Sluggish Cooker Thai Crimson Curry

Tender beef, slowly cooked in a wealthy, creamy Thai pink curry sauce, with simply the good quantity of warmth (I’ve obtained some suggestions for various warmth ranges too).
This beef Thai curry comes collectively simply with the sluggish cooker doing a lot of the work. A beautiful warming curry for a chilly night.

Should you couldn’t inform by now, I LOVE a great curry, particularly on colder nights like these. I simply discover them so warming and comforting, particularly after they have only a trace of warmth to them.

I particularly love curry recipes the place the sluggish cooker does all of the work! This fashion I can do some prep within the morning, then go about my day and I’ve a scrumptious meal all able to serve as soon as I’m achieved. Not solely does the sluggish cooker do a lot of the work for me, it additionally makes the meat SO juicy and tender. 😋

📋 Components

Curry Paste – Crimson curry paste will be very sturdy in flavour and warmth stage relying on the variability you purchase. Listed below are those I take advantage of most frequently:

• Mae Ploy and Thai Style (<–affiliate hyperlinks) are each comparatively scorching however properly genuine in flavour.
• If I need a milder pink Thai curry that the children will take pleasure in, I take advantage of Waitrose personal model of Thai pink curry paste. It’s nonetheless obtained a great flavour, however is definitely fairly gentle.

Braising Beef –  I take advantage of pretty cheap braising/casserole or stewing/chuck steak. It’s a more durable minimize of meat that turns into splendidly tender with longer, slower cooking instances.

Coconut Milk – I take advantage of full-fat coconut milk because it provides a pleasant refined creamy sweetness. Should you don’t need to use coconut milk substitute it with an additional 160ml (2/3 cup) beef inventory plus 120ml (1/2 cup) double (heavy) cream.

Thai Basil – This can be a Southeast Asian kind of basil that has a flavour profile that’s fairly totally different to Italian basil. Thai basil is extra peppery with hints of mint and aniseed and is extra spicy than candy. You possibly can normally discover it in bigger supermarkets with the opposite recent herbs.

📺 Watch the best way to make it

***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this put up***

1. Season and sear the meat. I sear it proper within the sluggish cooker on the searing operate , however you are able to do the frying levels in a pan and switch to the sluggish cooker in case your sluggish cooker doesn’t have a searing operate.
2. Add the onion and cook dinner till softened.
3. Add in the remainder of the elements (other than the inexperienced beans and lime juice), and stir collectively till it’s all heated by means of.
4. Prepare dinner within the sluggish cooker for 5-6 hours on excessive or 7-8 hours on low.
5. When there’s half-hour left in your cooking time, add within the inexperienced beans and lime juice and stir collectively earlier than cooking for the remaining time.
6. At this level, you may stir in a cornflour slurry to thicken the sauce however this step is non-obligatory.
7. Serve over rice along with your favorite toppings.

Professional Tip

You possibly can alter the spice stage based mostly on the kind of pink curry paste you employ. See notes within the recipe card for more information.

These inexperienced beans add a pleasant little crunch, and the meat is so tender and flavourful.

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? Continuously Requested Questions

Can I cook dinner it within the oven?

Sure, make it in the identical means, however as an alternative of cooking within the sluggish cooker, add to to a casserole pan with a lid and cook dinner within the oven at 160C/325F for 3-4 hours, till the meat could be very tender. Add the inexperienced beans and lime juice for the final 20 minutes of cooking.
Examine each hour or so to make sure the sauce isn’t operating dry. High up with a splash of boiling water if it’s beginning to look dry.

Can I make it forward?

Sure, this recipe will be made forward, then cooled, coated and refrigerated for as much as 3 days.
Reheat in a pan, over a medium warmth, stirring sometimes (watch out to not break up the meat an excessive amount of), till piping scorching all through.

Can I freeze it?

Sure, make the recipe, then cool, cowl and freeze. 
Defrost in a single day within the fridge, then reheat, as per the make-ahead directions above.

Ingredient swaps

Swap the pink Thai curry paste to your favorite curry paste. Jalfrezi, Madras, Balti and Tikka curry paste all work effectively.

Add in additional greens. Mushrooms, courgette (zucchini) and child new potatoes can all go in if you add all the pieces to the sluggish cooker. Broccoli and bamboo shoots will be added in for the final half-hour of cooking, and child spinach will be stirred in proper on the finish.

Don’t need to use coconut milk? substitute the 400ml (14 floz) coconut milk with an additional 160ml (2/3 cup) beef inventory plus 120ml (1/2 cup) double (heavy) cream.

Need a change from beef? Swap it out for lamb (I take advantage of diced lamb shoulder steaks or neck).

scale down this recipe

I make it in a giant batch, then normally freeze half for later.
Nonetheless, if you wish to halve this recipe to serve 4 folks, it’s higher to do it in a smaller sluggish cooker. You possibly can halve all the elements, however the cook-time will nonetheless be the identical.

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• In case your slow-cooker has a searing operate, flip the searing operate to excessive. If it does not, you are able to do the frying stage in a big frying pan and switch to the sluggish cooker later.

• Warmth the oil utilizing the searing operate (or warmth on a excessive warmth within the frying pan).

  2 tbsp oil

• Add the meat and sprinkle the salt and pepper on prime. Stir collectively and sear till frivolously browned (about 6-8 minutes). Should you discover a lot of liquid coming off your beef, you may spoon it off and add an additional drizzle of oil (we would like the meat to fry, not boil).

  1.5 kg (3.3 kilos) braising beef, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper

• Add within the onion and cook dinner for 4-5 minutes, till barely softened.

  1 giant onion

• Add within the garlic, ginger, lemongrass paste, Thai curry paste, inventory, sugar, fish sauce, coconut milk and Thai basil. Stir and cook dinner for 2-3 minutes to warmth by means of.

  4 cloves garlic, 2 tsp minced ginger, 2 tsp lemongrass paste, 90 g (6 tbsp) pink Thai curry paste*, 360 ml (1 1/2 cups) sturdy beef inventory, 2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce, 400 ml (14 oz) tin full fats coconut milk, 15 recent Thai basil leaves

• Should you have been utilizing a frying pan, switch the contents to your sluggish cooker now. Place your sluggish cooker lid on and cook dinner on the sluggish cooker programme for 5-6 hours on excessive or 7-8 hours on low.

• half-hour earlier than you are able to serve, add within the inexperienced beans, and lime juice. Stir collectively, place the lid on and cook dinner for half-hour extra.

  200 g (7 oz) high quality inexperienced beans, sliced in half, 1 tbsp lime juice

• If you wish to thicken the sauce a little bit, slowly pour within the cornstarch and water combination while stirring – till the sauce is thick sufficient.

  2 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch) blended with 4 tbsp chilly water

• Serve over rice and add a pair (or all) of your favorite toppings. I like coriander (cilantro), Thai basil, Thai chillies, toasted peanuts and lime slices.

  Sticky rice, chopped coriander (cilantro), Thai basil leaves, finely chopped recent Thai chillies, chopped toasted peanuts, slices of lime

Curry Paste

Crimson curry paste will be very sturdy in flavour and warmth stage relying on the variability you purchase. Listed below are those I take advantage of most frequently:

• Mae Ploy and Thai Style (<–affiliate hyperlinks) are each comparatively scorching however properly genuine in flavour.
• If I need a milder pink Thai curry that the children will take pleasure in, I take advantage of Waitrose personal model of Thai pink curry paste. It’s nonetheless obtained a great flavour, however is definitely fairly gentle.

Can I cook dinner it within the oven?

Sure, make it in the identical means, however as an alternative of cooking within the sluggish cooker, add to to a casserole pan with a lid and cook dinner within the oven at 160C/325F for 3-4 hours, till the meat could be very tender. Add the inexperienced beans and lime juice for the final 20 minutes of cooking.
Examine each hour or so to make sure the sauce isn’t operating dry. High up with a splash of boiling water if it’s beginning to look dry.

Can I make it forward?

Sure, this recipe will be made forward, then cooled, coated and refrigerated for as much as 3 days. Reheat in a pan, over a medium warmth, stirring sometimes (watch out to not break up the meat an excessive amount of), till piping scorching all through.

Can I freeze it?

Sure, make the recipe, then cool, cowl and freeze. 
Defrost in a single day within the fridge, then reheat, as per the make-ahead directions above.

Ingredient swaps

• Swap the pink Thai curry paste to your favorite curry paste. Jalfrezi, Madras, Balti and Tikka curry paste all work effectively.
• Add in additional greens. Mushrooms, courgette (zucchini) and child new potatoes can all go in if you add all the pieces to the sluggish cooker. Broccoli and bamboo shoots will be added in for the final half-hour of cooking, and child spinach will be stirred in proper on the finish.
• Don’t need to use coconut milk? substitute the 400ml (14 floz) coconut milk with an additional 160ml (2/3 cup) beef inventory plus 120ml (1/2 cup) double (heavy) cream.
• Braising beef will get deliciously tender within the sluggish cooker, which is why I like to make use of it for big-batch recipes like these, if you happen to can’t get your fingers on it nonetheless, you may swap it for Stewing Steak.

Sluggish Cooker

I cook dinner this recipe in a big (5.6 litre/6-quart) sluggish cooker that has a searing operate (so I don’t need to brown issues in a separate pan). That is the sluggish cooker (<– affiliate hyperlink) I’ve, however I believe they’ve stopped promoting it now.
Morphy Richards additionally do a great ‘Sear and Stew’ sluggish cooker with a searing operate and Cuisinart do a Sauté sluggish cooker. 

scale down this recipe

I make it in a giant batch, then normally freeze half for later. Nonetheless, if you wish to halve this recipe to serve 4 folks, it’s higher to do it in a smaller sluggish cooker. You possibly can halve all the elements, however the cook-time will nonetheless be the identical. Dietary info is per serving, based mostly on this recipe serving 8 folks.

Energy: 436kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 44g | Fats: 24g | Saturated Fats: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 7g | Trans Fats: 0.01g | Ldl cholesterol: 116mg | Sodium: 676mg | Potassium: 842mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1986IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 6mg

Vitamin info is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

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