I love entertaining. Inviting friends over to join us for a meal is one of life’s simple pleasures. Much as I love to entertain I also like to enjoy our company and don’t want to spend the whole time they are with us in the kitchen! I am often looking for dinner ideas that will allow me to serve a delicious meal but enjoy the time with our friends at the same time. This savory beef curry with rice recipe was perfect. I could make the curry ahead of time and reheat when we were ready to eat!
This is also one of those recipes you try once and it ends up in the recipe box to make again and again. The original recipe came from the website epicurious.com. I made a few changes and it is delicious!
Savory Beef Curry with Rice
Ingredients:
2 pounds of beef stew meat
3 Tbsp oil
2 large onions, chopped
6 whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1 bay leaf
¼ tsp dried crushed red pepper
1 ½ cups of coconut milk
28oz can of tomatoes
3 Tbsp Major Grey chutney
3 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and minced
1 ½ Tbsp curry powder
½ tsp salt
Hot cooked rice
Directions:
Sprinkle the beef with salt and pepper. Heat 2 Tbsp of the oil in a large heavy pot over high heat. Add beef and brown on all sides, about 7 minutes.
Heat the remaining 1 Tbsp oil in the same pot over medium-high heat, Add onions and sauté until tender and brown. Return beef to the pot and add cloves, garlic, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf and dried red pepper. Stir for one minute. Stir in the coconut milk, tomatoes, chutney, lime juice, ginger, curry powder and ½ tsp. salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the beef is tender, about 2 hours.
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