Oxtail

[FNfal]

Ok yesterday while shopping at Spar i see oxtail on special R67 good price and being winter it is time for a decent oxtail stew with beans ETC.
Braise the onions with plenty garlic then the oxtail , lazy toss in tinned onion and tomato, haricot type beans and a bit of water and close the pressure cooker , 40 minutes later toss in the potatoes and some veg (courgettes ,cauliflower and butternut ) and spices , another half an hour and grubs up .
Nothing quite like oxtail stew on a winters day .
Guess what was for breakfast to .

 

[saor]

No pics.
What kind of lame food thread is this?

 

[MirageF1]

Oxtail is my fav winter stew....by light years.

You need to cook (v low heat) oxtail for at least 3-4 hours until it's drop dead falling off the bone, succulent, soft and delicious.
1 hr? Lazy!

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Oxtail is my fav winter stew....by light years.

You need to cook oxtail for at least 3-4 hours until it's drop dead falling off the bone, succulent, soft and delicious.
1 hr? Lazy!

The keyword here being: pressure cooker.

 

[MirageF1]

The keyword here being: pressure cooker.

No ways 1 hour will do oxtail properly.

 

[saor]

No ways 1 hour will do oxtail properly.

Surely will in a pressure cooker.

 

[MirageF1]

Surely will in a pressure cooker.

Come taste mine done the egte,proper way and then talk...

Off to my local Spar shortly to see if they have any tails....

 

[FNfal]

No ways 1 hour will do oxtail properly.

45 minutes in the pressure cooker and the meat falls of the bone and the beans are soft , any more and you get mush .

 

[mbayshark]

Using a pressure cooker is cheating

 

[RedViking]

Didn't happen.

 

[Zyk1]

You have to potjie it

 

[Hemi300c]

You have to potjie it

Or slow cooker

 

[Ockie]

Did Oxtail in the pressure cooker a few weeks ago. Came out beautiful.

 

[Smokey888]

Oxtail is my fav winter stew....by light years.

You need to cook (v low heat) oxtail for at least 3-4 hours until it's drop dead falling off the bone, succulent, soft and delicious.
1 hr? Lazy!View attachment 689483

more like 6 hours on low heat fire

 

[cn@]

In my pressure cooker I cook it for about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

But what is critically important for a real oxtail stew is for some sauce reduction to also take place. So some cooking should also be done after the pressure cooking time.

 

[cerebus]

I've never used a pressure cooker before to tell the truth. I've no doubt it would do an excellent job tenderising the meat and vegetables, but I can't imagine it would be great for thickening the sauce, especially if you're doing a wine braise.

 

[Ockie]

I've never used a pressure cooker before to tell the truth. I've no doubt it would do an excellent job tenderising the meat and vegetables, but I can't imagine it would be great for thickening the sauce, especially if you're doing a wine braise.

It actually is. Once pressure cooking is done, switch it to saute mode and let it bubble away and reduce your sauce.

 

[CT_Biker]

I normally make Oxtail in a black pot on the fire. 6 hours later its falling of the bone.

I'll never understand how I learned to man a pot before i could braai.

 

[akescpt]

No ways 1 hour will do oxtail properly.

if you can do peens in that time, oxtail is nothing.

 

[Smokey888]

I normally make Oxtail in a black pot in the fire. 6 hours later its falling of the bone.

I'll never understand how I learned to man a pot before i could braai.

I Agree with you