Poitjiekos (Afrikaans stew on the fire)
South Africa, potjiekos literally translated "small pot food", is a stew prepared outdoors.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp knob of butter or oil
- 1 chilli pepper fresh
- 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 500 g pack of fresh mushroom whole
- 1 kg stewing beef bone on and cut in chunks
- 500 mg sugar beans, red kidney beans, white kidney beans, haricot beans, black-eyed beans pre-soaked overnight
- 4 carrots, and other seasonal vegetables of your choice roughly chopped
- 12 baby potatoes
- 2 tins sweet corn (mealies) creamed
- 500 ml beef stock
- 50 mixed herbs
- salt
- pepper
- 1/2 cup red wine optional
Instructions
- Braise onions and mushrooms in butter and flavoured salt.
- Add chili and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
- Add beef, return the lid and let it steam for 5 minutes.
- Add carrots and potatoes and other vegetables. Cover and let it steam for 5 minutes.
- Add beans, sweetcorn, 500 ml beef stock, 50 ml mixed herbs and ½ cup red wine (optional).
- Cover pot and leave to cook for 20 minutes.
- Keep covered and simmer for 1.5 hours, monitoring to ensure that mixture does not dry out.
- Add the fresh mushrooms about 20 minutes before serving.
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