Content

• Ingredients
• Steps
• Part 1 of 3: Marinate your steak
• Part 2 of 3: Preheat the Braye
• Part 3 of 3: Prepare and Serve Your Steak
• Tips
• What do you need

Braai is a South African word for barbecue and is its counterpart.In South Africa, braai is a festive event celebrated by friends, families and neighbors. People come together to eat, drink, and celebrate birthdays, holidays and other special occasions. Typically, people traditionally use wood and charcoal to grill steak on this type of grill, so gas grills are no longer needed.

Ingredients

One serving

• 1 tebone steak, 3.8 cm thick
• 1 tablespoon (19 g) coarse salt
• ½ tablespoon (13 g) brown sugar
• ½ tablespoon (3 g) coriander seeds
• ¼ tablespoon (2 g) black peppercorns
• ¼ tablespoon (1 g) paprika
• ¼ tablespoon (2 g) garlic powder
• ¼ tablespoon (2 g) onion powder
• ¼ tablespoon (1 g) dried cumin

Steps

Part 1 of 3: Marinate your steak

1. 1 Prepare the marinade. Combine salt, coriander, black pepper and cumin in a spice grinder or mortar. Grind the spices into a fine powder. Pour the chopped spices into a small bowl and add sugar, paprika, and garlic and onion powder.
   • Use a spoon or fingers to mix all the spices well.
2. 2 Season the steak. Sprinkle half of the spices on the steak, then spread them with your fingers over the entire surface of the steak and rub into the meat. Flip the steak to the other side and repeat.
   • Transfer the steak to a plate and place in the refrigerator to marinate in the spice mixture for 3-4 hours.
3. 3 Remove the steak from the refrigerator before cooking. After the steak has been marinated for 3-4 hours, start heating up the grill. While the charcoal or wood is burning, remove the steak from the refrigerator and place it on the table to warm up.
   • When the grill is ready, the steak reaches room temperature and is immediately ready to grill.

Part 2 of 3: Preheat the Braye

1. 1 Clean your grill. Use a wire brush to clean the grill to remove any old burnt food particles. After removing the large pieces, run a wire brush over each part of the grill and scrub them well. Empty old ash from the bottom of the bowl.
   • When you're done cleaning your grill, remove it from the barbecue and set it aside so that nothing gets in the way of starting the fire.
2. 2 Light a fire. Place a few newspapers underneath the charcoal starter. Fill the starter with as much wood or coal as you can handle. This method requires a strong, hot and high flame to cook steak, so prepare plenty of fuel. When the charcoal starter is full, use a barbecue lighter to light the newspapers at the bottom of the starter. Set fire to the newspaper in several places.
   • Soon the fire will spread and set fire to wood or coal.
   • Keep the starter on fire until the wood turns to red coals and the charcoal turns gray.
3. 3 Rake the coals. When the fuel is burned to the desired state, pour the coals into the bowl and spread them evenly with the charcoal tongs. This will eliminate cold spots and cook the steak evenly.
   • The coals should be arranged so that most of them are in the center of the bowl, so that the heat is exactly where the steak will be cooked.
4. 4 Preheat your grill. Insert the grill gently into the barbecue bowl. If the barbecue has multiple grates, place the grill on the lowest one so it is as close to the fire as possible. Leave the grill on for 10-20 minutes to warm up. This will allow the steak to start cooking as soon as you put it on the grill.
   • Ideally, the grill should be 5-15 cm above the coals.
   • When the grill is warm enough, brush it again with a wire brush.

Part 3 of 3: Prepare and Serve Your Steak

1. 1 Cook a steak on each side. When the grill is ready, use the meat tongs to transfer the steak to the center of the grill. Do not use a fork to prevent all the juice from leaking out of the meat.
   • Cook the steak for 3-5 minutes on one side.After 3 minutes, check the bottom of the steak for a golden crust.
   • When the first side is browned, turn the steak with the tongs and cook on the other side for another 3-5 minutes.
2. 2 Make a medium-rare steak. Braye steak is traditionally cooked until medium rare. Everything about everything will take you about 7-10 minutes. If you have a meat thermometer, then the ideal temperature for a steak is 49–52 ° C.
   • If you don't have a thermometer, gently press down on the steak with your finger when you think it's done. Meat can be considered ready if it can be pressed easily with little or no resistance.
3. 3 Give the meat a rest. Once the meat is cooked, use tongs to remove it from the grill. Place the meat on a clean plate or wooden board. Set the meat aside for about 10 minutes.
   • This will preserve the juices when cutting the meat and, accordingly, make the steak more juicy.
4. 4 Serve the meat with chips and asparagus. Potatoes pair well with steak, making baked potatoes a great side dish for a braye steak. Grilled asparagus also goes well with the steak.

Tips

• Do not marinate the steak with sweet sauces or marinades before you start frying. The high heat in which the braai steak is cooked may burn high-sugar marinades.

What do you need

• Spice mill
• A bowl
• Plate
• Wire brush
• Grill brush
• Starter for coal ignition
• Wood or coal
• Charcoal or wood fired BBQ grill
• BBQ lighter
• Coal tongs
• Meat tongs
• Meat thermometer