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Slow Cooker Beef Rendang

December 10, 2016 by Food For Net

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Slow Cooker Beef Rendang recipe

Slow Cooker Beef Rendang This dish definitely is authentically ASIAN! The creamy richness of coconut milk and the aroma from the complexity of spices, perfectly flavor the succulent pieces of beef. 1 Kilos Beef Brisket (cut into inch-cubes)2 Tablespoons Peanut Oil1 stick Cinnamon6 Pieces Cloves6 Pieces Star Anise6 Pieces Cardamom Pods2 Cups Coconut Milk2 Tablespoons Tamarind Pulp6 Pieces Kaffir Lime Leaves1 Cup Coconut Shavings2 Tablespoons Sugar1 Cup Beef Stock2 Pieces Shallots1 Piece Ginger6 Cloves garlic6 Pieces Bird's Eye Chilis Combine lemongrass stalks, tamarind pulp, sugar, shallots, ginger, garlic, and chili in a food processor. Puree until smooth.Marinate the beef in…
Slow Cooker Beef Rendang
Slow Cooker Beef Rendang
2016-12-10
Food For Net
This dish is a must-try! Every bite creates an explosion of interesting and complex flavors in your mouth! We get to use a lot of fun spices like cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, and lemongrass in this one. If you're tired of the typical "shredded beef" recipe in the slow cooker this one is a MUST try.

Slow Cooker Beef Rendang

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This dish is a must-try! Every bite creates an explosion of interesting and complex flavors in your mouth! We get to use a lot of fun spices like cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, and lemongrass in this one. If you're tired of the typical "shredded beef" recipe in the slow cooker this one is a MUST try.

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Slow Cooker Beef Rendang

This dish definitely is authentically ASIAN! The creamy richness of coconut milk and the aroma from the complexity of spices, perfectly flavor the succulent pieces of beef.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 16 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 8 people

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilos Beef Brisket cut into inch-cubes
  • 2 Tablespoons Peanut Oil
  • 1 stick Cinnamon
  • 6 Pieces Cloves
  • 6 Pieces Star Anise
  • 6 Pieces Cardamom Pods
  • 2 Cups Coconut Milk
  • 2 Tablespoons Tamarind Pulp
  • 6 Pieces Kaffir Lime Leaves
  • 1 Cup Coconut Shavings
  • 2 Tablespoons Sugar
  • 1 Cup Beef Stock
  • 2 Pieces Shallots
  • 1 Piece Ginger
  • 6 Cloves garlic
  • 6 Pieces Bird's Eye Chilis

Instructions

  • Combine lemongrass stalks, tamarind pulp, sugar, shallots, ginger, garlic, and chili in a food processor. Puree until smooth.
  • Marinate the beef in this spice paste overnight.
  • Heat peanut oil in the pan and sear beef.
  • Set aside beef and roast dry spices.
  • Put meat back in the pan, add coconut milk, stock, coconut shavings, and lemongrass tops.
  • Cook for 8 hours in a slow cooker set to low.
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This dish speaks flavor and aroma, period.聽The unique flavors of this Malaysian classic聽would be impossible to put into words.

Interested enough? Let's get cooking.

Let's start off with the spice paste.聽Puree the tamarind pulp, sugar, shallots, ginger, lemongrass stalks, garlic, and chilis in blender or food processor. You may have to add a bit of water or oil here to allow the ingredients to grind into a finer paste. This will yield much deeper flavors compared to using these aromatics whole or chopped.

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Pour the resulting paste into a container with the beef and allow them聽to marinate overnight. The acids present in this paste will also aid in tenderizing the meat.

marinate beef overnight

When ready to cook, take the beef out of the refrigerator and leave it out for about an hour to come to room temperature. Meanwhile, slightly toast your coconut meat shavings in a pan. Do this over medium heat, stirring constantly to keep them from burning. What we need to achieve is a light brown color, just enough to release its nutty aroma. When done, set them aside in a bowl for later.

toast the coconut

 

In the same pan, tip in the beef together with the spice paste. Let all the liquid juices heat and eventually evaporate. You'll end up searing the beef after some of its fat and that from the coconut has rendered off. Continue by聽allowing the meat to brown slightly on each side.

You'll notice that I used beef brisket here. That choice is entirely personal preference and you may certainly go with your own liking. Brisket has a higher fat to meat ratio, which some may avoid, but is聽definitely be a more tender, juicier cut. For the excellent flavors in this dish, it may be worth to cheat on our diets once in a while.

brown beef mixture

After the meat has browned, and the spice paste has roasted聽enough, its time to add in the dry spices to roast. The fat in the pan will be sufficient to do this. Roast them until very aromatic. A good indication would be to check on the cardamom pods if they have opened up.

add dry spices

Next would be to combine all the ingredients. You may want to deglaze your pan with a little stock or water to loosen up all those caramelized bits of flavor at the bottom. This will not only yield flavor to the final dish, but would deepen its dark brown color.

Add everything to the slow cooker, together with a bundled stalk of lemongrass and the toasted coconut shavings we saved earlier. This will add a nutty flavor that will聽round up the spices in this dish. It will also make the resulting sauce thicker much similar to a gravy.

add coconut and lemongrass

Cook in a slow cooker for about 8 hours on low. The dish would be ready to eat after. I like my rendang toasted further though, rendering much more of the coconut oil out. To do this, just transfer everything to a pan and allow to cook for another five minutes or until the sauce has considerably dried up.

Doing this, makes the dish taste聽nuttier, and gives the beef a more flavorful crust.

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Slow Cooker Beef Rendang

This dish definitely is authentically ASIAN! The creamy richness of coconut milk and the aroma from the complexity of spices, perfectly flavor the succulent pieces of beef.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 16 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 8 people

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilos Beef Brisket cut into inch-cubes
  • 2 Tablespoons Peanut Oil
  • 1 stick Cinnamon
  • 6 Pieces Cloves
  • 6 Pieces Star Anise
  • 6 Pieces Cardamom Pods
  • 2 Cups Coconut Milk
  • 2 Tablespoons Tamarind Pulp
  • 6 Pieces Kaffir Lime Leaves
  • 1 Cup Coconut Shavings
  • 2 Tablespoons Sugar
  • 1 Cup Beef Stock
  • 2 Pieces Shallots
  • 1 Piece Ginger
  • 6 Cloves garlic
  • 6 Pieces Bird's Eye Chilis

Instructions

  • Combine lemongrass stalks, tamarind pulp, sugar, shallots, ginger, garlic, and chili in a food processor. Puree until smooth.
  • Marinate the beef in this spice paste overnight.
  • Heat peanut oil in the pan and sear beef.
  • Set aside beef and roast dry spices.
  • Put meat back in the pan, add coconut milk, stock, coconut shavings, and lemongrass tops.
  • Cook for 8 hours in a slow cooker set to low.
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Category: Dinner, Original Recipes, Slow Cookers, World FoodTag: Beef, Slow Cooker Recipes, Spicy, Top Recipes
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  1. Robert Templeton

    April 29, 2017 at 9:09 pm

    Rendang is Indonesian from the Padang region. Not Malaysian.

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