The meat usually comes first. Add a dash of cooking oil in the pot and when it is hot add the meat. Add sliced onions and stir the meat to seal in the flavoir. Cook the meat until nearly done. Add vegetables in layers according to cooking times, carrots at the bottom followed by sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkin, mushroom etc. Arrange the vegetables in layers around the sides forming a hollow for the rice. Marinade or liquid is now added to about 2 cm under the top layer of vegetables.
”Potjie”…pronounced…”poykie”…in Afrikaans…a big or medium-sized pot is a….hold on…”pot!”…and the “tjie” makes it a “small” pot…but in this case…this pot is not small….and South Africans used to say…”we’re going to build a potjie” …that is because there is so much to add and to do…and it takes time… sounds funny…hey…lol
Beef and Veggies Potjie
In this lovely Potjie extra salt is not needed as the soya sauce contains enough salt.
As substitute for the sherry you may also use Port.
It’s enough for 6 people and a size 3 Potjie Pot is recommended.
Ingredients
1 kg Stewing beef, cubed
1 Beef kidney, cubed
2 Medium onions, sliced
125 ml Dried apricots, soaked in water for 1 hour
4 Carrots, peeled and sliced
2 Sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced
4 Medium potatoes, peeled and halved
6 Baby marrow, sliced
250 ml Cabbage, chopped
1 Tomato, peeled and sliced
30 ml Dried parsley
30 ml Cooking oil
Black pepper to taste
The sauce
125 ml Sweet sherry
125 ml Soya sauce
5 ml Black pepper
3 ml Dry mustard
1 ml Dry rosemary
1 ml Dry thyme
1 Cube beef stock
500 ml Boiling water
Method
Heat the oil in the Pot and brown the meat and kidney till almost brown
Add the onions and brown together
Mix the ingredients of the sauce and add it to the Pot
Stir well, cover with the lid and simmer for 1.5 hours
Layer the dried fruit and then the veggies as they appear in the recipe
Sprinkle some pepper over the tomatoes
Cover with the lid and allow the Potjie to simmer for about 2 hours or until the veggies are done
Serves 6
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Beef and Beer Potjie
Ingredients
1 kg beef fillet, cubed
15 ml cake flour
5 ml paprika
15 ml butter
15 ml cooking oil
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
15 ml white sugar
8 green beans, sliced
4 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
5 ml mixed dried herbs or marjoram
375 ml beer
250 ml beef stock
1 packet tomato soup powder
1 bay leaf
15 ml vinegar
10 ml cornflour
salt and pepper to taste
Method
Combine the paprika and flour and place in a plastic bag.
Add the meat cubes and shake well to coat the meat.
Melt the butter and oil in the pot and brown the meat over medium hot coals.
Remove and set aside.
Fry the onions and sugar, stirring now and then until the onions are tender.
Add the beans, carrots and garlic and simmer for 5 minutes.
Return the meat to the pot and stir in the herbs, beer, stock, soup powder and bay leaf.
Replace the lid and simmer till the meat is tender (45 minutes to 1 hour).
Stir occasionally, using a wooden spoon.
Mix the vinegar and cornflour and stir in.
Simmer until the gravy has thickened and season with salt and pepper.
Mutton Curry Potjie
This unique Potjiekos won third prize in Huisgenoot’s Transvaal Potjiekos competition and first prize in Beeld’s Potjiekos competition.
It’s enough for 6 people and a size 3 Potjie is recommended.
Ingredients
2 kg skaapskenkel (sheep shin), cubed
3 Large onions, diced
2 Medium eggplant, peeled and cubed
8 Baby potatoes, peeled
4 Large tomatoes, diced
60ml Oil
50ml Butter
4 Sticks of cinnamon
10 Whole cloves (kruinaeltjies)
Salt and pepper to taste
Little bit of white sugar
The Marinade
30ml Oil
20ml Medium curry powder
10ml Grated ginger
10ml Borrie (turmeric)
10ml Lemon juice
5ml Mustard
The Yoghurt mixture
500ml Natural yoghurt
20ml Chopped fresh parsley
Method
Mix the ingredients of the marinade and pour over the meat for about 1 hour
Heat the oil and butter in the Potjie and then add the stick cinnamon and cloves for a few minutes
Add the onions and braai until soft
Remove the onions but let the stick cinnamon and cloves remain in the Pot
Brown the meat and add a little water if necessary
Add the onion mixture to the meat, cover with the lid and allow to simmer for about 1 hour
Place the eggplant cubes on top of the meat and season with the salt and pepper
Layer the potatoes and tomatoes and once again season with salt and pepper and a little bit of white sugar
Cover with the lid and allow to simmer for approximately 2-3 hours
Stir well before serving and serve with rice and the yoghurt mixture over each serving
Serves 6
Oxtail Potjie (1)
Ingredients
1 kg oxtail, cut into joints
500 ml water
300 ml red wine
6-8 whole button onions, peeled
1.5 cups baby carrots, peeled
12 whole new (baby) potatoes, unpeeled
2 cups frozen green peas
250 ml water
25 grams oxtail soup powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp crushed garlic
Method
Heat the pot until very hot
Brown the meat in its own fat (don’t burn it!)
Add the water and the wine
Cover and simmer for 1 hour
Add the onions
Replace the lid and simmer for another 2 hours
Have an occasional peek and add water if necessary
Arrange the carrots, potatoes and peas in layers on top of the meat.
Cover and simmer for a further 1 hour
Mix the water, soup powder, salt and garlic and add to pot
Simmer for a further 15 minutes
Serve with French bread, chips or rice
Serves 4
Oxtail and Mutton Potjie
This Potjie has won competition after competition.
It has it’s ingredients packed in circles and not in layers, which makes the dishing up easier and also enables one to have a better look at what’s in the Pot.
It’s enough for 6 people and a size 3 Potjie is recommended.
Ingredients
1 Oxtail, cut into pieces
500g of Skaapskenkels (sheep shin), cut into pieces
500g Skaapstertjies/ribbetjies (Sheep tails/ribs)
250g Bacon, diced
8 Medium onions, diced
500ml Greenbeans, cut up
1 Bunch of carrots, sliced
0.5 Cauliflower, broken up
300g Button mushrooms
1 Green pepper, diced
15 Baby potatoes
2 Celery sticks, chopped
15 Whole baby onions
1 Red chilli pepper
Roughly chopped parsley
30ml Butter
4 Blocks beef stock, crumbled
10 Whole peppercorns
8 Whole cloves (kruinaeltjies)
4 Cloves of garlic, chopped
10ml Mixed herbs
1 Stick cinnamon
Pepper to taste
125ml Dry red wine
62ml Water
Grated neutmuskaat to taste
15g Brown onion soup
Method
Coat the Pot with the butter and braai the meat for about 15 minutes until brown
Add the onions, bacon, beef stock, spices and herbs and braai for a further 15 minutes
Remove the mutton pieces
Add the water and the wine to the oxtail, cover with the lid and allow the Potjie to simmer for about 1 hour
Replace the mutton and let it simmer for a further 50 minutes
Now pack the veggies as follows - A ring of green beans against the edge of the Pot, then a ring of carrots and a ring of cauliflower right in the middle
Push the mushrooms tightly between the edge of the Pot and the green beans and sprinkle with the chilli
Pack the potatoes between the beans and the carrots and sprinkle the celery over it
Pack the onions around the cauliflower and sprinkle the soup powder and parsley over it
Cover with the lid and allow it to simmer for a further 2 hours or until the veggies are soft
No salt is used as the soup powder and beef stock contains enough salt
Serves 6
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