Easy-peasy potjies

Pork-and-beans potjie

Serves 6 Preparation time 20 minutes Cooking time 3 hours

You need

• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 kg pork shank slices, skin removed and set aside
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 500 g dried sugar beans, soaked in water overnight and drained
• 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 capsules Knorr stock concentrate
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tin (410 g) tomato purée
• 1 lemon
• salt, to taste

Here’s how

1 Heat the oil in a big pot and fry the meat in batches until browned all over. Remove the meat and fry the onion, carrots and celery in the same pot until glossy. Return the meat to the pot and add the peppercorns and bay leaves. Add the beans,