Indonesian
Dendeng Balado (Padang Crisp Beef in Red Chili)
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Dendeng Balado (Padang Crisp Beef in Red Chili) is Indonesian 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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Season the beef slices with salt.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and fry the beef in batches until deeply browned and crisp at the edges, about 3 minutes per side, then drain.
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Blend the red chilies, shallots, and garlic into a coarse paste.
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Pour off all but 2 tbsp of the oil and fry the paste over medium heat, stirring often, until it darkens and the oil separates, about 8 minutes.
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Return the crisp beef to the pan and toss through the paste with the lime juice until every piece is coated.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dendeng Balado (Padang Crisp Beef in Red Chili), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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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. Dendeng Balado (Padang Crisp Beef in Red Chili) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| 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
- 560 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 3 g
- Fat
- 46 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 220 mg
- Saturated fat
- 18 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Dendeng Balado (Padang Crisp Beef in Red Chili) 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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