Live Water Rabbit is a Sichuan dish with rabbit as the main ingredient, and its spices mainly include:

Pixian Bean Paste: used for stir-frying and flavor enhancement, providing a strong spicy flavor to the dish.

Peppercorns: provide a numbing and spicy flavor, and are a key spice in Live Water Rabbit.

Dried Chili Peppers: increase the spiciness of the dish and can be added in moderation according to personal taste.

Ginger: used to remove the fishy flavor while providing a unique taste.

Scallions: used to remove fishy flavor and add aroma to the dish.

Garlic: to add flavor and texture to the dish.

Pixian bean paste and chili sauce: to add spicy flavor to the dish.

Soy sauce: for flavor and color.

Salt: for seasoning and to ensure the ingredients have the right texture.

Monosodium glutamate (MSG): to add freshness to the dish.

In addition, some auxiliary spices, such as star anise, cinnamon, grass fruits, etc., can be added according to personal taste to increase the compound flavor of the dishes. In the cooking process, the matching of various spices and the control of the fire are crucial to ensure that the live water rabbit tastes fresh and fragrant.

Rabbits

Rabbits are herbivorous vertebrates of the family Rabbitidae. Rabbits have small, slightly elongated heads, shorter mouths, longitudinal clefts in the upper lip, larger eyeballs, eye color varies with breed, pink, black, brown and other colors; larger ears, upright or pendulous, mostly one of the characteristics of the breed.

The whole body is covered with dense hair; the back is slightly curved in an arch, the abdomen is soft; the front limbs are shorter, the hind limbs are longer and stronger, the hind feet are especially obvious; the skin is thin, the sweat glands are not developed, there are only a few sweat glands along the lips, and the skin has a respiratory effect; the male rabbit scrotum is not covered with hair on a small portion of the skin.

Rabbits are widely distributed around the globe, mostly found in deserts, grasslands, steppes, forests or woods. They are nocturnal and sleepy, very active at night and quiet during the day, timid and easily startled, docile but poor in group living. Rabbits are herbivores, feeding on the roots, stems, leaves and seeds of plants, and only eating their favorite foods. The gestation period is 30-35 days and each litter produces 1-12 animals. The natural lifespan of a rabbit is usually 4-9 years.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Rabbits (Rabbit family Rabbitidae)