Cooking Rabbit

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XUNKA: I know how to cook rabbit! I have a recipe for Rabbit stew in white wine sauce I can give you.

I posted this particular recipe for rabbit because Kousagi wants to eat rabbit, so I thought I'd oblidge her. There will be more recipes for rabbit later.

You need:
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon divided vegetable oil
- 1 and a half pounds of rabbit,cut in pieces
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1 medium green bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1 inch squares
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 2 teaspoons of all-purpose flour
- 2 medium tomatoes, blanched, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1 packet of instant chicken broth and seasoning mix
- 1/4 teaspoon each thyme leaves, salt and pepper
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley

1. In a 4 quart preassure cooker, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add rabbit a few pieces at a time and cook until evenly brown on all sides. Set rabbit aside.

2. Add remaining teaspoon oil to cooker. Add onion and garlic. Sauté until onion is soft. Add green pepper and mushrooms and continue sautéing until pepper is tender-crisp. Sprinkle vegetable mixture with flour and cook, stirring constantly,for 2 minutes longer. Stir tomatoes and wine and bring to a boil. Add water, broth mix, thyme, salt, pepper, and browned rabbit and stir to combine.

3. Close cover SECURELY! Place pressure regulator FIRMLY on vent pipe and heat until regulator begins to rock gently. Cook at 15 pounds pressure for 15 minutes.

4. Hold cooker under running cold water to bring pressure down. Transfer rabbit to serving dish and cook over high heat until slightly thickened (it should take about 2 minutes). Pour sauce over rabbit and sprinkle with parsley.

5. Watch out for Usagi and serve!