7 Recipes for Tender and Easy Beef Stew, Perfect for Practical Eid Menu

Kapanlagi.com - When celebrating Eid al-Fitr, dishes made with meat are often the main course. Not only rendang, but also beef stew is frequently encountered. Although beef stew is considered a luxurious dish, the recipe for beef stew is actually quite easy, KLovers.

There are many variations of beef stew recipes that you can make. For those who don't like it too sweet, there are also spicy beef stew recipes. So for those of you who live alone in a different area and cannot go home, you can try some of these beef stew recipes.

As reported by brilio.net, here are 7 easy, simple, and tender beef stew recipes for a luxurious Eid al-Fitr menu. Let's check it out, KLovers.

1. Simple Beef Stew

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The first recipe is a simple beef stew recipe. This recipe is perfect for those of you who are college students or housewives who don't want to be complicated. Here are some ingredients and steps for the simple beef stew recipe:

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of beef, thinly sliced

- 6 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce

- 4 cloves

- 750 ml of water

- 50 grams of small diced tomatoes

- Sufficient amount of cooking oil

- 4 cm of cinnamon

- Fried shallots for garnish

Ground spices:

- 4 candlenuts

- 1 teaspoon of ground pepper

- 7 shallots

- 4 cloves of garlic

- 1/2 cm of ginger

- 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

- 2 teaspoons of salt

Cooking steps:

1. Sauté the ground spices. Add the beef slices and cook until the color changes.

2. Pour in the sweet soy sauce and water. Add the cinnamon, cloves, and tomatoes.

3. Cook on low heat until the beef is tender and the sauce thickens.

4. Serve the beef with garnished fried shallots.

2. Beef Stew with Potatoes

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For those of you who enjoy beef stew with potatoes, this beef stew recipe can be one of your mainstay recipes during Eid al-Fitr. Here are several methods and ingredients for beef stew with potatoes:

Ingredients:

- 250 grams of beef, cut into pieces

- 1 piece of ginger, crushed

- 1 bay leaf

- 3 cloves of garlic

- 2 medium-sized potatoes, cut into pieces

- 50 grams of vermicelli, soaked and drained

- 5 shallots

- 3 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce

- 2 large red chilies, deseeded

- 2 tomatoes, cut into pieces

- 1 cinnamon stick

- Cooking oil

- Sufficient amount of ground pepper

- Sufficient amount of water

- Sufficient amount of sugar

- Sufficient amount of salt

Cooking instructions:

1. Sauté the shallots, garlic, and ground red chilies. Add the bay leaf and ginger.

2. Add the beef, cook until it changes color.

3. Add the potatoes, then pour in the water. Add the sweet soy sauce, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and ground pepper to taste.

4. Cook the beef and potatoes until tender. Add the vermicelli.

3. Betawi Beef Stew

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The next beef stew recipe is Betawi beef stew. This stew, which has a slightly thick broth, will be a luxurious yet practical menu for Eid. Here is the recipe for Betawi beef stew:

Ingredients:
- 500 grams of beef

Ground spices:

- 1/2 teaspoon coriander

- 6 cloves of shallots

- 1 teaspoon ground pepper

- 4 cloves of garlic

- 3 candlenuts

- 2 cm ginger

Other ingredients:

- 2 cinnamon sticks

- 2 bay leaves

- 5 cloves

- 2 star anise

- salt to taste

- 2 lemongrass (bruised)

- fried shallots to taste

- 1 cardamom

- 1 nutmeg

- 1 segment of galangal (bruised)

- sweet soy sauce to taste

- cooking oil as needed

Cooking instructions:

1. Boil the beef until tender, drain the water and then cut the meat into pieces.

2. Saute the ground spices. Add the meat, cloves, star anise, bay leaves, lemongrass, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, nutmeg, and galangal. Mix well.

3. Pour in water, soy sauce, and sprinkle with salt. Cook until the stew broth thickens slightly.

4. Malbi Beef Stew Typical of Palembang

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Not only Betawi, Palembang also has its own typical beef stew. With a very thick and rich broth, this Malbi beef stew from Palembang will tantalize your taste buds. Here is the recipe for Malbi beef stew typical of Palembang:

Ingredients:
- 4 cloves of garlic

- 100 grams of beef has dalam

- 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper

- 250 ml of beef broth

- 8 shallots

- 1 tablespoon of tamarind water

- 8 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce

- 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

- Ginger

- 1 teaspoon of salt

- 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar

Cooking instructions:

1. Saute the beef until half cooked. Set aside.

2. Grind the garlic, shallots, ground nutmeg, ground pepper, and ginger. Saute until smooth. Add the beef and mix well.

3. Pour in the water, cook the beef until tender and the broth reduces.

4. Add the sweet soy sauce, tamarind water, sugar, and salt. Cook until the broth thickens.

5. Spicy Beef Stew

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Stew is synonymous with a sweet taste, for those of you who don't like sweetness too much, then this spicy beef stew recipe will be suitable. Here are some ways and ingredients for the spicy beef stew recipe:

Ingredients:

- 1/2 kg beef (inner or sandung lemur)

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- 3 cloves

- 3 potatoes, peeled and divided into 4

- 1 medium-sized onion, peeled and diced small

- 1 large-sized red tomato, grated

- 1 bay leaf

- 2 star anise

- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

- 2 tablespoons butter

- 2 cinnamon sticks

Beef marinade ingredients:

- 100 ml sweet soy sauce

- 4 tablespoons condensed milk

Ground spices:

- 3 candlenuts

- 2 cloves of garlic

- 5 shallots

- 3 red chili peppers

- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg powder

Cooking instructions:

1. Marinate the meat with the marinade ingredients. Pierce the meat with a knife to allow the spices to penetrate. Leave it in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours.

2. Sauté the onion, add the star anise, cinnamon sticks, and bay leaf. Then add the grated tomato. Cook until thickened.

3. Add the meat with the marinade ingredients. Cook until boiling. Pour water until the meat is submerged. Wait until it boils.

4. Add the cut potatoes. Cook until done.

6. Smoked Beef Stew

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Who says smoked meat can't be made into a stew? In fact, this smoked meat stew recipe can be a practical food creation that you can serve during the holiday, KLovers. Here is the recipe for smoked meat stew:

Ingredients:

- 300 grams of beef

- 750 ml of water

- 1 large red tomato, roughly chopped

- 2 tablespoons of corn starch or corn flour

- 3 large-sized potatoes, peeled and cut according to preference

- Oil

Ground spices:

- 7 cloves of shallots, finely sliced

- 3 cm of cinnamon

- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

- 4 cm of ginger, thinly sliced

- 3 tablespoons of oil

- 5 pieces of star anise

Additional spices:

- 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce

- 1 tablespoon of homemade ngohiong powder

- 5 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce

- Salt and sugar to taste

- 3 tablespoons of soy sauce or fish sauce

Smoking ingredients:

- 1 tablespoon of cooking oil

- 1 small heat-resistant container

- 1 piece of charcoal, burned until glowing

Cooking instructions:

1. Cut the meat into medium-sized pieces. Mix the meat with corn starch, stir well.

2. Fry the meat for 5 minutes, remove and set aside.

3. Sauté the ground spices. After withered, put in the meat, water and seasoning. Stir well.

4. Add potatoes, stir well and cook until half cooked. Add tomato pieces. Cook until the meat and potatoes are tender.

5. Place a small heat-resistant container on top of the dish, add a little cooking oil. Put the glowing charcoal, if it starts to smoke, cover the pan or pot. Let it sit until the smoke disappears for about 5 minutes.

7. Black Pepper Beef Stew

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And finally, there is black pepper beef stew. Want to taste a stew with a Japanese twist? This black pepper beef stew recipe can be your reference for cooking during Eid al-Fitr. Here is the recipe for black pepper beef stew:

Ingredients:

- Beef

- Salt to taste

- 1 tablespoon black pepper sauce

- 2 cloves of garlic

- 1/2 thumb-sized ginger

- 20 green bird's eye chilies

- 1 small slice of lime

- Black pepper broth

- 1 clove of garlic

- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce

- 3 tablespoons sweet soy sauce

- Chicken broth

- 4 red curly chilies

- 4 shallots

- Sugar to taste

Cooking instructions:

1. Wash the beef and cut it into pieces, include the fatty parts.

2. Grind all the ingredients for the broth, marinate the beef until it dries. Separate the broth in the middle of the boiling process.

3. Grind and mix the ingredients into the chicken broth.

4. Mix the marinated beef with the black pepper sauce. Drain until it thickens.

Those are 7 easy, simple, and of course, tender beef stew recipes. Hopefully, some of the beef stew recipes above can be a luxurious recipe for Eid al-Fitr.

(kpl/dhm)