Rabbit Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 small bell pepper green chopped
• 0.3 cup canola oil 
• 3 pounds dressed rabbit cut into pieces
• 0.5 pound andouille smoked halved cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 teaspoon thyme dried
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper 
• 0.3 teaspoon ground pepper 
• 0.5 cup okra sliced
• 1 serving rice hot cooked

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. In a Dutch oven, saute onion and green pepper in oil until tender.
2. Add rabbit and enough water to cover. Cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until meat is very tender.
3. Add the sausage, salt, thyme, pepper and cayenne. Simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes.
4. Remove rabbit. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones.
5. Cut meat into bite-size pieces; return to pan. Stir in okra; bring to a boil.
6. Serve in bowls over rice.