Discover the Benefits of Whole Rabbit Fryers
Fryers are young rabbits with tender meat and a mild, clean flavor. As with whole chickens, whole rabbits can be more economical, and they offer versatility for chefs as well. Using different techniques and different parts of the animal, you can create multiple menu items or showcase rabbit prepared two ways on a single dish.
Whole rabbits can be cut up and roasted or braised. Rabbit saddles can be grilled, roasted or cooked sous vide. Deboned rabbit saddle meat and belly meat can be used for roulades. Rabbit legs are best braised or confited. Each whole fryer provides two or three entree servings.
Versatile whole rabbit fryers can be prepared several ways, depending on regional cuisines or specific restaurant styles. Here are a few ways whole rabbit fryers for foodservice can be used in various cuisine types:
Braised Rabbit
- Common in French, Italian, and Mediterranean cuisines.
- Rabbit is slow cooked in a flavorful broth, often with wine, herbs (like rosemary or thyme), and vegetables. Popular dishes include Rabbit à la moutarde (with mustard sauce) and Coniglio alla cacciatora (Italian-style rabbit stew).
Grilled or Roasted Rabbit
- Common in Mediterranean and Spanish cuisines.
- The rabbit is marinated in olive oil, garlic, and herbs, then grilled or roasted until tender. Spain's Conejo al Ajillo (rabbit in garlic sauce) is a good example.
Rabbit Stew
- Common in European and American cuisines.
- A rustic stew of rabbit with vegetables like potatoes, carrots, and onions, sometimes with a rich gravy or wine reduction, is a staple in French and Belgian cooking.
Rabbit PAtE or Terrine
- Common in French and European fine dining.
- Ground rabbit meat mixed with herbs, fat and often rabbit liver is pureed until smooth and served as a spread for bread or toast.
Fried Rabbit
- Common in Southern American cuisine.
- Rabbit is dredged in seasoned flour and deep-fried just like fried chicken.
Rabbit Ragu
- Common in Italian cuisine.
- Rabbit is slow-cooked and shredded to create a rich, savory ragu often served with pasta like pappardelle.
Stuffed Rabbit
- Common in European and Mediterranean cuisines.
- Deboned rabbit is stuffed with vegetables, herbs, sausage, or mushrooms, then roasted or braised.
Rabbit Sausages
- Common in gastropubs and fine dining settings.
- Rabbit meat combined with spices and herbs makes a lighter, leaner alternative to traditional pork sausages.
Grupo Hermi Rabbit From Spain
Rabbits have been hopping around the world for millennia, and humans have been eating rabbit since the days of Ancient Rome. The European rabbit, the only domesticated rabbit species and the forerunner of all 305 global rabbit breeds, originated on the Iberian Peninsula.
Today Spain produces the highest quality rabbit meat for foodservice. Grupo Hermi, Spain’s premier rabbit producer, is our source for wholesale rabbit fryers and rabbit parts for restaurants. They are the most trusted rabbit producer in Europe, backed by 50 years of expertise and innovation. The eating quality of Grupo Hermi rabbit is unsurpassed. Sought after by Michelin-starred chefs, Grupo Hermi rabbit tastes mild and clean, like chicken, but richer and more complex. You’ve never tasted rabbit this good.
By controlling all aspects of production, from feeding and farming to processing and packaging, Grupo Hermi ensures there is no better rabbit meat for foodservice on the market today.
Grupo Hermi wholesale rabbit meat is humanely raised on all-vegetarian feed without added hormones or sub-therapeutic antibiotics. Fully traceable, Grupo Hermi’s wholesale rabbit fryers are air chilled, and blast frozen for superior quality, and consistently available year-round.
About Marx Foodservice
Marx Foodservice is a wholesale meat distributor with more than 20 years of experience. As a restaurant and foodservice supplier, we seek out only the finest meats and seafood for restaurants. Our products are humanely raised or wild caught with the highest standards of animal welfare and the least environmental impact possible. We scour the world to find exceptional wholesale meats and seafood you won’t find anywhere else. In addition to superior rabbit fryers for foodservice and wholesale rabbit parts, our portfolio includes other wholesale game meats, like venison, bison, elk, and wild boar, along with grass-fed beef, grain-enhanced beef, grass-fed lamb, Iberico pork, Kurobuta (Berkshire) pork, milk-fed veal, grain-fed veal, and much more. All our foodservice meats are expertly butchered for consistency and the highest yields. We deliver by van to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Washington restaurants and nationwide via FedEx.