Beef curry with potatoes is a one pot meal that will please the whole family. Make it in the slow cooker for a weekday meal that adds variety and so much flavour to your meal plan.
Beef Curry with Potatoes
This incredibly tender and flavourful dish will amaze your family. I like this done in a cast iron Dutch oven, cooked low and slow. It is great done in slow cooker as well.
Servings: 8
Calories: 382kcal
Equipment
- 1 Dutch oven or slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- 2 lbs Simmering steak
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 Large onion diced
- 28 oz Diced tomatoes can
- 3 Garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp Fresh ginger minced
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Coriander
- 2 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tsp Madras curry powder
- Pinch Cayenne pepper to taste
- 3 cups Potatoes diced
Instructions
Dutch oven instructions:
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- On stovetop, heat one tablespoon of cooking oil in Dutch oven.
- Lightly salt steak and sear each side, until it releases from the pan. If the steak does not lift easily, it is not ready to turn. Allow it to sear a little longer.
- Remove seared steak from pan.
- Melt butter in pan.
- Add onion and cook until softened.
- Add remaining ingredients, except potatoes, stirring to combine.
- Return steak to pot and cover with sauce.
- Cover and bake for 2-3 hours. Keep an eye on the liquid level and add a little water if needed.
- When done, the steak will easily pull apart.
- One hour before serving, remove steak from sauce and pull apart into smaller pieces. Then return to the sauce and add diced potatoes. Stir to combine. Continue cooking for one hour, until potatoes are tender.
- To serve, top with a sprinkle of chopped cilantro and naan on the side.
Slow cooker instructions:
- Omit oil and butter.
- Put diced onion and potatoes in bottom of slow cooker.
- Lay steak on top.
- Combine remaining ingredients and pour over steak.
- Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours.
- One hour before serving pull steak apart into smaller pieces using two forks and continue cooking for one hour.
- To serve, top with a sprinkle of chopped cilantro and naan on the side.
Nutrition
Calories: 382kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 378mg | Potassium: 923mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 4mg