Try this simple but super oxtail bredie
Always been intimidated by the thought of making a proper tomato bredie? Now’s your chance with this easy recipe. Add the ingredients and let it simmer happily on the stove for a couple of hours while you get on with other things. This is simple slow-cooking at its best.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg oxtail
- 1 kg ripe tomatoes, blanched to remove the skin
- 800 g chopped tinned tomatoes
- 2 large onions
- 2 large sweet potatoes, sliced
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper
- Brown sugar to taste
- Basil (optional), to taste
- Tomato paste to thicken, if needed
Method:
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan and brown the oxtail.
- Remove from the pan and fry the onions until soft.
- Add tomatoes https://www.woolworths.co.za/prod/Food/Fruit-Vegetables-Salads/Salads-Herbs/Tomatoes/Israeli-Tomatoes-6Pk/_/A-20003951, salt and pepper and oxtail. Cook covered, on a low heat for 3 hours (or in the oven at 120°C). Sweeten with sugar to taste if needed.
- Add sweet potatoes and cook for 30 minutes. Add 1-2 T tomato paste to thicken if the gravy needs it.
- Serve with rice and garnish with basil (optional). (Recipe by Lilian Fester)
(Serves 4)
This recipe is part of TASTE's "Mother Knows Best" feature (May 2016), where the TASTE team convinced their mothers to share their secret recipes.
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