Cotton tail?

[hardisk]

Any of yall eat cotton tail? if you do what do you do to prepare it for cooking?

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

try a pressure cooker whole or partail season with whatever you like takes about 10 to 15 min.

[hardisk]

thanks i will try it out

[beeell]

I like em slow BBQ'd. Let them get some smoke into the meat, it doesn't take long, coat it with your fav sauce, and cook over medium heat until tender.I like a sweet sauce with a little bite for bunnies, some guys like the tart stuff. Personally for meat that doesn't have alot of fat, the sweet thick sauce kind of makes up for that.

Also, bunnies and Bucsh's baked beans.....OH Sooooo good. Very simple, roast the rabbit over an open fire for about 45 min. (Low heat of course), then carve the rabbit, and put it into a pot full of beans. Cook slow for another half hour or so. I gets very tender.

[Brent]

I've only made jerky out of bunnies, it tasted alright, nothing special. Kind of plain and bland.

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

hardisk , beeell suggested open fire i do this also there's one way my 2 boy's like me to cook this lil critter and that's on a open fire just like Beeell said 45 min grab you a bag of chilli cheetos and crunch them all up , and rubb it all over the rabbit . it's pretty good everytime we go out i have to cook atleast 2
for them before we come home.

[Flatcoat1]

Season some flour with salt and pepper - maybe a little cayenne powder - and heat up some Crisco shortening in an iron skillet. Fry until done - remember that thick pieces take a little longer. While doing this, get your potatoes on the stove to boil and then mash. When the rabbit is done, place on paper towel and make some gravy out of the "flan" or drippings. (Add some flour to the drippings and stir together. Add milk and contimue to stir until it thickens. Remember that the heat of the iron skillet will continue to heat the gravy so either remove it to a bowl or turn the heat off a little early. (I think I still have a couple little bunnies in the freezer. May have to do this this week!) Flatcoat

[hardisk]

Thanks that sounds so good just wish cottontail didnt go out of season soon. I already cooked the others(not sure what my dad did) but man i wish i had some more. :)

[beeell]

My cousin has a bunny q every year on the fourth of July, he just get's em from the farmer up the road. I'm sure there's someone around you that sells em. If not, Kroger sells them frozen.

[hardisk]

I prefer to hunt my own rabbits :). Here in wyoming small game ends march 10th and the next time i can go out is spring break and that is the end of march :(

[illinois buck]

Mix 1 cup of BBQ sauce (any brand you prefer) a cup of hot and spicy V8 juice and a can of beer in a gallon ziplock bag. Shake to mix well and then put the rabbit quaters (or just hind legs) in and refrigerate at least 4 hours. I have left them in for up to 24 hours so longer will not hurt.

I take my Weber Kettle grill and place the coals on either side of a tin (disposable) pan and pour the marinade from the bag in the pan. The rabbit is placed over the pan so the drippings fall back into the pan - this is called indirect cooking since the meat is not place on top of the hot coals but is more like smoking.

i will let it alone for 1 to 1/2 hours and it will be very tender and fall off the bones.

Also works great for country style pork ribs.

[eaglesnester]

Dice up 4 or 5 strips of bacon and fry, reserve bacon bits. Roll bunny in flour with salt, pepper, garlic powder, thyme. dice up a medium onion add a little olive oil (not virgin), and butter to your bacon grease in your cast iron skillet.
Throw in the onion and fry until glazed toss in the bunny and bacon bits along with a cup of German white wine. Simmer slow, make up a rue for gravy. Remove bunny, throw in the rue and make gravy, if too thick add some milk or chicken stock. While you are cooking you must finish the bottle of wine or it will go bad. The bacon grease,olive oil, and butter adds flavor as rabbit has almost no fat in the meat. In fact if you were lost in the bush and thats all you had to eat in a survival situation you would starve to death if given enough time.
Enjoy: Eaglesnester

[hardisk]

thanks i will be sure to try that recipe out come september when cotton tail season opens back up. But man just reading that made my mouth water :)

[ksdeerhunter]

Just quarter them, put shallow slices in the meat and soak in buttermilk overnight. Mix up your favorite breading and pan fry like chicken. Mayhap not the healthiest way to eat them, but my son will eat all I can cook. Ks

[hardisk]

lol dont worry about how healthy they are i grew up in the south were everything was deep fried :). thanks for the suggestion will try come this september when cotton tail season comes back :)