Name: Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 1 kg OX Tail, Lamb Neck or Osso Bucco, You can also use a combination of all three meats.; 8 to 12 Carrots, Trimmed, Skin on or Peeled; 800 g Green Beans, Trimmed; 2 Onions, Sliced into strips / chunks; Braai Salt / BBQ Spice, For seasoning while braai'ing / bbq'ing the meat; Salt & Pepper; Olive Oil; 1 can of Diced Tomato; 1 cup Red Wine, Shiraz, Merlot or Pinot Noir works great; 2 tbsp Tomato Paste; 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce; 1 cup Cream; 2 cup Beef Stock; 1 packet Brown Onion Soup, Or brown onion stock powder; 3 tbsp Fruit Chutney (Mrs Balls), Alternatively use Apricot Jam; 2 cloves Crushed Garlic; Fresh Chives; 2 tbsp Corn Flour, Used as a sauce thickener

Prep 30 minCook 2 hr 30 minTotal 3 hrServes 4Cuisine South AfricanCourse Main Course

★★★★★5.0 (3)

This braai potjie is a spinoff of a traditional South African potjie or stew but with two main differences. The meat is browned aka braai'ed over coals and the vegetables are roasted seperate from the potjie / stew. The reason we love this potjie is because I get to braai and linger around the fire for two and a half hours while the potjie and vegetables cook.

Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies

Ingredients

Main Ingredients

1 kg OX Tail, Lamb Neck or Osso BuccoYou can also use a combination of all three meats.

8 to 12 CarrotsTrimmed, Skin on or Peeled

800 g Green BeansTrimmed

2 OnionsSliced into strips / chunks

Braai Salt / BBQ SpiceFor seasoning while braai'ing / bbq'ing the meat

Salt & Pepper

Olive Oil

Sauce

1 can of Diced Tomato

1 cup Red Wine Shiraz, Merlot or Pinot Noir works great

2 tbsp Tomato Paste

2 tbsp Tomato Sauce

1 cup Cream

2 cups Beef Stock

1 packet Brown Onion SoupOr brown onion stock powder

3 tbsp Fruit Chutney (Mrs Balls)Alternatively use Apricot Jam

2 cloves Crushed Garlic

Fresh Chives

Optional

2 tbsp Corn FlourUsed as a sauce thickener

Directions

Cut the onions into chunks.

Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies: step 1

Add olive oil and onions to a potjie, dutch / camp oven and place it on a grid over the coals.

Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies: step 2

While the onions are frying, prepare your vegetables.

Place the green beans in an aluminium baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and peper.

Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies: step 3

Place the carrots in a second tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and peper.

Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies: step 4

Place the tray with the carrots in the dutch oven on top of a trivet to prevent the carrots from burning.

Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies: step 5

Next, place the tray with the green beans diagonally over the carrots. The vegetables are now ready to go onto the fire. Place some coals on the lid and cook for approximately two and a half hours. Check every 30 minutes to ensure the heat is sufficient and not too hot or cold.

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Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies: step 6

When the onions are soft and caramelised, move the potjie to the side and brown your meat on the grid. Make sure to generously spice the meat with Braai spice / BBQ spice. This is where a lot of the flavour will come from as the sauce do not have a lot of salt.

Braai Potjie (BBQ Stew) with Roasted Veggies: step 7