Indonesian (Javanese, Sundanese, Minang)

Beef Rendang (Rendang Daging)

Name: Beef Rendang (Rendang Daging)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 280 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian (Javanese, Sundanese, Minang)
Ingredients: 1 kg beef (chuck/shin, cubed); 1.5 coconut milk; 1 rempah (shallot, garlic, galangal, ginger, lemongrass, chili, turmeric, candlenut); kaffir lime + turmeric leaf, lemongrass stalks; 3 tbsp kerisik (toasted grated coconut); tamarind / asam kandis

The Minangkabau masterpiece, regularly voted among the world's best dishes: beef braised for hours in spiced coconut milk until the sauce vanishes and the meat turns dark, glossy, and intensely flavored — a celebration dish and a feat of patience.

4 hr 40 min · Serves 6 · Takes some skill

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Base

1 kgbeef (chuck/shin, cubed), zabiha
1.5 coconut milk

Rempah

1 rempah (shallot, garlic, galangal, ginger, lemongrass, chili, turmeric, candlenut)

Aromatics

kaffir lime + turmeric leaf, lemongrass stalks

Depth

3 tbspkerisik (toasted grated coconut)

Souring

tamarind / asam kandis

Method

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Time: Prep 40 min · Cook 240 min · 280 min total
Difficulty: hard

1
Pound and fry the rempah until fragrant and oil-split.
25 min
2
Add beef, coconut milk, aromatics; simmer, stirring, as it slowly reduces.
150 min
3
Continue until the liquid evaporates and the dish darkens to a dry, glossy, caramelized rendang (or stop earlier for wet kalio); stir in kerisik.
90 min