This slow cooker meal is pure winter comfort food, warm, filling and delicious! This is a great introductory recipe for people that are new to eating rabbit. My family was very adamant at first that ‘rabbits are not for eating’, well now they ask me to cook this all the time. Rabbit is a very lean meat, if not prepared correctly it can dry out and become very tough. This recipe uses butter to offset the leanness of the meat.
Slow Cooker Garlic & Butter Rabbit
This slow cooker meal is pure winter comfort food, warm, filling and delicious!
Ingredients
- 6 Rabbit Thighs, Bone-In
- 2 lbs Baby Red Potatoes
- 3 tbs Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1 tsp Lemon Pepper
- 7 tbs Butter, Melted
- 6 Cloves Garlic, Minced
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Chives or Green Onions or Fresh Parsley
- 1/2 Cup Shredded Parmesan
Instructions
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In a 5-6 Quart Slow Cooker, add the rabbit pieces.
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Melt butter and add the Italian seasoning, and garlic to the melted butter. Mix well.
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Drizzle the melted butter mixture over the rabbit, add potatoes and sprinkle the salt and pepper evenly. Potatoes can be kept whole or cut in half depending on the size.
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Cook on medium for 6 hours. Top with freshly grated parmesan and your choice of fresh herbs. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Bone in chicken can be easily substituted for rabbit, I would cut back the butter to 4tbs with chicken.
