegetables and prunes on top, grease with sour cream. Water can be added to dilute the consistency. A little salt.
4. Cover the baking sheet with foil, send to bake for 40 minutes.
5. Braised rabbit sprinkled with chopped herbs.

Rabbit in the oven with potatoes

A great option for serving dishes on the festive table. Consider a step-by-step recipe on how to cook a rabbit in the oven with potatoes. The roast is tender and crispy at the same time. Potatoes are always a win-win option as a side dish. Even a novice housewife can cope with this simple recipe, ready to surprise and defeat all guests on the spot with her culinary abilities.

Ingredients:

• rabbit meat - 1 carcass;
• potatoes - 1 kg;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil - 30-50 ml;
• mayonnaise;
• greens - 1 bunch;
• bay leaf - 4 pcs.;
• salt, ground pepper.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse, cut the rabbit carcass into pieces and put on a baking tray.
2. Add vegetable oil.
3. Pepper, salt, sprinkle with herbs, add bay leaf.
4. Finely chop the onion, add to the meat.
5. Add mayonnaise, mix.
6. Cut potatoes into circles, mix with meat.
7. Add a little water, cover with foil, send to bake for 50-60 minutes.
8. 10 minutes before readiness, you can remove the foil and bake the dish open.

Rabbit in the oven in the sleeve

The cooked rabbit in the sleeve in the oven is a real culinary masterpiece. This delicate dish is truly considered festive. Unforgettable aroma and soft taste will remain in the memory of guests for many years, and the day will be remembered thanks to the cooked treats. Every housewife will be able to navigate through numerous photos, and the recipe for a rabbit in the oven will seem simple even to a novice cook.

Ingredients:

• rabbit meat - 1 carcass;
• sour cream - 300 g;
• olive oil - 100-150 ml;
• garlic - 5-6 teeth .;
• wine (dry white) - 250 ml;
• basil - at will;
• salt, ground pepper (red and black) - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the carcass into small pieces, place to cool in the refrigerator.
2. Chop the garlic.
3. For marinade: mix salt, spices, garlic, 50-75 ml of olive oil.
4. Take out the meat, coat it with marinade and put it back in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
5. When the dish is well marinated, continue cooking.
6. Put butter in a preheated pan, when it melts, add the remaining olive. Spread marinated slices, fry.
7. Transfer fried meat to a baking tray.
8. Cook the sauce. Pour white wine into a pan, keep on low heat for 5-6 minutes. Add sour cream, mix until smooth. Season with salt, spices and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
9. Pour the sauce into the baking dish, place the pickled pieces.
10. Put the container in the sleeve, pack it well, send it to the oven preheated to 200 ° C. Cook for 80-90 minutes.
11. Serve with stewed vegetables.

Rabbit in the oven in foil

If the rabbit is baked on a baking sheet, then you should cover the dish with foil so that all the liquid is absorbed into the meat and it becomes soft. Consider a step-by-step method of how to cook a rabbit in the oven in foil. The composition of the dish is very simple, requires a minimum list of ingredients that can be found in virtually every kitchen. The recipe below is based on 2 servings.

Ingredients:

• rabbit legs - 2 pcs.;
• garlic - 3-4 teeth .;
• vegetable oil - 3-5 tbsp;
• seasoning for meat - to taste;
• ground black pepper, salt to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Remove skin from paws, rinse thoroughly.
2. Salt, pepper, grate with chopped garlic. Leave to marinate for 3 hours.
3. When the pieces are marinated, put them on the foil, coat with vegetable oil, cover tightly.
4. Put the resulting package on a baking sheet, place in the oven for an hour (at a temperature of 200 ° C). 10 minutes before cooking, you can open the foil and continue to bake the roast.
5. To offer guests a meat dish is with a side dish of vegetables or potatoes.

Rabbit in the oven with mushrooms

Indescribably delicious and satisfying treats - a rabbit with mushrooms in the oven. Roast can be safely served on the festive table. It will delight the dish as the basis for a casual lunch or dinner. Delicate taste and indescribable aroma will surprise all guests and households. Consider cooking a rabbit in the oven. Stewed potatoes are great for garnishing.

Ingredients:

• rabbit meat (carcass) - 1 pc.;
• champignons - 0.5 kg;
• large onion - 1-2 pcs.;
• sour cream - 300 g;
• parsley greens;
• vegetable oil - 4 tbsp;
• seasoning for meat - 1 tbsp;
• salt, ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Prepare the meat. Rinse the carcass thoroughly under running water, chop into medium pieces.
2. Fry the pieces in a pan heated with vegetable oil until a brown blush.
3. Cut the onions into half rings, the champignons - into small cubes, 0.5 mm thick.
4. Strain the onion until a golden hue is formed, then introduce the mushrooms, simmer until all the water comes out.
5. Put the meat in a baking dish, add mushrooms.
6. Mix sour cream with salt, pepper, seasoning. Pour the meat.
7. Cover the dishes, send to the oven for 50-60 minutes.
8. Decorate the finished roast with greens.

Rabbit in the oven in the marinade

Rabbit meat is very tender and tasty. However, for greater flavor and softness, it is better to hold the meat in the sauce. This recipe describes a simple but delicious marinade for a rabbit in the oven. This unforgettable dish can surprise even true gourmets, and those who study the recipe from the photo often salivate, there is a desire to cook it.

Ingredients:

• rabbit meat - 1 carcass;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 2-3 teeth .;
• vegetable oil - 100 ml;
• bay leaf - 3 pcs.;
• chili pepper - 1 pc.;
• cloves to taste (3-4pcs.);
• salt, pepper mixture - to taste;
• 4% balsamic vinegar - 2 tbsp;
• mint, tarragon - 1 tsp;
• turmeric - 1 tsp;
• rice - 200 g.

Cooking method:

1. Cut onions in half rings or quarters.
2. Take chili pepper to taste, chop in any way. Do not use the whole spicy vegetable!
3. For a better flavor, dip a mixture of peppers, cloves and laurel in a glass of water.
4. Pour vegetable oil into a separate bowl, adding balsamic vinegar. Stir, adding onions, chili peppers.
5. Grind the garlic in a press, add to a bowl.
6. Enter tarragon and mint into the resulting marinade.
7. Pour seasoned water and spices. Stir: the aromatic marinade is ready.
8. Putting meat in the resulting marinade, note the time. Remove the product after 2-3 hours.
9. Fry rice in oil, sprinkled with turmeric. This will give a delicate aroma and beautiful color. Add water (about 1 cup), salt, cook until half cooked, until the water evaporates.
10. Place pieces of meat on a baking tray, add rice, close the lid.
11. In the oven preheated to 180-200 ° C, place the resulting dish. Cook for about 50 minutes.

Rabbit in the oven with vegetables

As mentioned earlier, rabbit meat is prescribed for diet or baby food, and vegetables are the best side dish for frying. Here you can experiment by adding the ingredients to your taste and desire. A rabbit with vegetables in the oven will turn out even more useful and aromatic if you follow a simple recipe to follow and observe the proportions of all the ingredients.

Ingredients:

• rabbit meat (carcass) - 1 kg;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• medium carrots - 1-2 pcs.;
• tomato - 1 pc. or tomato paste - 1 tbsp;
• turmeric - 1 tsp;
• paprika, salt - to taste;
• parsley and dill.

Cooking method:

1. Wash the carcass, grind it into pieces.
2. Place in the marinade for 2-3 hours, for example, in the one described above.
3. Cut the onions into quarters, send the carrots to a coarse grater. Stew with a little vegetable oil for 3-5 minutes.
4. Add seasoning for a delicate flavor.
5. After the pieces are marinated, lay them on a baking sheet, adding vegetables.
6. Dice the tomato, spread on top, or add a spoonful of tomato paste instead.
7. Pour the marinade into the food.
8. Cover the baking sheet with foil. Send to bake for 50-60 minutes (when heated to 180 ° C).

Rabbit in the oven with cream

The meat of a middle-aged animal should always be marinated for several hours to obtain the desired softness. There are many marinades, but in cream - the most tender. Take the product better than 10% fat. Cream rabbit in the oven is a great option for a holiday meal. Guests will be impressed. Instead of cream, you can use sour cream, diluted with water.

Ingredients:

• rabbit meat - 1 carcass;
• cream 10% - 150-200 ml;
• milk - 150 ml;
• medium carrots - 2-3 pcs.;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• greens (parsley) - several branches;
• olive oil;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Grate the carrots.
2. Chop the onion into small cubes.
3. Fry the rabbit slices in oil until brown, put in a pan.
4. Fry the onion until it smells good, add carrots and simmer lightly.
5. Tie the parsley in a bunch (we will not need it later), put it in the meat.
6. Add carrots with onions.
7. In a pan, where meat and vegetables were stewed, pour water and bring to a boil, then pour it into a pan to the meat.
8. All salt and pepper.
9. For the sauce, mix the cream with milk, pour into a saucepan.
10. Cover and send to languish in the oven for 40-50 minutes.

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