Maori Boil Up (2024)

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Ingredients: Directions: Notes: FAQs

A simple and casual meal, layered with flavors, and the perfect meal for sharing with friends and family, Maori Boil Up!

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Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds pork ribs, such as spareribs
  • 1-2 ham hocks
  • 1 medium yellow onion, diced
  • 4 russet Idaho® potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
  • ½ large butternut squash, or 1 small, peeled and diced
  • 6 Napa cabbage leaves, roughly chopped
  • 2 cups watercress, loosely packed
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:

  1. In a large Dutch oven, add the pork ribs, ham hocks, and onion. Cover with water, cook over medium-high heat for about 1½ hours, or until meat is tender and falling off bones.
  2. Once the meat is cooked, pull it out of the pot, remove the bones, and dice the meat. Add meat back to the brothy soup base.
  3. Add both types of potatoes and the butternut squash. Continue to cook for another 20-25 minutes until tender.
  4. Season to taste with black pepper and salt if needed.
  5. Add the roughly chopped cabbage and watercress to the boil-up for the last 5-10 minutes of cooking, and allow to wilt.

Notes:

This dish is great topped with simple dumplings.

For the Dumplings (Doughboys), optional

  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • ¼ cup water
  • Mix the flour, salt, and water until you form a dough. Using a tablespoon, drop into the boil-up during the last 10-15 minutes of cooking.
  • You can substitute arugula, spinach, or kale for the watercress.

  • Pork chops can be substituted for pork ribs.

  • 12 ounces of thick-sliced smokey bacon can be substituted for the ham hocks.

  • Not a fan of pork? You can substitute smoked turkey, beef, chicken, or lamb if you prefer. Or go meatless, and add in more potatoes, squash, carrots, green beans, or whatever produce you have on hand.

Maori Boil Up (2024)

FAQs

What is boil up in Māori? ›

Maori Translation. whewhe ake.

Where did boil up come from? ›

Though it was adapted from ingredients and cooking techniques brought to Aotearoa by Pākehā, boil up is inextricably Māori. It's a dish that, while technically similar to soups and stews from around the world, is unique to this land.

What is a boil up in Newfoundland? ›

A Newfoundland boil-up is also often referred to as a “Mug-up”. It is one of Newfoundland's favourite traditions where a group of friends or family gather on a beach to enjoy tea and a snack over an open fire.

Where is boil up from? ›

Boil up is a traditional Māori food from New Zealand.

What is the meaning of "boil up"? ›

to heat a liquid or some food until it boils. She boiled up a large pan of water.

Does Ka Pai mean in Māori? ›

Ka pai is a Māori exclamation that means well done or congratulations, as in You won the race—ka pai! In Te Aka Māori, the language of the Māori people, ka pai is used as a congratulations. The term is normally used as an interjection or a sentence replacement.

What does boil mean as an insult? ›

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Boil-brained(adj) - Hot-head, maniac, headstrong fellow
Bombard(n) - Leather jug for liquor
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Who made the boil up? ›

Some sources say that the boil up was an iteration of the Irish boiled dinner. Others say that Māori have always been making some form of boil up, albeit without the iron pots and meat, and that it has always been a staple in our diets. At its core, boil up is our survival and resistance.

Did Māori have bread? ›

Rewena pararoa (a traditional Māori sourdough) is a favourite and goes well with many meals or on its own as a snack. It is sold at many weekend markets, in speciality bread shops and served with a traditional hangi when you visit a marae or a Māori kitchen.

Why do they call it a Jiggs dinner? ›

The name “Jiggs' Dinner” is said to have originated from a popular comic strip character named Maggie and Jiggs. The character Jiggs was known for his love of corned beef and cabbage, which became associated with this traditional Newfoundland dish.

What is a purple boil? ›

Boils (furuncles) usually start as reddish or purplish, tender bumps. The bumps quickly fill with pus, growing larger and more painful until they rupture and drain. Areas most likely to be affected are the face, back of the neck, armpits, thighs and buttocks. You can usually care for a single boil at home.

What is a Newfoundland mug up? ›

Having a mug up. means having a cup of tea and a snack, usually. something like a molasses bun. The Mug Up Meditation Experience is the perfect. blend of Newfoundland culture and Meditation.

What is the Māori word for boil up? ›

korowhiwhi. 1. (verb) (-tia) to boil up, spurt up.

Where did boil up originate? ›

So, when Pākehā arrived in Aotearoa with new foods like pork, potatoes, pumpkin and flour, along with iron cooking pots, Māori got creative and invented the boil-up. Made with inexpensive cuts of meat, starchy vegetables and leafy greens, the perfect boil-up differs depending on who you talk to.

What is a substitute for watercress in boil up? ›

You can substitute arugula, spinach, or kale for the watercress.

What does te kohu mean? ›

Te Kohu Boutique Gallery – the name Te Kohu which means mist comes from our tīpuna (ancestor) Hinepūkohurangi. Our tīpuna Hinepūkohurangi is not only mystical but she is powerful and beautiful, she is a product of heaven and earth and is made of entirely natural elements.

What does te kura mean in Māori? ›

(noun) school, education, learning gathering. E kīia ana e haere ana a Marietoa ki Poihākena ki te whakaoti i tōna kura (TP 8/1899 suppl:2). / They say that Maliatoa is going to Sydney to complete his education. Synonyms: tuihana, whare kura, akoranga, wharekura.

What does te pou mean in Māori? ›

Pou are commonly thought of as pillars, upright support poles, or posts. But in traditional Māori narratives of the origin of the universe, pou were pillars of light, used to keep sky and earth separated. This allowed the natural world to flourish and, in turn, people to prosper.

What is tohi in Māori? ›

Tohi is a Maori Ritual is when a child. (boy/girl) dips or gets sprinkled with water or either by. a by a branch. It is sort of like a Maori version of. Baptism.

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