Japanese dish I nearly tried out, containing rabbit (8)
I believe the answer is:
teriyaki
'japanese dish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'i nearly tried out containing rabbit' is the wordplay.
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'containing' is an insertion indicator.
'rabbit' becomes 'yak' ().
'tried' with its final letter taken away is 'trie'.
'i'+'trie'='itrie'
'itrie' with letters rearranged gives 'terii'.
'terii' going around 'yak' is 'TERIYAKI'.
(Other definitions for teriyaki that I've seen before include "Japanese dish of cooked meat or seafood, marinated in soy sauce" , "Japanese cooking using sweet soy sauce" , "Oriental food" , "Japanese dish of beef, chicken or seafood, marinated in soy sauce" , "Basted and broiled" .)