Spicy Beef Stew (Bo Kho)

Spicy Beef Stew (Bo Kho)

Time: 3 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons annatto seeds
• 2 lbs top round beef, cut into large cubes
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 cup beer (optional)
• 1 stalk lemongrass, finely chopped
• 2 pieces star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 cup thickly chopped carrot

Directions

• 1 Heat half of the oil with annatto seeds and stir quickly until the oil takes on the redish-brown color of the seeds.
• 2 Set aside, strain and remove the seeds.
• 3 Marinate the beef cubes with onion, half the garlic, salt, sugar and half of the annatto seed oil mixture for 45 minutes.
• 4 Heat the remaining annatto seed oil and cook the remaining garlic until soft.
• 5 Add curry powder, beer and marinade and it`s ingredients.
• 6 Braise the beef, adding a little water, lemongrass, star anise and cinnamon.
• 7 Cook at 350 degree in oven for 1 hour then and add carrots.
• 8 Cook for 1 more hour.
• 9 Simmer 5 more minutes.
• 10 Garnish and serve over white rice is how I served it. The juices got absorbed into the rice.