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Chicken Potjie aka Chicken Pot Everyone's Favorite
Irene MullerIrene Muller

Chicken Potjie aka Chicken Pot

5 from 2 votes
A winter warmer with this flavoursome Chicken Potjie stew pot filled with vegetables that is an absolute winner at any dinner party!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ kg chicken breasts sliced to bite-size pieces
  • 1 pinch Salt to taste
  • 1 pinch coarse Black Pepper to taste
  • 1 cup cake flour to roll in pieces
  • 2 medium onions finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp sun-dried tomatoes chopped
  • 20 ml Butter
  • 2 tsp ginger  finely chopped
  • 2 tsp garlic finely chopped
  • 2 kg assorted vegetables potatoes, red peppers, tomatoes, green beans, peas in pods, mushrooms, petite pans, carrots
Sauce:
  • 300 ml tomato sauce
  • 50 ml chutney
  • 20 ml Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 ml Tabasco sauce
  • 50 ml vinegar
  • 50 ml sugar
  • 5 ml mustard powder
  • 15 ml paprika
  • 125 ml water

Method
 

  1. Heat your pot over hot coals then add your butter and oil. Fry the finely chopped onions, ginger and garlic until the flavour comes out. 
  2. Season chicken portions, roll the chicken portions in the cake flour.
  3. Stir, fry the chicken portions well in the onions, ginger, and garlic for about 10 minutes.   From now on, do not stir your pot again.
  4. Mix the sauce ingredients.
  5. Pour in your sauce and let your pot simmer slowly.
  6. Add the vegetables in layers in the following order. potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, mushrooms, and any other vegetables of your choice. 
  7. Let the pot simmers for about 2 1/2 hours. Season to taste before serving.