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Easy Biltong Pasta Potjie Recipe

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Easy Biltong Pasta Potjie Recipe made with sour cream and cheddar cheese. Best ever south african creamy potjie meal cooked on coals.

  • Author: FillMyRecipeBook
  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 1 hr
  • Total Time: 1 hr 15 min
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: easy
  • Method: braai on coals
  • Cuisine: South african

Ingredients

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  1. 12 Onions chopped
  2. 2 cloves of crushed garlic
  3. 500 g of mushrooms
  4. 2 sprigs of Thyme
  5. 1 kg of biltong (not dry but with a bit of red meat in the middle)
  6. 1 kg of frozen mixed veggies. (or tin of corn kernels) optional
  7. 1.500 kg of pasta shells or twirls
  8. 2 red and green bell pepper sliced
  9. 5 cubes of chicken stock
  10. 750 ml sour cream
  11. 8 tablespoons of tomato paste
  12. 1 kg of cheddar grated cheese

Instructions

  1. Fry onion in the medium heated potjie over the coal with a little olive oil until tender.
  2. Add the garlic crushed and bell peppers and cook for about 5 minutes.
  3. Reduce your heat on the potjie pot. (take away some coals from under the potjie)
  4. Add the vegetables, Then place the pasta shells on top and then the sauce with the chicken stock cubes. Place the lid on and let it simmer for about 30 minutes.
  5. Then add the sour cream mushrooms and mix all together.
  6. The biltong and cheddar cheese can now be added to this mixture and mix all together. Then place the lid on the potjie and let it simmer on a low heat of ash coals for another 30 minutes.
  7. Serve and enjoy with salads or bread.

Notes

Serve with some cold side dishes that you can obtain HERE