Ingredients
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3 tablespoons oil
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2 1/4 lbs stewing beef, cut into chunks and seasoned with salt and pepper
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1 onion, sliced
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1 1/2 tablespoons red curry paste (thai)
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1 3/4 cups coconut milk
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7/8 cup beef broth
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2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
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2 teaspoons fish sauce
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2 teaspoons soy sauce
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2 ounces cashew nuts, toasted
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1 ounce cilantro, chopped
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2 red chili peppers, sliced
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespooons of the oil in a large casserole dish and brown the beef on all sides. Set aside, add 1 1/4 cups cold water to the dih and scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Retain these juices.
- Heat the remaining oil and cook the onion and chili peppers for 5 mins until soft.
- Add the curry paste and turn up the heat for 2 mins or until the onion is going a light brown in colour.
- Return the beef to the pan along with the beef juices, coconut milk and broth.
- Cook, uncovered, over a very gentle heat for 1 1/2 hours so that it is barely simmering and the beef becomes tender.
- If the coconut milk boils it will split so keep an eye on it.
- Once the beef is quite tender, add the sweet potatoes and cook for 20 mins or until they are soft.
- Season with the fish sauce and soy sauce.
- Sprinkle with cashew nuts and cilantro and serve with a bowl of rice on the side.