Slow Cooker Coconut Beef Curry

This is my new absolute favourite.

I love slow cooker meals that take like 8 hours. The main benefit for me is that I can put one on in between night shifts and wake up to the smell of a delicious dinner that’s all cooked and ready to go. It’s the one time in my life I feel like an adult.

Beef is great for that. 6-8 hours on low and you have chunks of beef that are falling apart. They can literally be cut with a spoon. You need that in your life.

This curry is an insanely delicious meal. I felt LUCKY to wake up to this meal. I’m not going to say it made night shift worth it, but I wasn’t mad at it.

The other great thing is that the spice paste makes enough for 2 curries, so you can either halve it or make the full amount and store some in the fridge for a week or two so you can have yet another delicious meal.

serves 4

Ingredients for the spice paste (makes enough for 2 curries)

• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 red chillies, deseeded
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• A thumb of ginger, grated
• 2 sticks lemongrass
• 2 tsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp honey
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• Pinch salt
• Bunch coriander stalks
• 1 tbsp oil

Ingredients for the rest of the curry

• 400g beef steak, cut into chunks
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• Salt and pepper
• 3 cardamom pods
• Stick of cinnamon bark
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 100ml beef stock
• Half a can coconut milk (can use the rest to cook the rice)
• 2 medium potatoes peeled and cut into 2cm cubes

Method

Whip up the curry paste by putting all the ingredients in a blender and blitz.

Now, toss the beef in cornflour and season with salt and pepper. Place in the slow cooker.

Add the spice paste, the whole spices, the beef stock, coconut milk and potatoes.

Slow cooker meals always look gross

Stir well and stick the lid on.

At this point you can place it in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.

Let cook for 6-8 hours on low.

Serve with rice.