The Best Braai That You Will Love

A braai is a social event that has specific norms and social traditions. Women cook meat at a social gathering and the men gather round the grill outdoors and cook the food.

The great smell of braai food sizzling on the grill is choice of all food lovers as this food encourages friends and relatives to gather. Let me share some recipes for your casual lunch, a candle light dinner, a kid’s party or celebrating any special day with loved ones. Whatever you are doing, a grill in your outdoor kitchen will make your garden little special.  

Preparing Marshmallows on the braai
Cooking time: maximum 10 minutes
Preparation time: maximum 15 minutes

Things you need:
1. big pack of marshmallows
2. tots cream or cold milk
3. Bar-one chocolates
4. Bamboo skewers or sticks



How to get started?

Add the chocolates and cream to a medium-to-small-iron pot and keep the pot over slow-medium heat. As the pot starts heating, the chocolates and cream should heat up mutually and the chocolate will melt. Stir constantly until chocolates turns into smooth sauce. Take out the pot from the fire. As the pot is made up of cast iron so it will keep its heat and the chocolate sauce warm for some time. Put marshmallows on sticks; dip them in the chocolate sauce. Some braais skewered marshmallows by holding the skewer over the flames or coal. Braaing marshmallows will teach the basic principles of braaing.  

Preparing Braaied chocolate banana pudding
Grilling time: maximum 20 minutes
Grilling method: direct

Ingredients:
4 bananas
2 chocolate bars
Aluminum foil
5ml lemon juice
250ml whipped cream  

Method:
Spray the bananas with lemon juice to prevent them from browning and add a little flavor. Put the chocolate pieces into the slit of the banana, wrap in the aluminum foil and place on the braai grid. Braai for about 20 minutes and ensure that both the sides should be cooked properly. Remove foil from bananas and serve hot with the whipped cream.

Choosing the right grill for preparing this kind of food is essential because only a good grill can bring taste to the food. Consider buying a better grill before you prepare the food on unsuitable grill. It is also significant to think whether you want to use the grill on daily basis or occasionally. Make choice according to your requirements and budget. If you ignore the messy work of setting the charcoal up and cleaning the ashes, then you must prefer buying gas grills instead of charcoal grills.




To make sure whether the grill is ready for cooking or no, hold your hand above the coals and count up to ten. If you have to drag your hand away earlier than you reach ten, the coals are too hot to start cooking. Always prefer to spread a bit of butter or oil on the food to lock the moisture in it. Throw all worries out of your mind and just enjoy braai recipes with a beer.  

Conclusion:
There are many websites supplying better quality wood and coal, some of them supply charcoal and gas grills while some of them offer braai recipes. Go online and get complete guidance on whatever you need.

Use Charcoal For Delicious Barbeque Cooking

Let’s learn the recipe of grille rib pork chops with sweet and tangy peach relish.

Total time: 1 ½ hour
Active time: max 30 minutes
Yield: Makes 6 servings

A 1-inch-chunky rib pork chop is big enough to take a powerful spot on the plate. Brine the chops, this brine works rapidly and it’s worth it for the juiciness and taste it imparts to the meat. Red onion helps deliver porcine satisfaction. You need some boiled green beans and a green salad.  

Brine: Take 8 cups of water, 1 cup coarse kosher salt and 1 cup sugar.  

Pork Chops: Take 6 bone-in rib pork chops, freshly ground black pepper, vegetable oil for grill rack and 1/3 cup liquid from sweet and tangy peach relish  

Accompaniment: Sweet and tangy peach relish

Method for preparation:  

Make Brine: In a wide pot whip together 8 cups water, salt and sugar until sugar and salt are dissolved properly. Add pork chops to brine and let stand at room temperature for one hour. Make grill for direct-heat grilling over medium-hot charcoal.

Take out pork chops from brine, removing brine, and pat chops dry with many coatings of paper towels. Season chops with pepper. Oil grill rack and grill chops, covered only if you are making use of a gas grill, turning over occasionally and moving around if flare-ups arise, until it becomes brown in color for total 2 to 3 minutes.

Move chops to area with no coal beneath then wrap with lid, and grill, turning and brushing with liquid, until thermometer placed in straight into center of chops as close to bone at 145°F for a little pink meat, about 2 to 3 minutes longer. Move chops to a platter and keep them in a plate for 5 minutes before serving it in front of family members.
Serve chops with peach relish.  

Grilling procedure charcoal grilling instructions:  

Open vents on underneath grill: Light a big chimney starter full of charcoal. For direct-heat cooking: When coals are lit, leave them out across bottom rack, leave free space for coals on one side of grill equivalent to the amount of the food to be grilled where meal can be moved if any any flare-ups occur. Once charcoal turns into grayish white, the grill will be hottest and will then start to cool down. It will be at the proper medium-hot heat when you can hold your hand 5 inches over the grill rack for 3-4 seconds.  

Gas grilling instruction: Preheat all burners on high covered, 10 minutes, and then adjust heat according to recipe.

Charcoal smoker grills uses buy charcoal for preparing a tasty meat. The grill has mainly 2 parts. The initial chamber is the one where the coal burns and produces the smoke, after that the smoke goes into the second chamber. The meat is either placed on a holder or is left hanging on hooks for cooking in another chamber. The grills are simple to light, easy to operate and inexpensive. Plan to grill delicious meat for a weekend outing with your family. Enjoy grilled food with your family by sitting under the evening sky.  

Conclusion:
Consider having grills that meet your requirements. Choose the size of grill wisely.