Name: Fried rabbit with red beans rice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2/3 people
Ingredients: 1 rabbit, cut into small pieces; 3 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 bay leaf; 100ml white wine; Salt, pepper and chilli, to taste; Rice with red beans; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 clove garlic, chopped; 1 can of red beans; 1 cup rice; 50 ml of white wine; 2 cups of boiling water; Salt and pepper, to taste; Olive oil, as needed

Oh how much I like rabbit – and this fried rabbit with red beans rice came out soooo good 🙂

I have to admit that I don’t usually fry rabbit at home. It’s a dish that I prefer to eat at a restaurant. I don’t know about you but I never manage to get the same taste and it’s never as crispy. So fried rabbit for me ends up with a trip to Mgarr 🙂

But this time I decided to give it a go and I’m pleasantly surprise with the result. I’m guessing that most restaurants use a deep fryer but I don’t have one. All I have is a chip pan and I prefer to keep the oil clean of any other foods – I keep the oil I use to fry potatoes in a jar so I can use it again, I use it 3 times maximum. Another thing I don’t have is a cast iron frying pan… I really want one but I’m still to find one that I like. Then I remembered my clay dutch oven 🙂 I’m sure it will make a good frying pan for my rabbit… And I wasn’t wrong 🙂

Talking about chips, this time I decided to make a nice red bean rice to go with the fried rabbit… and we really liked the combination…

Fried rabbit with red beans rice

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 2/3 people

Ingredients

1 rabbit, cut into small pieces

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 bay leaf

100ml white wine

Salt, pepper and chilli, to taste

Rice with red beans

1 small onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, chopped

1 can of red beans

1 cup rice

50 ml of white wine

2 cups of boiling water

Salt and pepper, to taste

Olive oil, as needed

Instructions

Place the rabbit in a bowl, add the garlic cloves, bay leaf and white wine. Season with salt, pepper, chilli and marinate for a few hours, if possible, from one day to the next.

Meanwhile prepare the rice: In a small saucepan, saute the onion with the chopped garlic clove in olive oil

Add the rice and fry for a few minutes. Add the wine and let it evaporate.

Add the drained beans and stir well.

Add the boiling water and season with salt and pepper.

Cover and cook over low heat for about 20 min.

In a large skillet, heat a little olive oil. Remove the garlic cloves from the rabbit marinade and place it in the pan. Fry it for a little without burning.

Add the rabbit and let it brown on all sides.

add the marinade and fry until the rabbit is cooked and well browned. If it dries too much, add little of white wine.

Serve with the rice and red beans.

All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images and content without prior permission. If you want to republish this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words or link back to this post for the recipe