Smoked bbq bacon wrapped rabbit. Smoked bbq bacon wrapped rabbit Lauren Maxwell. Remove rabbit from brine, rinse and pat dry with paper towels. After it thawed in the fridge for a couple of days I sprinkled it with my BIL's bbq seasoning and wrapped it in bacon, then in cheesecloth because they are so lean.
I never cooked one of them on the BBQ before. So after consulting with friends I came up with the following recipe and method of cooking on the BBQ. I decided to cook it on the rotisserie on my Kamado Joe BBQ. You can cook Smoked bbq bacon wrapped rabbit using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Smoked bbq bacon wrapped rabbit
- It's 1 of whole rabbit (skinned).
- Prepare of baby rays bbq sauce.
- You need 1 of large package of bacon.
- You need of brine.
Me & Wichita smoke up a rabbit over oak wood and throw on some El Rabbits BBQ sauce (spicy version). The rabbit was brined in Oak Ridge BBQ's all purpose bri. Danny was an amazing cook who always seemed to have the smoker going out back. He served us some amazing eats for lunch and supper, so when he asked if we'd like a few of our… Flavor-wise, rabbit is similar to chicken.
Smoked bbq bacon wrapped rabbit instructions
- Brine for 24 hours in fridge. Brine should consist of 1/2 gallon water, 1/4 cup salt, 1/3 cup brown sugar.
- Remove rabbit from brine, rinse and pat dry with paper towels.
- Heat smoker to 225 degrees.
- Rub meat down with desired amount of bbq sauce.
- Wrap bacon in circular motion around meat. Use toothpicks to hold into place as needed.
- Add wood chips to smoker ever 30-45 minutes. Cook meat for approx 2 hours or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
It's a light colored meat too but with a lot less fat. You'll find farmed rabbit meat lighter in colour than wild rabbit and if you want to lighten the colour of wild rabbit meat then soak it in cold water for a couple of hours. Rabbit is not commonly found at restaurants, but it is growing in popularity among health enthusiasts, as it is a lean meat low in saturated fat. It can be cut up, and placed in stews and soups. Rabbit can also be smoked using a smoker.