Malaysian
Daging Masak Kicap (Beef in Sweet Soy)
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Daging Masak Kicap (Beef in Sweet Soy) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the beef chuck into large cubes.
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Slice the onion and mince the garlic.
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Heat the oil in a heavy pot over medium heat and fry the onion and garlic until soft, about 3 minutes.
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Add the star anise and cinnamon stick and fry 1 minute more until fragrant.
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Add the beef and sear on all sides, about 5 minutes.
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Stir in the kecap manis, dark soy sauce, salt, and water, and bring to a simmer.
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Cover and simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the beef is fork-tender and the sauce has thickened, about 45 minutes.
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Remove the whole spices and serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Daging Masak Kicap (Beef in Sweet Soy), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Daging Masak Kicap (Beef in Sweet Soy) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 570 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 44 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 14 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Daging Masak Kicap (Beef in Sweet Soy) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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