Nice Camping Recipe.
 
We absolutely love our "potjiekos". A "potjie" is a
cast iron pot and you get them in many different sizes and you can prepare the
whole meal in one of them. The "potjie" is a very versatile
piece of equipment because you can use it to prepare stews, roasts and you can
even bake a bread in them.
I'm just going to give you one of my favourite "potjiekos" recipes but if you are interested I
can 
you some more...
Oxtail potjie. (Feeds about 8 people)
Ingredients:
 | 2 X oxtails (chopped) |
| Cooking oil |
| 3 X chopped onions |
| 2 X onions (sliced) |
| Salt |
| 1 X packet Oxtail Soup |
| 250 ml beef stock |
| 4 X Potatoes (thick slices) |
| 4 X Carrots (sliced) |
| 1 X Tin of Butterbeans |
| 250 g Green Peas |
| 250 g Mushrooms |
| 6 X Baby Marrows (sliced) |
| Lumps of dough (dumplings) |
Method:
Use a number 3 Pot (Large)
- In a warm pot, fry the two oxtails and the chopped onions with a little
cooking oil till nice and brown and add the salt.
- Add the beef stock and soup powder and leave to slowly cook for about two
and a half hours till the meat is nice and soft. Skim of the fat.
- Add a layer of potatoes, carrots and the butterbeans with it's sauce
- Add a layer of Green peas, mushrooms, baby marrows and onion rings
- Close the pot and allow it to cook till the vegetables is about 15 minutes
from done
Add the dough dumplings, close the pot and allow to cook for another 15
minutes, at this time you can add a few coals from the fire onto the lid of the
pot. to allow the dumplings to be well cooked from the top as well.
     
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