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Chicken
Bacon-wrapped chicken breasts on the braai
Chicken breasts wrapped in streaky bacon, optionally stuffed with mozzarella, mustard and thyme, cooked over medium coals and finished on the cooler side.
Meat
Braai beef burgers
Homemade beef patties with onion, garlic and Worcestershire, kept juicy with milk-soaked bread, cooked over medium-hot coals and topped with cheddar.
Sides
Braai pasta salad
The classic braai-table pasta salad: shells or spirals with crunchy vegetables in a creamy mayonnaise and mustard dressing, made ahead and served cold.
Dessert
Braai s'mores with Tennis biscuits
Marshmallows toasted on skewers over the last of the coals, sandwiched between coconut Tennis biscuits with melted chocolate.
Meat
Braaied beef short ribs with a sticky cola glaze
Thick beef short ribs simmered until tender in a spiced cola and chutney sauce, then glazed and charred over medium coals.
Sides
Braaied brinjals with garlic and herbs
Thick aubergine slices brushed with garlic, basil and parsley oil, braaied over medium coals until soft and browned, then finished with lemon.
Chicken
Braaied chicken burgers
Butterflied chicken breasts in lemon and braai spice, cooked fast over hot coals and served on toasted buns with garlic yoghurt and chutney.
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Know your fire
See all 30 tipsYour first braai, step by step
A start-to-finish guide for a first braai: what to buy, how to light the fire, how to read the coals, what to cook first and how to know it is done.
Reading your coals
How to tell hot, medium and low coals apart with your hand, and how to change the heat without relighting.
Wood, charcoal or briquettes
What each fuel does well, how long it takes to be ready, and which woods to use outside South Africa.
What is a braai?
What makes a braai different from a barbecue, how the day usually goes, and the words you will hear around the fire.
Braaiing on gas
How to cook any Braai Life recipe on a gas grill: matching hot, medium and low coals to burner settings, two zones, lid-on cooking, potjies, smoke and safety.
Potjie basics
How to season a cast-iron potjie, how many coals it needs, why you never stir it, and how to stop it rusting.