Thai
Massaman Beef Curry
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Brown the cubed beef in the oil over medium-high heat in batches, then set it aside.
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Fry the massaman paste with the thick coconut cream from the top of one can until fragrant and oily, about 4 minutes.
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Return the beef, pour in the remaining coconut milk with a cup of water, add the cinnamon, and simmer gently, partly covered, for 1 hour.
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Add the potatoes, onion wedges, and peanuts and simmer until the beef and potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.
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Season with the fish sauce, brown sugar, and tamarind, balancing salty, sweet, and sour to taste.
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Serve over the jasmine rice.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Massaman Beef Curry, 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
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. Massaman Beef Curry carries peanuts, shellfish, fish, and coconut. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Drunken Noodles with Chicken |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Drunken Noodles with Chicken |
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
- 750 kcal
- Protein
- 35 g
- Carbs
- 44 g
- Fat
- 48 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
- Saturated fat
- 28 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Massaman Beef Curry takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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