Camp Rabbit

I've heard bad things about eating rabbits. Sounds like you have to cook em good. If you're camping out it is hard to roast or stew 3-4 hours. I was thinking about boiling for a while and then cubing and make chili or put of a spit over coals. Any suggestions for cooking a rabbit while in a primitive camp?

I have wrapped it in tinfoil with carrots and potatoes and cooked it in campfire fire coals.

cottontail are fine, jack rabbits you have to be careful certain times during the year due to worms.

Slow cooking is pretty much my go to method at the lease and 3-5hrs is no problem if you have a good dutch oven. Generally after morning hunt and lunch I'll spend the time to put dinner together and get it on the fire. When I take off for the stand dinner is already pretty much done and simmering. Its nice to get back after dark and food is ready to go, especially if you got other things to do after the hunt like clean a deer, pig, or help your brother in law track a critter he winged....

Heat some oil in the dutch oven and flour your rabbit pieces then brown in the cooking oil. Take the rabbit out, add some chopped onion, celery, garlic, bell pepper, carrots, etc. Once the veggies are soft add some broth or water, bring to a boil and scrape the the fried bits loose. Stick the rabbit pieces back in, make sure your liquid covers the meat. Add any seasonings you want, put the lid on and move to off to the side of your fire pit where its not that hot. Or, off the pit and put a shove of coals on the top.

I have tried the wrap them in foil and stuff them, not a fan although it wasn't bad.

You can also parboil them, debone and use the meat in whatever. Personally never done it with rabbits but I used to do squirrels that way.

Skin them, quarter them, flour them and fry them.

WHAT HE SAID.

Cottontails have the worms along their back in the summer. By the way, every black bass in a tank has worms; but that’s some other post.

Sounds good except you forgot the onions



Long time ago me and a buddy grilled a jack rabbit medium rare while we were
Next hungover morning saw the carcass full of worms

Dad always checked for worms but I don't remember ever seeing any til high school. One night me and buddy shot a mess of rabbits and were tossing them in the back of the truck. Got home, reached down and first one I grabbed had a bloody grub already boring out the hide. I fed the whole mess to the dogs.

We always called those worms Wolves (sp.)

I want to know how many people have done this and came out with good results?

I have, but the good results required parboiling a good bit. Fresh killed wild rabbit seasoned battered and deep fried = TUFF AS NAILS.

I cook a lot of rabbit, love rabbit hunting. I cook them all sorts of ways, one of my favorites is a rabbit gravy in a dutch oven. If you know how to make a good brown gravy it's easy. Simmer until meat is tender, serve over rice.

This and fried! Making me hungry.

Yep, we always waited until after the first couple of real hard freezes to rabbit hunt.