COPPER🇧🇼 Botswana
Seswaa recipe
Savor the rich flavors of Botswana with this hearty stew.
Ingredients
- 800 g beef chuck
- 2 onions
- 4 garlic
- 500 ml beef broth
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 500 ml water
- 400 g potatoes
How to make Seswaa
- Cut 1.5 kg of beef chuck into 3 cm chunks and season each piece with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of black pepper.
- In a large pot, heat over medium heat and brown the beef chunks for 10 minutes until they are browned on all sides.
- Chop 1 onion and mince 2 cloves of garlic for the next step.
- Add the chopped onion and minced garlic to the pot and sauté for 5 minutes until the onion is soft.
- Pour in 1 liter of beef broth and 500 ml of water to the pot.
- Add 2 bay leaves and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer for 2 hours until the beef is tender.
- After 2 hours, add 400 g of diced potatoes to the pot, cover, and cook for an additional 30 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
What is Seswaa?
Seswaa is a traditional dish from Botswana, simmered in one pot, and takes about 180 minutes from start to finish. It is built around beef chuck, beef broth and potatoes. The recipe below uses 9 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Seswaa take?
At 180 minutes it is slower than 94% of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 6 dishes built on beef chuck. The method runs to 8 steps, the longest being 30 minutes.
Any tips for making Seswaa?
Simmering the beef for a long time makes it perfectly tender.
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