Wild Rabbit Sauce Piquante

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Wild Rabbit Sauce Piquante is a slightly peppery meat stew which emerges out of the small amount of Rotel tomatoes included in the sauce. Easy to make, this dish is about as good as it gets. Great taste! It goes well with cooked long grain white rice.

Ingredients

Wild Rabbit Sauce Piquante

2 wild rabbits, cleaned and cut up into pieces
2 large onions, chopped
1/2 cup bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup oil
1 Tbs. flour
1 small can tomato sauce
1 small can Rotel tomatoes
water
salt and pepper

Instructions

Season wild rabbit with salt and pepper
Using a Dutch oven, add oil and cut rabbit pieces
Brown pieces of meat well on both sides the remove meat
Lower heat to medium and sauté onions, bell pepper and flour in same pan until brown
Return rabbit meat to pan and add tomato sauce, Rotel tomatoes and enough water to cover meat
Cover pot with a tight-fitting lid and simmer for at least 1 hour, or until meat is tender
Add onion tops and parsley just before serving
Serve over white long grain rice