Beef curry in dish with spoon with rice and naan bread

Slow cooker beef curry

By Lulu Grimes
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Prep: 20 mins Cook: 4 hrs, 30 mins - 8 hrs, 30 mins

Easy

Serves 4 - 5

This slow-cooked beef curry is easy to make and perfect for feeding the family – add chunks of potato for an extra hearty dish. Serve with rice and naan bread

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable
  • Gluten-free

Nutrition: per serving (5)

  • kcal425
  • fat30g
  • saturates17g
  • carbs6g
  • sugars3g
  • fibre2g
  • protein32g
  • salt0.18g
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Ingredients

  • 750g beef for braising (braising steak, chuck, flank etc) cut into chunks
    Beef

    Beef

    bee-f

    The classic cut of meat for a British Sunday roast, beef is full of flavour, as well as being a…

  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
    Onion

    Onion

    un-yun

    Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…

  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 5cm piece ginger, grated
    Ginger

    Ginger

    jin-jer

    Mainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…

  • 4 cardamom pods
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tbsp ground coriander
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • ½ – 1 tsp chilli powder
  • 400ml coconut milk (see tip)
    Coconut milk in a glass, with half a coconut

    Coconut milk

    ko-ko-nut mill-k

    Coconut milk is not the slightly opaque liquid that flows from a freshly opened coconut –…

  • small bunch coriander, chopped

Method

  1. Heat your slow cooker if you need to. Fry the beef in batches in 2 tbsp oil until it is browned all over and tip into the slow cooker. Put the remaining oil in the frying pan and fry the onion over a low heat until it starts to soften. Add the garlic and ginger and fry for 1 minute.

  2. Add all the spices and fry for 1 minute or until the spices start to smell fragrant. Add the coconut milk and bring to a simmer, then tip everything into the slow cooker.

  3. Cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Stir in the coriander and serve. 

  • Recipe Tip

    Swap the base

    You can make this recipe tomato based if you like – add 400ml passata or a whizzed-up tin of tomatoes instead of the coconut milk.

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