Chicken Cream Sauce Potjie

This potjie was amazing! I bought my potjie pot 2 weeks ago and decided to do this recipe for it’s initiation. This was the first ever potjie I made and it turned out BRILLIANT! I used cream of chicken soup and oxtail soup, and my dog stole the bacon when I wasn’t looking but it still turned out amazing! My girlfriend and her family loved it and went for seconds! – Clinton

Potjie No: 3 Pot guide
Serves: 4 – 6
Cooking Time: 1.5 hours
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Ingredients

6 chicken breasts
250g rindless bacon, cubed
10 baby potatoes, peeled
12 baby onions, peeled
750ml frozen mixed vegetables
4 medium onions, diced
300g mushrooms, sliced
60ml smooth apricot jam
Cooking oil
100ml water
15ml worcester sauce
500ml fresh cream or 250ml Cream + 250ml milk
Chicken spice to taste
Aromat to taste
1 packet of oxtail soup
1 packet of onion soup

Method

• Spice the chicken with the chicken spice.
• Heat the oil in the pot and braai the bacon for about 5 minutes.
• Add the onions and apricot jam and braai until soft.
• Now add the chicken, water and worcester sauce, cover with the lid and allow it to simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Add the onions and potatoes and allow the pot to simmer for a further 10 minutes.
• Next add the veggies and the mushrooms.
• Sprinkle a little Aromat over the pot, cover with the lid and allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
• Mix the soup powder with the cream and add it to the pot. Cover and allow it to simmer for a final 30 minutes.