Bunny Chow Recipe

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From the title, you might be thinking I’m sharing how to make food for rabbits, 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.

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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!

South African Bunny Chow #Curry
South African Bunny Chow #Curry

Bunny Chow

The Purple Pumpkin Blog
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Meat & Fish Recipes
Cuisine South African
Servings 4

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.

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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.

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