Top 15 braai recipes for National Braai Day

National Braai Day (24 September) is just around the corner and it’s time to sort out the braai menu for the big event. We’ve rounded up some of our favourite braai recipes for you to cook up on the big day (or any other day of summer when there’s nothing better than having a braai.

• Chicken kebabs with spicy peanut sauce
• Braai salad
• Justin Bonello’s braaied crayfish
• Justin Bonello’s grilled kuta with cashew paste
• Justin Bonello’s hobo fish wrapped in newspaper
• Jan Braai’s braaied rump steak with garlic butter
• Butterflied leg of lamb
• Kettlebraai turkey
• Lamb sosaties
• Braaibroodjies
• Stuffed pork neck roll
• Magic mushrooms
• Jan Braai’s garlic and peri-peri chicken drumsticks
• Beer chicken recipe

And for pudding… braaied pineapple and banana with ice cream and syrup

Braai condiments

Instead of serving Mrs Balls with your boerie rolls, why not make your own apricot chutney?

Braai4Heritage

Our journo Chris Davies went on a 40-day epic braai tour of South Africa with Braai4Heritage founder Jan Braai, the man behind National Braai Day. Read about his awesome trip here and read his daily blogs from the trip here.

Braaing in the snow

Think braaing is only for sunny South African days? These South Africans were hungry for a braai in Sweden – so they set up a braai in -25 C temperatures, in the snow. That’s what we call a braai! Read about it here.

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