What hostess does not want to surprise her guests at the festive table and cook a rabbit so that the meat is soft and juicy in the oven? There are simple recipes that allow you to make rabbit meat truly tender and tasty without spending a lot of time on the process.
How to cook a soft and juicy rabbit in the oven with sour cream
One of the popular recipes that significantly soften rabbit meat in the oven involves adding fermented milk and some other products to the dish. So, to make your rabbit soft and juicy in the oven, use the following ingredients:
- 1 carcass of a rabbit;
- half a glass of low-fat kefir;
- half a glass of low-fat sour cream;
- 3 tablespoons mustard
- 3-4 onions;
- vegetable oil;
- herbs and spices;
- salt to taste.
Rinse the rabbit meat and chop into equal pieces. Peel the onion and cut into rings. Place the meat in a bowl, sprinkle with seasoning to taste, place onion rings on top and season with salt. Add kefir to a bowl of meat so that it is completely hidden in the liquid. Cover with a lid and put in the refrigerator for marinating for 10-12 hours (preferably overnight).
Add mustard to the dish (you can change the portion depending on your taste preferences), stir and stand for another 20-30 minutes at room temperature. Prepare a baking dish, pour in the sunflower oil and lay out the rabbit meat pieces. Preheat the oven and place the dish for 15 minutes.
Remove the browned rabbit meat and turn over to the other side, then bake again for 10-15 minutes. Take out the dish, sprinkle it with herbs, cover it with marinade and continue to simmer in the oven until it is fully cooked (the meat should acquire a brownish-golden hue. 5-10 minutes before the end of baking, pour additional sour cream over the rabbit. Put the rabbit meat on a dish and serve with any side dish of your choice.
How to cook a rabbit soft and juicy with potatoes
You can cook the rabbit to keep the meat tender and juicy as a roast with potatoes by slowly baking it in the oven. Use the following ingredients to prepare your meal:
- rabbit carcass;
- 1 kg of potatoes;
- 2 carrots;
- 1 onion;
- 1 lemon;
- ground black pepper;
- vegetable oil;
- 2-3 bay leaves;
- salt
Cut into pieces and marinate the rabbit: salt, pepper, add bay leaves, a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice diluted with water. Stir and leave for two hours. You can make the marinade in the morning to start cooking your rabbit in the late afternoon. Peel the carrots, cut into circles and cut in half. Chop the peeled potatoes into cubes. Peel the onion and cut into rings.
Combine rabbit meat with vegetable mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste, add your favorite spices and vegetable oil, mix well. Place the meat with vegetables in a special roasting sleeve and tie the ends with threads, place the bag on a baking sheet and place in the oven. To cook a soft and juicy rabbit in the oven, bake it over low heat for an hour.
Remove the dish and check if it's done. To do this, carefully so as not to get burned by steam, pierce the sleeve with a knife in the middle, make a hole and see if the meat and potatoes are ready. They should be soft and juicy. If not, continue baking the rabbit for a few more minutes. Divide into bowls and enjoy browned rabbit with vegetables.
