Cooking Times

135 min
Prep Time
120 min
Cook Time
255 min
Total Time

Ingredients (9 items)

3.00 lbs Seal meat
or beef substitute
3.00 lbs Potatoes
cubed
3.00 large Onions
chopped
3.00 large Carrots
chunked
3.00 Bay leaves
1.00 tbsp Peppercorns
whole
2.00 tbsp Salt
10.00 cups Water
0.25 cup Butter

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Cut seal meat into chunks. Soak in cold water 2 hours to reduce gaminess.
120 minutes
2
Place meat in large pot with fresh water, bay leaves, peppercorns, salt.
3
Bring to boil, skim foam. Simmer 90 minutes until tender.
90 minutes
4
Add potatoes, carrots, onions. Cook 30 minutes until vegetables tender.
30 minutes
5
Add butter. Season with additional salt if needed.
6
Serve hot with dark rye bread.
7
Traditional Greenlandic Christmas meal. Seal meat is essential protein.
8
If using beef substitute, reduce cooking time to 60 minutes.