Best Bobotie

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 medium onions , minced
• 1.5 pounds ground beef
• 1 cup milk
• 2 slices Texas toast thick-sliced bread
• 0.5 cups raisins
• 1 tablespoon hot chutney
• 0.5 tablespoons curry powder
• 1 teaspoon apricot jam
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 large egg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 bay leaf

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

2. 2

   Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onions in hot oil until soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Crumble ground beef into the skillet; cook and stir until brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

3. 3

   Pour milk in a shallow dish. Soak bread in milk. Squeeze excess milk from bread and set milk aside.

4. 4

   Add bread to beef mixture. Stir in raisins, chutney, curry powder, apricot jam, salt, and black pepper. Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.

6. 6

   Whisk together reserved milk, egg, and a pinch of salt. Pour over top of beef mixture. Lay bay leaf on top of milk mixture.

7. 7

   Continue baking until top is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving.