Slow Cooker Thai Beef Curry Food

SLOW COOKER COCONUT THAI BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• Begin by preparing the slow cooker with oil or cooking spray
• Dice the beef into bite sized pieces, remove and discard any large amounts of fat.
• Add the beef to the slow cooker and season well with the salt & pepper.
• Peel and prepare the vegetables, dice the carrots and potatoes into bite sized chunks, quarter the mushrooms and finely dice the onion.
• Add these vegetables to the slow cooker
• Add to this the green curry paste, garlic, brown sugar and finally pour over the coconut milk (if using kaffir leaves add these now also)
• Stir to combine and cook on LOW for 8 hours
• Stir gently a few times during cooking
• At 8 hours take out 1/3 of a cup of the cooking liquid and add the cornflour to this and stir until no lumps remain then pour back into the slow cooker and stir gently to combine
• If adding green beans add them now
• Cook for a further 45 minutes to an hour to allow sauce to thicken and everything to become tender
• Remove Kaffir leaves and discard
• Serve with a fragrant rice or on its own (if using squeeze a little lime juice over the curry before serving)
• This will freeze well, allow to cool before adding portions in airtight containers to the refrigerator or freezer.
• Enjoy!

SLOW COOKER THAI BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add oil; swirl to coat. Add beef, and cook in 2 batches, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 6 minutes. Place browned beef in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Add stock to skillet, stirring and scraping to loosen browned bits from bottom of skillet; transfer mixture to slow cooker. Add curry paste, fish sauce, sugar, and onion; stir to loosely combine. Cover, and cook on low until beef is very tender, about 8 hours.
• Add coconut milk and haricots verts to slow cooker. Increase heat to high; cook until haricots verts are tender, about 12 minutes. Turn off heat; add cilantro leaves, spinach, and lime juice. Stir gently until spinach starts to wilt. Garnish with cilantro sprigs, if desired.

SLOW COOKER THAI BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Pour oil carefully into the hot skillet. Add beef in 2 batches and cook until browned, about 3 minutes per side. Place browned beef into the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Pour beef broth into the skillet, scraping up browned bits. Transfer broth mixture to the slow cooker and add curry paste, onion, brown sugar, and fish sauce. Stir to combine. Cover and cook on Low for 8 hours.
• Add green beans and coconut milk to the slow cooker. Increase temperature to High and cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in spinach, cilantro, and lime juice.