Braai Staple · Grilled Sausage
Boerewors Roll
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It's the only sausage in the world with its own government-mandated meat quota.
A coarse, spiced sausage — beef, sometimes mixed with pork or lamb, seasoned with coriander, pepper, and nutmeg — coiled into a spiral and grilled over open coals at a braai. Street vendors slice it into a roll of bread with grilled onions and a squeeze of tomato relish or chutney.
Why it's made this way: South African regulation actually requires boerewors to contain at least 90% meat to legally carry the name, a rule that protects a sausage tied closely to national identity.
Roughly what's in it
450kcal
20gprotein
32gcarbs
27gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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