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Thai Massaman Curry Dinner
60 min total15 prep45 cook6 servings480 cal
ClassicContains tree nut
Rich Thai massaman curry with tender beef, potatoes, and peanuts in a fragrant coconut sauce. A mild, warming dinner with Malay-influenced spices.
Ingredients
meat
- 700 gbeef stew meat
pantry
- 3 tbspmassaman curry paste
- 2 cancoconut milk
- 0.5 cuproasted peanuts
- 2 tbspfish sauce
- 1 tbsppalm sugar
- 2 tbspvegetable oil
- 1cinnamon stick
produce
- 2potato
- 1onion
Steps
- Cube beef and potatoes; slice onion.
- Fry curry paste in oil until fragrant, 2 minutes.
- Add thick coconut cream from cans and stir until oil separates.
- Add beef and cinnamon; simmer 30 minutes until beef is tender.
- Stir in potatoes, onion, remaining coconut milk, fish sauce, and sugar.
- Simmer 15 minutes until potatoes are soft and sauce thickens.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Serve over rice topped with peanuts.
Tips
- Toast peanuts separately for garnish crunch.
- Simmer gently — coconut milk can split if boiled hard.
- Massaman paste varies in salt; taste before adding extra fish sauce.
- Serve with jasmine rice and pickled shallots.
