Rabbit étouffée with Baked Cheese Grits

Name: Rabbit étouffée with Baked Cheese Grits
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon, chopped; 2 bay leaves; 1 Tbsp butter; 473 milliliters canned crushed tomatoes with added puree; 2 carrots, peeled, chopped; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 6 servings Baked Cheese Grits; 473 milliliters dry red wine; 6 garlic cloves, chopped; 710 milliliters low-salt chicken broth; 1 kilograms rabbits, thawed if frozen, each cut into 8 pieces, or 3 1/2 pounds chicken thighs; 1 large red onion, chopped; 6 larges fresh thyme sprigs

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Rabbit étouffée with Baked Cheese Grits

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Sauté bacon in wide ovenproof pot over medium heat until crisp.

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Transfer bacon to paper towels.

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Sprinkle rabbit with salt and pepper. Increase heat to medium-high. Working in batches, add rabbit to pot and sauté until browned, turning often, about 10 minutes per batch.

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Whole Rabbit

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Transfer to large bowl.

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Add 1 tablespoon butter to pot; add onion, carrots, and celery. Sauté until vegetables begin to brown, about 10 minutes.

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Add garlic, thyme, and bay leaves; stir 1 minute. Return rabbit and bacon to pot.

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Add wine; simmer 5 minutes. Stir in broth and tomatoes; bring to boil. Cover pot tightly.

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Transfer to oven and cook rabbit until very tender, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Divide among plates; spoon grits alongside.

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Servings:

227grams

bacon, chopped 2

bay leaves 1Tbsp

butter 473milliliters

canned crushed tomatoes with added puree 2

carrots, peeled, chopped 2

celery stalks, chopped 6servings

Baked Cheese Grits 473milliliters

dry red wine 6

garlic cloves, chopped 710milliliters

low-salt chicken broth 1kilograms

rabbits, thawed if frozen, each cut into 8 pieces, or 3 1/2 pounds chicken thighs 1large

red onion, chopped 6larges

fresh thyme sprigs

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.