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Thai red curry with beef and pumpkin

Our fragrant red curry with beef and pumpkin is high in fibre and iron and can easily be made gluten free.

  • Hands-on time: 15 mins
  • Time to make: 2 hrs 30 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • spray oil
    • 600g lean beef chuck steak, trimmed, diced
    • 1 medium-sized red onion, chopped
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • 2 tablespoons Thai red-curry paste
    • 3 teaspoons finely chopped fresh lemongrass
    • 1 ½ cups liquid no-added-salt beef stock
    • 600g pumpkin, peeled, cut in 3cm chunks
    • 200g green beans, trimmed, cut in 3cm pieces
    • 3 cups small broccoli florets
    • ¼ cup light coconut milk
    • 4 cups cooked brown rice, to serve
    • ¼ cup fresh coriander, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Spray the base of a large heavy-based saucepan with oil and set over a high heat. Add beef and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a plate and set aside. Re-spray saucepan with oil and set over a medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until soft. Add garlic, curry paste and lemongrass. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

    2 Return beef to saucepan and add stock. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1½-2 hours or until beef is very tender. (You can cook beef for up to 3 hours, if preferred.) Add pumpkin for the last 30 minutes of cooking. Add beans and broccoli for the last 3 minutes of cooking. Remove from heat and stir coconut milk through curry.

    3 Place rice in bowls, top with curry, sprinkle with fresh coriander and serve.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check curry paste and stock are gluten free.

    HFG tip

    Freeze it!

    • At the end of step 2, place curry in a plastic container and freeze (for up to 2 months). Place rice in a plastic bag and freeze (for up to 1 month). To thaw, transfer curry and rice to fridge overnight. Heat curry in saucepan until boiling hot and microwave rice.
    • Freeze for up to one month.

    Making the most of your freezer saves you time and money. Remember:

    • Label and date food when you freeze it to know its life span.
    • Keep food well wrapped to reduce freezer-burn risk.
    • Discard items that display signs of freezer-burn, along with any UFOs (unidentified frozen objects!). They could be dangerous to your health.
    • Freeze leftovers in single-serve portions to make them easier to thaw and reheat.

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