Slow cooker beef curry
This slow-cooked beef curry is easy to make and perfect for feeding the family – add chunks of potato for an extra hearty dish. Serve with rice and naan bread
- Prep:20 mins
Cook:8 hrs 30 mins
- Serves 5
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 425
- fat 30g
- saturates 17g
- carbs 6g
- sugars 3g
- fibre 2g
- protein 32g
- salt 0.18g
Ingredients
- 750g beeffor braising (braising steak, chuck, flank etc) cut into chunks
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 5cm piece ginger, grated
- 4 cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- ½ – 1 tsp chilli powder
- 400ml coconut milk(see tip)
- small bunch coriander, chopped
Tip
Swap the baseYou can make this recipe tomato based if you like – add 400ml passata or a whizzed-up tin of tomatoes instead of the coconut milk.
Method
Heat your slow cooker if you need to. Fry the beef in batches in 2 tbsp oil until it is browned all over and tip into the slow cooker. Put the remaining oil in the frying pan and fry the onion over a low heat until it starts to soften. Add the garlic and ginger and fry for 1 minute.
Add all the spices and fry for 1 minute or until the spices start to smell fragrant. Add the coconut milk and bring to a simmer, then tip everything into the slow cooker.
Cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Stir in the coriander and serve.