Fried/Smothered Cottontail

Growing up our Dad always raised rabbits, quail, and anything else he could put on the dinner table to feed 6 kids. It’s been probably 40 years since I’ve eaten rabbit. So, with the abundance of cottontails running around our camp this year, I decided to reduce that number by 2 several weeks ago-bring them home-and cook them up. Salt water brine overnight then rinsed and froze. Decided yesterday it was time to give it a go but wanted something a little different. So fried them up as normal, put in a skillet with a mixture of butter/olive oil/cream of chicken soup/water, covered with bell pepper, then simmered (covered) about 90 minutes. Garnished with fresh parsley from our garden and there you have it. I would give it a 10 but didn’t quite get enough seasoning. That being said it was still a 9 and there were NO leftovers!

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