Description
What Part of Beef Is Flat Iron Steak?
Flat Iron Steak cut is from the shoulder of a beef animal.
What’s the Best Recipe for Scottish Beef Flat Iron Steak?
Try Beef Massaman Curry!
Ingredients
- 750g Beef Steak
- 2 tsp salt
- Pepper
- 3 Tbsp rice bran oil (or other neutral oil)
- 1 large onion – cut into chunks or thin wedges
- 400g can coconut milk
- 4 cloves garlic – finely chopped
- 1 cm ginger – finely chopped or grated
- 1/3 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/3 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ Tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp shrimp paste (or 1 extra Tbsp fish sauce)
- 1 Tbsp lemon grass paste (or add 2 Tbsp lime juice at end)
- ½ finely chopped chilli (or to taste)
- 1 Tbsp raw sugar (or other sugar)
- 1 Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp tamarind paste (or 3 Tbsp lime juice)
- ½ cup unsalted peanuts – toasted
- 2 large waxy potatoes – peeled and diced
- Fresh coriander and jasmine rice – to serve
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 160°C. Season the beef with salt and pepper. Pan fry in batches in hot oil until browned all over, remove and place in a casserole dish.
- Using the same frying pan, sauté the onion in a little oil until almost fully cooked. Add a few tablespoons of coconut milk to the pan, then add the garlic, ginger and curry spices, and gently toss until fragrant.
- Add half the can of coconut milk, then add the shrimp paste, lemongrass, chilli, sugar, fish sauce and tamarind.
- Put most of the peanuts in a blender with the remaining coconut milk (leave a few peanuts aside for garnishing). Blend until smooth and add to the curry sauce.
- Add the diced potatoes to the casserole dish and pour the curry sauce over the top. Mix to coat the beef and potatoes. Rinse the coconut can with a little water and use this water to deglaze the sauce pan. Add this liquid to the casserole dish.
- Cover with a disc of baking paper (cartouche), press down onto the meat and liquids (this will help trap and develop the flavours as it cooks). Cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook for 2.5 hours.
- Adjust seasoning to taste. Serve with jasmine rice and garnish with fresh coriander and peanuts.
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