Massaman Beef curry

Name: Massaman Beef curry
Prep time: 26 min
Cook time: 2 h 5 min
Total time: 2 h 31 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 oz peanuts; 1 ⅔ cups + 1 tsp coconut cream; ¼ cup massaman curry paste; 1.3 lb beef; 1 lb potatoes; 1 onion; 4 limes; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 tbsp tamarind paste; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 1 chile; to serve jasmine rice

A weekend Thai dinner. Ready in about 2 hours 31 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

26 minPrep (about)
2 hr 5 minCook (about)
2 hr 31 minTotal time
4Servings
More effortDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

Main ingredient

1.3 lb beef Shopping tip: Chuck roast or stew beef, cut in cubes.

Fresh & other

3 oz peanuts
1 ⅔ cups + 1 tsp coconut cream
¼ cup massaman curry paste
1 lb potatoes
1 onion
4 limes
1 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 chile Shopping tip: Fresno or jalapeño for mild (seeds out); Thai bird's eye or serrano for hot.
to serve jasmine rice

Sauces & oils

1 tbsp fish sauce

Spices & seasonings (1): cinnamon stick

1 cinnamon stick

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Turn the oven on to 400°F (350°F for a fan oven).
Roast your peanuts on baking tray for 5 mins until golden.
Wait until cool enough to handle, roughly chop.
Reduce oven.
Do it to 350°F (325°F for a fan oven).
Heat 2 tbsp coconut cream in a big baking dish with a lid.
Add the curry paste.
Fry for 1 min.
Stir in the beef.
Fry until well coated and sealed.
Mix in the rest of your coconut with half most of the peanuts, fish sauce, sugar, tamarind, cinnamon, lime leaves, onion, the potatoes and a can of water.
Bring to a simmer.
Cover.
Heat for 2 hrs in the oven till the beef is tender.
Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the rest of the peanuts.
Dish up straight from the dish with jasmine rice.