Bunny Chow Recipe
Home » COOK » Recipes » Meat & Fish Recipes » Beef Recipes » Ground Beef Recipes »From the title, you might think I’m sharing how to make rabbit food, but no, Bunny Chow is a South African street food created by the Durban Indian community. I learned how to make this many years ago after watching a show on one of the food channels.
What is bunny chow?
Well, it’s a spicy curry served inside a huge chunk of hollowed out bread – it was designed to be a portable dish, you eat the curry out of the bread ‘dish’ and then you can eat up the bread that has soaked up all the curry juices. It tastes delicious!
It would make an ideal party food for Halloween – I have served this over rice instead of bread, you could make a big pot of it and leave guests to help themselves.
I use beef mince in my bunny chow recipe, but you could make this with lamb, chicken, vegetables or beans.
There are a lot of spice ingredients in this dish, so have a read through before cooking it to make sure you have them all!
If you enjoy our bunny chow, you will also love this Bobotie, which is also from South Africa. Bobotie is a savory meat dish with a touch of spice and sweetness and oh so comforting!
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Bunny Chow
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 4 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 ” piece of ginger peeled and grated
- 1 red chilli deseeded and chopped
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 500 g beef mince
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 300 ml beef stock
- 1 x 400g can butter beans drained and rinsed
- 2 small crusty loafs of bread
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a saucepan and then sweat the onions for a few minutes before adding the garlic, ginger and chilli. Fry gently on a low heat until softened.
- Add all the spices and salt and stir fry for a few minutes.
- Increase the heat, and add the beef mince.
- When browned, stir in the tomato purée and pour in the stock.
- Add the butter beans and mix everything together well.
- Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Cut the loaves of bread in half and hollow out the inside – reserve the bread you've removed.
- Divide the curry mix between the chunks of hollowed out bread and top with the bread filling.
Nutritional information is always approximate and will depend on the quality of ingredients used and serving sizes. If you need exact calories and macros, please do your own calculations.
Kevin
March 5, 2019 @ 5:43 pm
Thanks for the recipe
I tried this today, and it was authentic (I spent half my life in S/Africa, so I know). Perhaps some readers who are used to higher heat might like to add a little more curry powder. This used to be a real bargain on the streets when you needed to get something big down your neck for small bucks. Well done and thanks.
Michelle
March 13, 2019 @ 2:03 pm
Thanks for letting me know it is authentic! I haven’t cooked this dish for a while, but I’m certainly going to get the ingredients in to make it at the weekend :)
Kevin
April 25, 2019 @ 1:13 pm
Here goes batch number 2! By the way, being street food, the eating is meant to be a little less formal, so once you eat about 70% of the meat content from the inside, start tearing off the bread by hand, and scooping the remaining meat out the center with the bread pieces. Best enjoyed with a cold beer.
Michelle Ordever
April 25, 2019 @ 2:12 pm
Ooh, how interesting – enjoy!
Otilia
September 11, 2014 @ 8:41 pm
Interesting dish. I think my kids would find it fun!
Thank you for linking up with #fridayfoodie
Chris Davies
January 22, 2014 @ 11:27 pm
Now that looks tasty! :D
Michelle Ordever
January 23, 2014 @ 11:44 am
It’s very tasty!
Esther James
January 21, 2014 @ 2:50 pm
I really love the sound of this. I might have a go!
Michelle Ordever
January 21, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
It’s a little unusual, but tastes really good!
Phoebe Thomas
October 24, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
this sounds delicious! And I’m looking for inspiration for tonight’s supper, so I might just give it a try! I found you on the big bad blog share and seeing as Halloween’s your favourite time you might like my recent post about a pumpkin festival! http://www.loumessugo.com/en/blog/entry/autumn-pumpkin-fair-la-fete-de-la-courge
Michelle Ordever
October 25, 2013 @ 8:58 am
Hope it turned out well! I had already checked out your pumpkin festival post! Wish we had that sort of thing here in the UK!
Clare Nicholas
October 24, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
Oh my. This is now on my must try list for next week
Michelle Ordever
October 24, 2013 @ 4:02 pm
It’s really gooood! Enjoy!
Heather@ Bury Family Life
October 24, 2013 @ 3:34 pm
what a great idea. I’m going to have to give this a try
Michelle Ordever
October 24, 2013 @ 4:02 pm
Let me know how it goes – there are a lot of spices in this, but they all work so well!