Shauna's Rabbit Dinner

Serve when

Serve at a normal family dinner table — the whole point of the scene is how ordinary it looks.

In the series

Season 1

S1E1 · ~00:45:00 Present-day Shauna kills, skins, and cooks a rabbit from her own garden, serving it for dinner to her husband and daughter

In the series

Adult Shauna kills, skins, and cooks a rabbit from her own backyard garden in the very first episode — a scene the show plays completely straight, right down to her daughter's disgust and her husband's discomfort at the table. It's the show's first hint, delivered entirely through a home-cooked dinner, that whatever happened in the wilderness never really left her.

Ingredients

1 whole rabbit (about 2 1/2 lb), cut into pieces
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chicken or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
Salt and black pepper

Method

Season the rabbit pieces well with salt and pepper.
Brown the pieces in olive oil over medium-high heat in a heavy pot, then remove and set aside.
Cook the onion and carrots in the same pot until softened, then add the garlic and cook another minute.
Return the rabbit to the pot, add the stock, mustard, and thyme, and bring to a simmer.
Cover and cook gently until the rabbit is tender and cooked through, about 45 minutes, turning the pieces once partway through — the meat should pull easily from the bone when it's done.

Substitutions

Rabbit: Bone-in chicken thighs are the easiest substitute and cook in roughly the same time; a stewing hen gives a closer, gamier flavor if you want to stay nearer the original.