Does anyone else think it's weird Vegie Tales sing about eating bunnies?
The Bunny, the bunny, whoa I love the bunny
I don't love my mom or my dad, just the bunny
The Bunny, the bunny, Yeah I love the bunny
I gave everything that I had for the bunny
I don't want no heath food when it's time to feed
A big bag o' bunnies is all that I need
I don't want no buddies to come out and play
I'll sit on my sofa eat bunnies all day
I wont go to church and I wont go to school,
that stuff is for sissys, but bunnies are cool!
Girls in backround:
I don't love my mom or my dad, just the bunny
The Bunny, the bunny, Yeah I love the bunny
I gave everything that I had for the bunny
I don't want no heath food when it's time to feed
A big bag o' bunnies is all that I need
I don't want no buddies to come out and play
I'll sit on my sofa eat bunnies all day
I wont go to church and I wont go to school,
that stuff is for sissys, but bunnies are cool!
Girls in backround:
I don't want no pickles, I don't want no honey, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny
I don't want a tissue when my nose is runny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny
I don't want to tell you a joke that is funny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny
I don't want to play on a day that is sunny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny
The Bunny, the bunny, whoa I love the bunny
I don't love my mom or my dad, just the bunny
The Bunny, the bunny, Yeah I love the bunny
I gave everything that I ha-a-a-aaaad fo-or the bu-unneeee!!
I don't want a tissue when my nose is runny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny
I don't want to tell you a joke that is funny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny
I don't want to play on a day that is sunny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny
The Bunny, the bunny, whoa I love the bunny
I don't love my mom or my dad, just the bunny
The Bunny, the bunny, Yeah I love the bunny
I gave everything that I ha-a-a-aaaad fo-or the bu-unneeee!!
Oh that bunny! He is ever sooooo tasty. I recently was at Qmart with my girlfriend and they had these pretty little bunnies in the deli case and I thought well, Why the heck not? Bon Appetit magazine had a bunny recipe recently! And I have time on my hands and have never had bunny, so I brought a bunny home. Here's what I did.
Take your bunny and turn him into Bunny Bits. I chopped his hoppers off (just like a chicken) then removed the flank steaks off the ribs and turned the spine into 2 pieces. Don't let that spine go to waste, there's loin meat under there. Rinse it all of and check it for fat and hair. Yeahhh.... Bunny Hair. Mix up a simple brine, salt, water, pepper corns, whole grain mustard, you don't need much. Make sure to soak this At Least! Minimum! 24 hours. Especially if it's a wild bunny. They are gamier.
Drain after it's been properly soaked and give it a good rinse. Pat it dry and start heating up your dutch on the stove top. Drizzle in a weeeee bit of olive oil and a teaspoon or so of garlic, just enough to cover the bottom of the pan. While that's warming dredge the bunny bits in some seasoned flour. Salt, fresh cracked black pepper, thyme and flour. Pop those right in the bottom of the pan and let it brown for 3 to 5 minutes per side. Slice a whole onion. Just slice it in half and make thin slices. Pull the bunny bits out of the pan and toss in the onions, a bit more garlic, maybe some added oil if it needs more moisture. Start browning the onions, once they get translucent toss in more flour to make a nice paste. Swirl it around until it's alllll nice and incorporated and put the bunny back in. Add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of red wine.
MMmmmm...... start drooling. It smells divine.
Now add Chicken or Beef stock just to cover and put the lid on.
Hop that bunny right on in to the oven and let him get yummy for about 2 1/2 hours at 250 degrees. Low and slow, ya know?
After about 2 1/2 hours you can pull some of the juice out and make a lovely lovely gravy. Mix some cornstarch in and Wah-La! Hippity Hoppity Gravy!
I like to serve this with some roasted veggies with olive oil and kosher salt and a salad or some jasmine rice and broccoli.
Mmmmm yummy! Don't forget to boil down the remaining stock and freeze it. It's yummy yummy and would be great in beef stew later on. Keep the bones in the freezer for the next time you make more stock!
Here's the ingredients list.
A Bunny
An Onion
Flour
Red Wine
Chicken Stock
Salt, pepper, thyme, garlic, whole grain mustard
Olive Oil
Cornstarch
Big Ass Dutch.
That's it, that's all you need for a wonderful bunny meal!
That's it, that's all you need for a wonderful bunny meal!
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