A Tasty Oxtail Potjie Recipe idea for the best easy South African one pot meal for a family on coals on an open fire for lunch or dinner.
Tasty Oxtail Potjie Recipe
Cook this tasty oxtail potjie pot recipe ideas on an open fire for the family meal. An all in one pot, that is a Grill Braai or Barbecue cook, and contains vegetables and meat with spices. An outside fire reduced to coals for a long slow cook in a cast iron potjie pot. An easy and the best south African meal for lunch or dinner.
You would have to light your fire with wood or coal or briquettes. At least three quarters of an hour earlier before you start to cook. Let them burn to coals and keep some aside to keep the coals going for the length of time needed for this recipe.
How long does it take for oxtails to get tender?
This method of cooking your oxtail in a potjie for a long slow cook is best to get it tender and will include vegetables and spices. A 3-5 hour cook on warm coals with lid closed is ideal to get the meat tender and tasty. A slow cook will tenderize the Cartlidge of the meat and bring out the flavor of the marrow from the bones.
What country does oxtail come from?
Oxtail is a British comfort food for a meal of soup. Originated in London’s east end by Spitalfields-dwelling Huguenots in the seventeenth century, the dish combines beef tails in a vegetable stew.
Is oxtail a cow or bull?
It used to come from a tail of an ox, but now days it comes from either sex, of a cow or a bull.
What do you serve with oxtail?
Some side dish ideas to serve with an oxtail meal.
- roasted vegetables
- mashed potato
- sautéed greens
- any potato roasted
- coleslaw
- corn breads
If cooked in one pot with vegetables and potato and spices then all you would add as a side is some baked bread slices. A full meal in one.
Ingredients
- oxtail joints
- olive oil
- flour for dusting
- medium onion
- red wine
- water
- salt and pepper
- chopped tomatoes
- tomato paste
- crushed garlic cloves
- bay leaves
- rosemary or dried
- whole baby onions peeled
- chopped green beans
- packet of oxtail soup
- medium potato’s halved
- medium carrots cleaned and sliced
Get all the amounts and the instructions in the recipe attached.
A few photos of the ingredients needed.
tomato, garlic, onion.
carrots, green beans, potato.
olive oil, salt and pepper, bay leaf, rosemary and more.
Oxtail joint pieces of meat.
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While you get the ingredients ready, the fire should have been started and reduced to some coals and ready to place the potjie on the coals.
After braising the meat and browning it with the onions in the oil. That’s when you have placed the potjie on the coals first. Then you add the ingredients as per recipe below.
This recipe takes time to slowly simmer for hours and adding the ingredients in stages. This is what makes this an absolutely delicious recipe.
Enough to feed a family while you sit around the fire and chat and have some drinks and appetizers while you wait.
A potjie on a fire or coals can be made outside or inside braai or grill area.
Below is the recipe for you to make that is easy enough for a beginner and you can download or save it.
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PrintTasty Oxtail Potjie Recipe
A Tasty Oxtail Potjie Recipe idea for the best easy South African one pot meal for a family on coals on an open fire for lunch or dinner.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 4Hrs 30 min
- Total Time: 4 Hrs 45min
- Yield: 8
- Category: potjie pot
- Method: braai or grill
- Cuisine: south african
Ingredients
- 1 kg of oxtail joints
- 3 Tablespoons of olive oil
- 1/2 cup of flour for dusting
- 1 medium onion
- 3 cups of red wine
- 1 cup of water
- salt and pepper
- 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoons of tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons of crushed garlic cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs of rosemary or dried
- 8 – 10 whole baby onions peeled
- 2 cups of chopped green beans
- packet of oxtail soup
- 10 medium potato’s halved
- 6 medium carrots cleaned and sliced
Instructions
- Firstly the fire should have been started and coals should be hot for the start of the potjie.
- Heat the potjie pot on the coals and add the olive oil, chopped onions and garlic. Then dust the dried oxtail meat with the flour and add to the potjie.
- Brown the oxtail pieces of meat lightly being careful not to burn them.
- Once the meat is braised and brown add the wine, water tomato and paste peppercorns, and season with salt and pepper. Top with rosemary sprigs and bay leaves.
- Place the lid on and simmer the potjie over a medium heat for about 2 1/2 hours. Checking that the coals stay warm and a medium heat. (continuedly check the coals and provide more under the potjie pot)
- At this stage make sure that the meat is just covered with liquid. You could add a little water if needed.
- Add the baby onions, carrots and potato’s. Cook for another hour.
- Then you mix the oxtail soup with the required water and add it to the potjie. With the green beans and simmer for another hour.
- You keep an eye on the coals and liquid in the potjie and cook until the meat falls of the bones and is tender.
- Season with ground Himalayan salt and black pepper, serve on rice. Or even make a pot bread to break and eat with the potjie. OH so Yummy.
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