Beef rendang is one of the original cuisines of Minangkabau descent and Sumatra's culture. It is served at special occasions to honor guests and during festive seasons. With a decent bit of beef and plenty of time in the slow-cooker you will absolutely love this incredible dish. spicy, aromatic and fresh!

Indonesian Beef Rendang. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. This luscious Indonesian dish, from a recipe in James Oseland's book Cradle of Flavor (W. Rendang is a Minangkabau spicy meat dish originating from West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, beef rendang - indonesian. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Beef rendang is one of the original cuisines of Minangkabau descent and Sumatra's culture. It is served at special occasions to honor guests and during festive seasons. With a decent bit of beef and plenty of time in the slow-cooker you will absolutely love this incredible dish. spicy, aromatic and fresh!

Beef Rendang - Indonesian is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It's appreciated by millions every day. It's easy, it's fast, it tastes delicious. They're fine and they look wonderful. Beef Rendang - Indonesian is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have beef rendang - indonesian using 25 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Beef Rendang - Indonesian:

1. {Make ready 500 gr of beef (I used shin beef) - cut big square (I used 250 on purpose).
2. {Take 400 ml of coconut milk- cans (you can change half to milk, but it will taste bit different, but it will healthier).
3. {Prepare 400 ml of coconut milk mix to 400ml water. This to make 800ml light coconut milk.
4. {Get 3 of kafir limes leaves (dont use the stem).
5. {Make ready 3 of bayleaves (I only used 2 as we dont have in the house).
6. {Make ready 1 of lemongrass cut into 3.
7. {Prepare 1 of turmeric leaves (omit if you dont have).
8. {Get 1 tbsp of brown sugar (I used our palm sugar - gula jawa).
9. {Take 1 tsp of tamarind paste (if you used seed one, mix in water).
10. {Make ready 5 tbsp of coconut oil (or any) - add if need it.
11. {Prepare as needed of Salt (last).
12. {Make ready 1 of Knorr beef cube.
13. {Make ready 1.5 tsp of white pepper.
14. {Take of Optional: Rendang paste - I used Indofood brand.
15. {Make ready of To blends in food processor with 1 tbsp oil:.
16. {Make ready 10 of Red chillies (30 gr) - cut/slice.
17. {Get 5 of Thai red chilies.
18. {Get 3-4 of shallot - cut.
19. {Take 4-5 of garlic.
20. {Make ready 2 cm of ginger.
21. {Make ready 1 tsp of galangal mince.
22. {Prepare 1 tsp of corriander seed/powder.
23. {Prepare 1/2 tsp of nutmeg powder.
24. {Get 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
25. {Make ready 2-3 of candlenut (omit if you dont have).

It has spread across Indonesia to the cuisines of neighbouring Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia. Home Indonesian Food Beef Rendang: Rendang Daging Minang Recipe. Rendang Daging Padang -Indonesian Beef Rendang - adapted from Lia of Dapur Gue, modified and translated by me. Rendang Sapi is one of the most popular dishes from Padang, West Sumatra.

Instructions to make Beef Rendang - Indonesian:

1. In a wok, put a bit of oil and put the beef, cook just to coat them and set aside (less then 5minutes).
2. In the same wok, pour the blends ingredients. You dont really need oil (but I used it) as you have mix this with the blends in low heat. No more then 5minutes..
3. Add the beef into the wok, coat all the beef and stir fry for another 5-10 minutes medium heat, till you can see the oil separated a bit. Put all the leaves and lemongrass..
4. Pour the light (800ml) coconut milk. Add the sugar, white pepper and knorr, a bit of salt (you can always add later, I only put 1/2 tsp) Put the heat up to medium and keep stirring till bubbling. This takes me about 20 minutes. When it bubble. Stop. Add the sachet if using, tamarind water, stirred. Turn off..
5. Transfer in caserole dish (or slowcooker) closed and Oven 180c for about 2:30 hours (or until you think the beef is tender)..
6. Stirred and Check if it change colour and the liquid drop n thicker. Add the 400 thick coconut milk. Stirred.
7. Transfer it to wok, in medium heat. Stirred ccasionally every 15-20 minutes till it thicken (I used timer and did this for about 2 hours). Turn the heat off and leave it overnight. It will change its tekstur in the morning..
8. This is how it look in the morning. We start the process again. Medium heat, for 20 minutes. You can see the oil separated and start bubbling. You need to keep an eye and keep stirring..
9. You need to stir by scratching it from bottom, so it wont stick. when you see the bubble, you need to keep stirring every 5 minutes as otherwise the bottom will stick. (I always feel excited here as I know it almost finish!). It takes me about 20 minutes..
10. After about total 40 minutes, this is how it looks like,I called it Rendang Jawa:) and this is how we usually enjoy. The real Padang rendang will take way longer to cook, and all the coconut will actually be a bit dry and stick to the meat (amazing!!). The choice is yours! I cant wait that long! Lol! Make sure you reheat everyday, if you have left over so the taste get better and better ;).
11. The rendang sauce can be stored in fridge for about a week, it can be used to make nasi goreng (like Gordon Ramsay did - but I dont used kecap manis). I will post next time! Sooo delicious to be add on top of your tempe, omelet or fried egg. We can also use as sandwhich filler! The option is endless..

However, it takes a bit longer time to cook so that the beef will be soft and tender. Traditional beef rendang is also known as the dry rendang. Back in the old days before refrigerator is common, the method of cooking. A traditional dish in Malaysia, beef rendang traces its origins from the Minangkabau ethnic group of the highlands of Western Sumatra in Indonesia. Beef rendang is everything that a stew should be.

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