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Slow Cooker Beef Curry
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Slow Cooker Beef Curry

This slow cooker beef curry recipe will give you super tender meat that breaks to the touch in flavorful spiced up curry, with super easy steps. Delicious!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time7 hours
Servings: 4
Author: Bea & Marco

Ingredients

  • 500 gr beef chunks
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 star anise
  • 5 cloves
  • 3 cardamom pods
  • ½ red onion , thinly sliced
  • 1 inch ginger , cut into match sticks
  • 4 garlic cloves , cut into match sticks
  • 2 medium sized carrots , cut into chunks
  • 2 ripe tomatoes , peeled and cut into chunks
  • 350 gr potatoes , use whole if small ones or cut into chunks if big ones
  • 3 tablespoon spicy curry powder
  • ½ cup water
  • 300 ml water
  • 2 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 200 ml coconut milk

Instructions

  • In a bowl, add in meat, salt and flour. Mix and coat the meat pieces well with the flour.
  • Heat some olive oil in a wok/pan using medium high heat. Brown the meat pieces, remove and set aside. Do in batches to avoid overcrowding the wok/pan.
  • Using the same wok/pan, add in fennel seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, star anise and cloves. Stir and cook for a few seconds until they release their fragrances. Add in red onion, ginger, garlic, carrots, tomatoes, and potatoes. Stir everything and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add in curry powder that has been mixed with ½ cup water. Mix everything good and cook for another 1 minute. Add in previously browned meat together with its juices. Mix everything well and turn the heat off.
  • In a slow cooker, put all the veggies at the bottom of the pot. Then put all the meat chunks on top. Add in 300 ml water, sugar and salt. Mix a bit. Cover the pot and cook on low for 6 hours. After 6 hours passed, add in coconut milk and gently stir and mix a bit. Cover the pot and continue cooking on low for another 1 hour.
  • Adjust seasoning if needed. The meat should be very tender by now. If it's still not, continue cooking until it gets to the tenderness that you prefer. Enjoy!

Notes

Meat cuts or level of tenderness varies. If by the 6th hour the meat is still hard, continue cooking for another hour. Keep on checking. Only add coconut milk 1 hour before you think the meat will be done.
This curry, like any other curries, is best eaten the next days. Trust me, it's worth the wait :D