Potjie No: 3 Pot guide
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 1 hour
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Ingredients
1 kg salted (or smoked) snoek
60 ml cooking oil or 30 ml butter and 30 ml cooking oil
2-3 large onions, sliced
6 medium potatoes, thickly sliced
500 g tomatoes, skinned and coarsely chopped
1 small chilli, seeded and chopped
1 small bunch sorrel or 15 ml lemon juice
Method
- Cover snoek with cold water.
- Soak for a few hours or overnight depending on how salty the snoek is.
- Discard the water and coarsely flake fish, discarding bones.
- Heat oil or butter and oil in potjie, add onions and sauté until golden brown.
- Remove onion and set aside.
- Place potato slices on the bottom of the potjie.
- Spoon onion on top and follow with flaked fish.
- Spoon tomato and remaining ingredients over.
- Cover with lid and simmer slowly for 30-45 minutes or until potatoes are tender and the fish is cooked.
- Serve with rice.