No bunnies were harmed in the making of this dinner! I was unsure whether to share this one with you as it’s not the prettiest meal I’ve ever cooked up. But it just tastes so gooood! If you’ve never heard of Bunny chow, it’s actually a South-African fast food consisting of half a loaf of bread filled with meat (again not rabbit) or vegetarian curry. One of my office buddies (hey Shaun!) told me about it a couple of years ago (I no longer work in an office now). I loved the idea, but couldn’t get my head around serving curry with a good ole’ English loaf of bread, so I decided to fill it with a hearty beef and Guinness stew instead. It went down a storm (some very dedicated meat and bread lovers in my house), but then for some reason I haven’t gotten around to making it again until recently. You may have read in a couple of my previous posts that I’m trying to lose a few pounds at the moment, so I had mine served in a mini wholemeal bread roll - with extra filling on the side. I do admit to looking jealously at everyone else stuffing themselves with mouthfuls of stew-soaked bread, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it (whilst promising myself that next time I was going to have mine in the biggest bread cob I could get my hands on!). It’s pretty similar to the Beef and Guinness Stew with Crispy Onions that I make, but I serve that version with mashed potato and veg - whereas I put potato and carrots in this version. It’s thick and filling, and the perfect thing for a rainy start-of-Autumn evening.
The Irish Bunny Chow Recipe:
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