Easy Beef Rendang【Pressure Cooker Recipe】 牛肉仁当

Rendang Sapi Padang or beef rendang is originally from Indonesia, a well-known Padang dish that's made by stewing meat in coconut milk and spices for hours until the meat becomes tender and dark, liquids evaporated and caramelized. The authentic rendang recipe required a long list of spices and at least 3-4 hours of cooking time. For a busy SAHM and working parents in Singapore, I think most of us would be interested in the short-cut method than spending half a day in the kitchen to cook a pot of rendang. 

This is a super simple beef rendang recipe using instant Padang rendang paste, merely 45 minutes cooking time that tastes like it's been slow-cooked for 3-4 hours, with perfectly tender and succulent beef infused in rich aromatic thick rendang gravy.

Cook rice and rendang at the same time.
Rice and water ratio is 2:3 

The rice is perfectly cooked and ready to serve!

Home-cooked Beef Rendang Rice along with a cute bear air-fried egg and prawn rolls

Ingredients:

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(serves 2 or 2 adults1 child, if you're a small eater like us!)

300g Beef, I use NZ Grass Fed Beef Shin/ Shank Cubes 

1 tbsp Potato Starch

75g Rendang Paste (homemade/ store-bought)

100g Coconut Milk

1 Lemongrass, pounded

1 tbsp Toasted Desiccated Coconut

About 100g Water, or add to 2 cup level

Some oil for cooking

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Method:

1. Marinate beef with potato starch and 25g of Rendang Paste for 1 hour or overnight. 

2. Heat some oil and saute lemongrass and gently stir-fry the marinated beef to lock the moisture. 

3. Add in the rest of the ingredients, mix well.

4. Pressure Cook (HI) 30 minutes. When the cooking is done, quick-release pressure. If you're cooking rice, place a rack and rice in the pot as shown in the pictures above. Continue with 15 minutes of pressure cook on high.  

Cooked our favourite Beef Rendang again,
this time I added some potatoes, the kid loves it so much!
Note: add the potato chunks to the rendang after 30mins PC.
Photo updated: Oct 2022

5. When the cooking is done, natural pressure release 15 minutes. Remove the rice and rack from the pot. Set Saute/Sear mode to thicken the rendang gravy. 

Note: If you're not cooking with rice, you can serve the rendang after the first 30mins, natural pressure release 15mins, the meat is quite tender. If you like it almost-melt-in-mouth, set 45 minutes Pressure Cook (HI), 15 minutes natural pressure release. 若喜欢我的食谱，可以LIKE和追随我的面书专页，不要错过最新食谱发布。

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