Banana And Coconut Beef Stew Food

BANANA AND COCONUT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Peel the bananas and cut into 1 to 1 ½ inch pieces.
• Dice the beef into approximately ½ inch pieces.
• Place the meat in a saucepan, cover with water, add salt.
• Bring to boil and simmer until tender.
• Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the onions until translucent but not browned.
• Add the tomato and the meat mixture.
• Adjust the seasoning to taste.
• Continue cooking until the tomatoes soften.
• Add the coconut milk, stirring continuously and bring the mixture to a boil. Add the banana pieces and snow peas.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for approximately 10-15 minutes, or until the bananas are cooked, soft but not mushy.
• Serve hot, over rice.

COCONUT-LIME BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325. in large Dutch oven heat 1 tsp of oil and brown onions (7-8 minutes). Add garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, tumeric, and pepper. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute Transfer into a plate.
• Increase heat to high, add oil then add and brown the beef. Once browned add onion mixture back, stir in coconut milk, lime zest, lime juice, bay leaves and baby carrots. Bring mixture to a simmer, cover and place in the oven for 2-3 hours. Serve garnished with peanuts.
• I served it with some brown rice....it was excellent. A nice change from regular stew.

CURRIED BANANA BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In shallow dutch oven heat 1 Tbsp of oil over medium-high heat.
• Brown beef in batches.
• Transfer to plate when browned.
• Drain off any fat in pan.
• Add remaining oil to pan and fry onuion, garlic, salt and pepper over medium-high heat until softened.
• Add curry paste and cook stirring for 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes and bring to a boil breaking up tomatoes with a spoon and scraping up brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Reduce heat to medium and add coconut milk.
• Return beef any accumulated juices to pan.
• Cover and simmer for about 1 1/2 hours or until meat is tender.
• Add plantains and sweet potatoes and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
• Uncover and simmer stirring occasionally until thickened and potatoes and plantains are tender.
• Sprinkle with coriander.

CURRIED BANANA BEEF STEW

Steps:

• in a dutch oven heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium, high heat.
• brown beef, remove from pan and put aside.
• clean pan.
• add other tablespoon of oil, fry onions, garlic, red pepper flakes until onions are soft.
• add curry paste, stir.
• add tomatoes, bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan.
• reduce heat to medium, add coconut milk.
• return beef to pan.
• add salt and pepper.
• cover and simmer until beef is tender.
• add sweet potatoes and plantains.
• cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• uncover and simmer, and stir a few times until thicken and potatoes and plantains are cooked.