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Welcome to my channel, where I share simple and tasty meal ideas. If you're wondering what 'Lekker' is, it's a catch-all South African phrase for anything that's cool, great, awesome - you get the idea!
I grew up in South Africa but have lived in London for twenty years, where I'm married with four kids ranging from one up to 16. Home cooking for me is about making meals that are affordable, nutritious and convenient, but my approach is really flexible. I rarely follow exact quantities and I love improvising with whatever's in the fridge or the cupboard.
I hope I can inspire other people to give these meals a go. Please let me know in the comments if you've tried my recipes - especially if you've added your own twist. Thanks for watching and have a lekker time in the kitchen!
I grew up in South Africa but have lived in London for twenty years, where I'm married with four kids ranging from one up to 16. Home cooking for me is about making meals that are affordable, nutritious and convenient, but my approach is really flexible. I rarely follow exact quantities and I love improvising with whatever's in the fridge or the cupboard.
I hope I can inspire other people to give these meals a go. Please let me know in the comments if you've tried my recipes - especially if you've added your own twist. Thanks for watching and have a lekker time in the kitchen!
How To Cook Oxtail Potjiekos - Beef Potjie - South African Food #potjiekos #potjie #braai #oxtails
Oxtail Potjiekos Recipe
Join me on a culinary journey as we dive into the rich and aromatic world of South African cuisine with this delicious Oxtail Potjiekos recipe! In this step-by-step guide, I'll show you how to create a tantalising pot of tender oxtail stew infused with a medley of spices and veggies, cooked to perfection in a potjie - a traditional South African cast-iron pot over an open flame.
The slow-cooking process enhances the flavours, this recipe is a celebration of culinary traditions and savoury goodness. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a cooking enthusiast looking to explore new tastes, this Oxtail Potjiekos is a must-try!
In this video, you'll learn:
• Step-by-step cooking instructions
• Which ingredients I like to use for an Oxtail Potjiekos
Gather your ingredients, fire up your potjie pot, and get ready to embark on a flavoursome adventure with this Oxtail Potjiekos recipe!
Ingredients:
• 3kg oxtail, cut into pieces
• 1 cup flour
• Vegetable or olive oil
• 3 large onions
• 6-8 cloves garlic
• 4 large or 6 medium tomatoes
• 4 celery sticks
• 4-6 carrots
• 2 dozen baby potatoes
• Tomato puree
• 3 beef stock cubes
• ¾ bottle red wine
• 4-6 bay leaves
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Worcestershire sauce
• Mushrooms
• Baby sweetcorn
• 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 teaspoons ginger
Potjie pot
Firepit
South African hardwood / braaiwood
Instructions:
1. Light the fire using South African hardwood - it burns for longer.
2. Heat the vegetable oil in a large potjie (cast iron pot) over medium-high heat.
3. Pat dry oxtail pieces with paper towel.
4. Cover the oxtail pieces with flour - season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add oxtail pieces to the pot and brown on all sides, working in batches if necessary.
6. Remove the oxtail from the pot and set aside.
7. Add the chopped onion, minced garlic, herbs and spices to the potjie and cook until softened.
8. Return the browned oxtail to the pot.
9. Crush beef stock cubes, splash Worcester sauce and squeeze some tomato puree.
10. Free pour wine.
11. Add tomatoes and celery.
12. Add potatoes, carrots and mushrooms.
13. Cover the pot with its lid and reduce the heat to low.
14. Let the potjiekos simmer gently for 3-5 hours, until the oxtail is tender and falling off the bone.
15. Once the oxtail is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, remove the pot from the heat.
16. Serve with rice, dumplings, pap or anything of your choice.
This recipe should yield a flavourful and hearty oxtail potjiekos for a larger group. Enjoy your cooking!
Join me on a culinary journey as we dive into the rich and aromatic world of South African cuisine with this delicious Oxtail Potjiekos recipe! In this step-by-step guide, I'll show you how to create a tantalising pot of tender oxtail stew infused with a medley of spices and veggies, cooked to perfection in a potjie - a traditional South African cast-iron pot over an open flame.
The slow-cooking process enhances the flavours, this recipe is a celebration of culinary traditions and savoury goodness. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a cooking enthusiast looking to explore new tastes, this Oxtail Potjiekos is a must-try!
In this video, you'll learn:
• Step-by-step cooking instructions
• Which ingredients I like to use for an Oxtail Potjiekos
Gather your ingredients, fire up your potjie pot, and get ready to embark on a flavoursome adventure with this Oxtail Potjiekos recipe!
Ingredients:
• 3kg oxtail, cut into pieces
• 1 cup flour
• Vegetable or olive oil
• 3 large onions
• 6-8 cloves garlic
• 4 large or 6 medium tomatoes
• 4 celery sticks
• 4-6 carrots
• 2 dozen baby potatoes
• Tomato puree
• 3 beef stock cubes
• ¾ bottle red wine
• 4-6 bay leaves
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Worcestershire sauce
• Mushrooms
• Baby sweetcorn
• 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 teaspoons ginger
Potjie pot
Firepit
South African hardwood / braaiwood
Instructions:
1. Light the fire using South African hardwood - it burns for longer.
2. Heat the vegetable oil in a large potjie (cast iron pot) over medium-high heat.
3. Pat dry oxtail pieces with paper towel.
4. Cover the oxtail pieces with flour - season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add oxtail pieces to the pot and brown on all sides, working in batches if necessary.
6. Remove the oxtail from the pot and set aside.
7. Add the chopped onion, minced garlic, herbs and spices to the potjie and cook until softened.
8. Return the browned oxtail to the pot.
9. Crush beef stock cubes, splash Worcester sauce and squeeze some tomato puree.
10. Free pour wine.
11. Add tomatoes and celery.
12. Add potatoes, carrots and mushrooms.
13. Cover the pot with its lid and reduce the heat to low.
14. Let the potjiekos simmer gently for 3-5 hours, until the oxtail is tender and falling off the bone.
15. Once the oxtail is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, remove the pot from the heat.
16. Serve with rice, dumplings, pap or anything of your choice.
This recipe should yield a flavourful and hearty oxtail potjiekos for a larger group. Enjoy your cooking!
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Well done. I love oxtail
What is the liquid poured, is it red wine or vinegar?
Only the rich can afford oxtail
Luke goes!! Lekker 👌🏾
Then cook Stambu( Samp) with boontjies… ijooo or idombolo ( dumplings) or jeqe
Good kos
Excellent. Reminds me of back home. That outside fire.🔥 The food tastes better too
Appetizing!
Where can I buy the pot in london?
Greetings from Cape Town 🇿🇦
....what an asshole....stirring the potjie with the point of that lovely knife & scraping it....
Nice knife! I've never seen anyone break up an oxo cube like that but my gran probably did it that way 😛 I appreciate the video but I don't do the flour anymore because when browning the meat it tends to burn and burnt flour spoils the whole poitjie
Sorry mate, need to give you a wake up call!YOU CAN NOT MAKE POTJIE!!😢
I welcome and encourage feedback but it's not nice to be rude to people. If you want to give nice constructive advice, please will you tell me know how to make a potjie? Thank you in advance ☺️
I'm not being rude! People think cooking a stew in a pot is potjiekos. Tell me what potjie you would like to make, and I will send you the recipe!
Just my cup of gravy, firstly you should trim the fat off the oxtail.. look at your sauce at the end, very oily, second NEVER use olive oil to brown your meat (look it up) Tomatoes, or any GREEN veg do not belong in an oxtail potjie. Mushrooms, carrots and potatoes, Red wine, garlic, rosemary, THAT's it and yes, oxtail stock cube or even oxtail soup powder accepted. Ps what I have learned over the years, (seeing you have outdoor facility) is to put the unseasoned , trimmed oxtail on the Braai !! to get the sear and the extra smokey flavor. Last note, what Ina Paarman .. Paarman Foods) taught me (yes I know her personally) is to add sliced beef chin to your pot, it will stretch the pot as oxtail is very expensive now in SA, don't know about the UK. Well done and good luck with your next endeavors. Remember NO TOMATOES in an Oxtail Potjie!!
end result could have been better.just too much stirring and too watery,just saying
Not sure about the firefighter!
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Mmmmm
To much sauce. A potjie must have just enough sauce ... the veg must be done and stil whole it needs more meat and it lacks small green and yellow pumpkin....thats my 5 cents
Looks good 👍🏿
Yumy
Ja, hierdie boerseun mag maar n potjie maak! Ek hoop net die kole is genoeg.
AL DIE KAK VAN POTJIE KOS. KOOK DIT OP N ELEKTRIEK STOOF. SMAAK NET SO LEKKER. DIE ROOK & HOUT & YSTERPOT HET FOKKEL TE DOEN MET DIE RESEP. SOU JY N TOILET IN JOU HUIS HÈ , GAAN KAK JY BUITE ?
Look so delicious
Yaa but where's the rest of the meat
That oil is a hell no in a pot my brutji use water instead the meat has its own fat for oil..🇳🇦
I've never thought of not using a bit of oil at the beginning to line the potjie and help brown the meat but I'll keep this method in find. Thanks for the tip 👍
You are the best I watch your videos all the time I share them with many people I use your recipes honestly what you do bring happiness in our life so we don’t feel too far from home land thank you x3 for doing this ❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Wow, that is such a lovely message. Many thanks for letting me know. You're right, small things like these bring us happiness when we're far from home. ❤
What herbs and spices were used? We are making this potjie right now!
Nice, enjoy. Please look in the video's description for the ingredients.
Het ou, kan ek nie jou sponsor met a skerp mes of so nie? Jy kan met daai ding wat jy sny allie pad kaalgat af Kaap toe ry.
Haha... ja, asseblief 🙂
Because the cheff kept stirring the potjie it ended up as a stew... Not a potjie.
I find that it's good to stir the meat while it's browning - together with the onions, garlic, herbs, spices, base veggies etc. If you don't stir it at this stage then you won't get the flavours onto your meat - and you can't brown the meat if you don't stir it. You'll note that I layered the veggies and didn't stir them at all. I even mentioned this in the video. Thanks for your feedback.
Your pottieskos is looking delicious bt wat are ingredients pls
Especially spices
Many thanks. I normally put the ingredients in the video's description but please see below in case you couldn't find it. Enjoy! 1kg lamb 1 large onion 1 garlic 2 tsp coarse salt 1/2 tsp pepper 2 tsp mixed dried herbs 1 tsp fennel seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp caraway seeds 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 5 bay leaves 500ml meat and vegetable stock 500ml tomato puree stock 2 large tomatoes 2 large carrots 1 large leek 12 shallots 1.5kg potatoes Handful green beans 20 small mushrooms 20 cherry tomatoes
@@user-xl5we3vd4v, I've replied to your other comment 🙂
looks lekker 😋
Arties moet vroeg in sodat dit kan lekker sag maak,en dit help met die sous ook dik kry. Groente gaan laaste 10 minute in sodat dit nie pap kook nie.
Baie dankie - ek sal dit volgende keer probeer.
This is a high-end potjie.... love it. I always flavour my veggie layers after browning the oxtail...cook the oxtail as you do, then layer my veggies without stirring the pot. Once completed, I then give it a final stir/mix and let it rest for approx 5 minutes before we dish. I am definitely going to try your method.... looks delicious 😋😋😋
Thank you for watching my video and taking your time to let us know how you make yours. Your method also sounds good. 🙂
Dit lyk verskriklik lekker, yummy
Baie dankie. Die was baie lekker 🙂
leeks?
Feel free to include leeks. I've used leeks in other potjies but not in this one.
Duude, thats not a poitjie, sorry.
I miss South Africa. I will cook potjiekos this weekend ~ will copy your recipe. Dankie
I also miss SA but this is a nice way to keep traditions going. Enjoy cooking over the weekend and don't forget to let us know how it goes.
Yummy! I like the idea of separating the veg before dishing up.😀 Ek geniet baie sous! Dankie vir die inspirasie. ❤
Thanks - this is the first time that I separated the veggies from the meat and I'm glad I did. Will keep doing it in the future , or else it's a luck of the draw when dishing up.
It finally arrived and in excellent condition. A #2 Best Duty body and a Falkirk #2 lid! Stellar on the inside, some rust and old dust on the outside. A good scrape here and there, hot bath and 3 light oils and trips through the oven...she's beautiful! In Eastern Oregon no one considers eating ox tails.... It will be an event for our two real butchers of the area when I ask for ox tails!! Thanks, again, for posting and don't let the 'critics' get you down. That dinner looked super yummy....hope mine is as good!
Many thanks for your kind messages. I'm glad your potjie arrived in excellent conditions. You're going to cook many tasty meals in your new toy. PLEASE let me/ us know how you get on. Haha, it'll be cool to find out how the butchers react - they might need to order some in for you. Oxtail is a cheap cut of meat that they might even throw away so they'll probably be happy to supply it to you. You might even start a new trend in Eastern Oregon.
@@londonsouthafrican How many hours to cook this African stew!❤
Im going to cook it following what I saw. Awesome
Nice, let us know how it turns out. 🙂
Baie lekker…van Southampton UK.
Baie dankie - nie te ver van ons af nie 🙂
Stew
Lekker stew 🙂
Pot sop
Dankie vir die Oxtail Sop resep. Jy moet leer behoorlike pot maak voor jy sulke kak op TH-cam post
Se hom ja. lmk' Te veel wyn
Kinda rude nei 😂
@@AdrianaGyska 🙂
Ek wil altyd leer hoe ander mense dit maak. Any tips are welcome so please share them 🙂
@@sadeqmintin4909 haha, te veel wyn = babelaas
😭😢..... 👌🏽👌🏽🙌🏾
🙂
Dude… so good
Thanks pal
Asome Gary, wish I was there to share the delicious oxtail 🎉
💜
Thank you, it was mouth watering 🙂
Dit lyk heerlik, knap gedaan
Baie dankie, dit het lekker geproe
How timely and delicious! Best Duty potjies are hard to find and when you do, they are very expensive here in the USA....$200+ for #2! Stumbled across one on EBay auction, just what I have been looking for for several months...a Best Duty #2. Just my size and in excellent condition for just under $100 with freight. Am so excited for it and to find your site. All the cows around me need their tails at this time, so I'll sub for the beef. BTW, what wine did you use? ...keep posting and have a great Spring!
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm glad you found the potjie that you were looking for. Don't worry if you can't find oxtail, just replace it with another cut of meat, however, you might want to reduce the cooking time if it isn't a tough meat like oxtail. I used cheap wine that I bought from a supermarket - it worked well.