Tomato Bredie
Tomato bredie is a South African meal and it is good during the winter fare. Tomato Bredie is an old Cape name for a dish of meat and vegetables stewed together.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3½ pounds lamb or mutton breast chops, chopped into portions
- 2 tablespoons cake flour
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2¼ pounds fresh tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 beef bouillon cube
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 6 whole white peppercorns
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
- 2 medium potatoes, quartered (Optional)
Ingredients for 12 servings (3.2 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Heat oil in a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan
Stovetop - 2
Dredge lamb in flour; shake off excess.
- 3
Then, cook the lamb in hot oil until it is brown. pour lamb into a plate, and reserve drip in the pan.
- 4
Cook and stir onion in drippings until soft for like 5 minutes, then mix tomatoes with it, return lamb chops to the saucepan; season with bay leaves, salt, brown sugar, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, white peppercorns and bouillon, cover it, reduce the heat and simmer it for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Stir occasionally so that it wont sticks to the bottom of the pan.
Stovetop - 5
Stir in potatoes; continue cooking until potatoes are cooked and meat is tender, about 45 minutes more.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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