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Umncweba

Name: Umncweba
Total time: 300 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Eswatini
Ingredients: 600g (in one piece) Beef Round; 4 tbsp Vinegar; 2 tsp Salt; 2 tsp Ground Coriander; 1 tsp Black Pepper; 1 tsp Sugar

Snack

⏱ 300 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Beef rubbed with salt and spices and dried — Eswatini's dried meat.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Umncweba is siSwati for dried meat: beef or game is cut into long strips, coated with salt, vinegar, and coriander, and hung in an airy spot to dry. A cousin of South African biltong, it's made as a preserved food and sliced thin for snacks or to go with drinks.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Under the eaves of a home in Eswatini, long strips of meat hang from a pole swaying in the breeze, and the dried pieces are sliced thin onto a plate.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Beef Round 600g (in one piece)
Vinegar 4 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Ground Coriander 2 tsp
Black Pepper 1 tsp
Sugar 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef along the grain into long sticks 1.5cm thick.
Dip in vinegar and coat with the mixed salt, coriander, pepper, and sugar.
Marinate in the fridge for 6 hours.
Pat dry, set on a rack, and dry in an 80°C oven for 3–4 hours until dry through.
Cool, then slice thin.

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