Smoked Rabbit

Total Time: 18 hrs Preparation Time: 12 hrs Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups red wine
• 1/4 olive oil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• grated rind from 1/2 lemon
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 -4 rabbits, cut-up

Recipe

• 1 place the rabbit pieces in a non-reactive bowl.
• 2 mix rest of ingredients and pour over rabbit pieces.
• 3 marinate in refrigerator at least 12 hours, turning occasionally.
• 4 remove from marinade and pat dry.
• 5 cold smoke in smoker at 75-85 degrees for about 2 hours.
• 6 hot smoke for several more hours until meat is thoroughly cooked. or place on a cookie sheet and roast at 225 degrees until done, brushing occasionally with vegetable oil to prevent drying out.
• 7 cool and store in refrigerator wrapped in paper for up to 2 weeks.
• 8 serve thinly sliced on crackers as an appetizer.