Brazilian Rabbit

A friend once shared a recipe for Brazilian chicken with me, but Anthony and I don't really buy chicken in the US.  We did find frozen rabbit in the grocery store, though, so we couldn't resist buying it and decided to put it to use in this recipe.

The recipe calls for the following ingredients:

1 lb. skinless, boneless, chicken, cubed (we substituted rabbit for the chicken)

¼ cup olive oil

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 cup water

½ cup orange juice

1 cup chopped cilantro leaves

1 cup yellow seasoned rice mix (from 8 oz box)

Sprinkle rabbit with salt and pepper.  Heat oil on medium high heat.  Add chicken and garlic, sauté until the meat is browned, about 3 minutes.  Add water and orange juice.  Bring to a boil and mix in rice and seasoning.  Once this has returned to a boil, reduce heat to medium low, cover, and cook until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes.  Remove from heat, let stand covered 10 minutes, and stir in cilantro.

The dish tasted just right and everyone was surprised at how much the rabbit tasted like and had the same texture as chicken.  I'm sure no one would have known if we hadn't told them...