tender meat, toasted walnuts, and sweet raisins in a mildly spicy broth. This one-pot wonder is a balanced, flavorful delight that's both delicious and easy to make. Don't miss out on this taste sensation—plus, it's super adaptable!
2.2poundsbeef chucktrimmed, brought to room temperature
2medium brown onionsfinely chopped
4garlic clovesminced
½tspsalt
½tspground cumin
½tspturmeric
1tspblack pepper
¼tspground cinnamon
1tbspbrown sugar
2tbspall-purpose flour
3cupslow sodium beef broth
2bay leaves
2tspsambal oelekmore or less to taste
¼cupraisins
chopped parsley for servingoptional
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Instructions
Get your prep done before you start cooking: Finely chop the onions, mince the garlic cloves and roughly chop the walnuts.
Heat a heavy-bottomed pan or a Dutch oven over medium high. Add walnuts and toast for about 2 minutes or until fragrant. Remove from pan.
In the same pan, heat oil and butter. Place half of the beef in a single layer and sear, undisturbed for 2 minutes. Next start stirring and cook until it browns all over, about 2 minutes. Remove from pot into a clean bowl. Add the remaining beef and repeat the process by first searing undisturbed and cooking until browned. There's no need to remove the meat from the pot.
Add garlic and onions, cook for 3 minutes. Return the rest of the beef to the pot. Add salt, pepper, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon and brown sugar. Add flour, stir until incorporated.
Pour in beef broth and add bay leaves. Next stir in sambal oelek. Cover the pan, bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour over low.
After this time, add walnuts and raisins. Cover and simmer for 40 minutes more or until the meat is fork-tender.
When done, taste and adjust salt and sambal oelek. Stir in parsley. Enjoy!