How to Make a Hangi

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Make a suitable container.

   You can buy a secondhand stainless steel beer keg from any scrap steelyard, garage sale or newspaper advert.
   
   A 9 gallon keg is a good size to start with.
   
   You can get 4 chickens and vegetables into it with ease. , Weld a 1 inch (2.5 cm) x 1/8th strap around the edge of the top to make a lip so that the top fits snug over the main part of the keg., Now you have Hangi!,,,,, Place them in wire baskets made out of chicken wire, or cheesecloth bags will do, on top of the meats.
   
   You can even use oven bags if you want., Cook for 4 hours.
   
   Every 1/2 hour, lift the lid and make sure that it is still steaming.
   
   If it isn't steaming, add some water.
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   Step 2: Cut the top off with a cut off grinder 6 inches (15.2 cm) from the top.

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   Step 3: Weld several 1⁄4 inch (0.6 cm) stainless steel rods 6 inches (15.2 cm) inside up from the bottom to make a grid for the meat to sit on.

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   Step 4: Put the keg on 4 bricks and put a gas ring underneath attached to your BBQ bottle for heating.

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   Step 5: Put about 2 inches (5.1 cm) of volcanic stones in the bottom of the keg

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   Step 6: under the grill you welded in

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   Step 7: with 2 liters of water over it.

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   Step 8: Wrap chickens

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   Step 9: leg of pork

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    Step 10: or pieces in cheesecloth

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    Step 11: mutton cloth or clean cotton and place inside on the grill you have welded inside.

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    Step 12: Place banana leaves over the top of the meats.

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    Step 13: Peel and prepare carrots

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    Step 14: potatoes

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    Step 15: celery

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    Step 16: onions

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    Step 17: pumpkin.

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    Step 18: Fit the lid and light the gas ring.

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