Beef Rendang

SERVINGS: 4 PEOPLE
PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES


Authentic Beef Rendang Recipe

 

Genuine Beef Rendang Recipe Elements

  • 3 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 2.4 liters coconut milk
  • 3 stalks lemongrass, bruised
  • 1 turmeric leaf, torn and knotted
  •  (if turmeric leaf is unavailable, change
  •  with 30 g of freshly peeled turmeric
  •  which you add to the spice paste)
  • 4 kaffir lime leaves, bruised
  • 7 cm cinnamon
  • 1.2 kg beef shoulder or neck, lower into
  •  2.5-cm cubes brined for five hours
  • salt, to style

SPICE PASTE

  • 80 g shallots, peeled and sliced
  • 50 g garlic, peeled and sliced
  • 120 g giant pink chilies, halved, seeded
  •  and sliced
  • 5-7 chicken’s eye chilies, sliced
  • 50 g galangal (laos), peeled and sliced
  • 50 g ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 50 g candlenuts, roasted and crushed

DRY SPICES

  • 1 Tbsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp cardamom seeds
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg, crushed
  • 8 cloves
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper

How To Prepare dinner Beef Rendang

  1. To make the spice paste, mix all components in a stone mortar or meals processor and grind right into a nice paste. Warmth coconut oil in a heavy saucepan, add the spice paste and sauté over medium warmth till aromatic.
  2. To arrange the dry spices to mix all components in a stone mortar or meals processor and grind into a really nice paste.
  3. Mix with the above spice mix.
  4. Add coconut milk and mix effectively. 
  5. Add lemongrass, turmeric leaf, kaffir lime leaves, and cinnamon. Carry it to a simmer.
  6. Simmer spice mix over medium warmth till the coconut milk turns into very oily and the paste adjustments to a darkish brown colour. 
  7. This could take as much as 1 hour, and the paste ought to have a creamy, oily consistency.
  8. Add beef cubes and convey to a boil. 
  9. Cut back warmth and simmer till meat is tender, stirring often till the liquid has virtually evaporated and look is dry however oily. 
  10. When cooked there ought to be virtually no liquid left. 
  11. Season to style with salt.



NOTE
To learn to put together this imperial Indonesian beef dish, I flew throughout Indonesia to Padang the place Pak Dian, a proficient and really passionate younger chef, taught me the secrets and techniques to creating this tasty beef dish.

It took him two full days to undergo your complete course of. The meat got here from freshly-slaughtered ultra-lean previous cows, and once we bought it, the meat was nonetheless heat with a really contemporary bloody scent. Subsequent, the spices had been cooked for hours in coconut milk.

The milk was first heated, then the spices had been added and cooked for hours. In the course of the course of the coconut milk regularly broke down and finally, when all of the moisture evaporated, the spices had been fried for a seemingly infinite time till they regarded like a creamy, oily chocolate sauce.

After that, the meat was added and the cooking continued for hours and hours. The meat used was so robust that I feared that the straightforward aluminum wok through which it simmered would disintegrate in consequence. Nevertheless, on the finish of the time-consuming cooking course of, the dish tasted completely scrumptious.

CONCLUSION

  1. In the event you want to use the components as listed within the be aware, I'd encourage you to make use of your stress cooker and observe the steps
  2. If utilizing a stress cooker, you'll be able to change the coconut milk with 200 ml coconut cream that's added solely after the meat comes out of the stress cooker.
  3. First, sauté the bottom spices in 3 Tbsp coconut oil. Subsequent, add the meat cubes and proceed to sauté till the meat adjustments colour.
  4. Fill the cooker with 400 ml beef inventory, combine effectively and convey to a boil.
  5. Strain prepare dinner at 1 bar / 15 psi for 45 minutes. Begin timing when full stress is reached. Let the cooker cool for 20 minutes.
  6. Elevate the meat from the cooking liquid with a slotted spoon, and switch to a frying pan. Pressure the liquid right into a pot. Carry to a simmer and skim off as a lot fats as doable.
  7. Switch 250 ml (1 cup) of the cooking liquid to the pan with the meat, and simmer over medium warmth, gently turning and basting the meat for 12–quarter-hour till it's glazed.
  8. Mix coconut cream and the remaining liquid and convey to a boil. Cut back the sauce to a creamy consistency over low warmth.
  9. Mix sauce and meat and proceed to simmer for two minutes.
  10. Take away from warmth and let the combination infuse for 7–10 minutes.
  11. Season to style with crushed black pepper.