Oxtail stew
Growing up on a farm means big family to feed. Each and every year my grandmother used to slaughter a cow on Christmas Day and my favourite meat was oxtail. Until today I make sure that I make oxtail every month once or twice . The recipe here is what I normally use . It is easy to prepare .
Ingredients
- 1 large Onion
- 4 whole Tomatoes chopped finely
- 3 medium Carrots chopped into cubes
- 150g cerely chopped finely
- 150g Tomatoes paste
- 1 lt Beef stock
- 5g Salt and 5g pepper
- 1 lt water
- 1kg oxtail fat removed
Directions
- 1First you need to sear the meat until brown and take it out of the heat .
- 2Fry onion until brown add salt and pepper .
- 3Add tomato paste and fry until the onions are cover with tomato paste .
- 4Add chopped carrots and cerely and cook for 3 minutes and keep in turning so that it will not burn.
- 5Add the meat back into the pot and stir well with the rest of the ingredients and add beef stock. Cook for two hours and add chopped tomatoes .
- 6Cook again for another hour and add water . Keep on checking every 30 minutes and stir to prevent burning on the bottom .
- 7After another hour taste salt and pepper and remove off the stove . Serve it with rice or pap.
