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Coconut Beef Stew

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4 from 3 reviews

This recipe for coconut beef stew takes an old favorite comfort food to the tropics! Full of spices and some coconut milk that makes a creamy, dreamy sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons paprika
  • 2 tablespoons cumin
  • 1 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 14oz can coconut milk
  • 2 pounds beef chuck steak, cut into cubes
  • 4 large Yukon gold potatoes, cut into chunks
  • 2 cups carrots, cut into 12 inch pieces
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped parsley

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350. Put oil in Dutch oven or other ovenproof pot over medium heat. Cook onions for 5 minutes or until soft. Add garlic and spices and stir for one minute. Stir in tomato paste and then coconut milk. Bring to a boil and add beef.
  2. Cover and transfer to oven, Cook for 1 hour, then remove from oven and add potatoes and carrots. Cover and cook for an additional hour and 15 minutes.
  3. Sprinkle each serving with flaked coconut and parsley and serve.

Notes

  • Coconut Milk: You can use either the full fat or the low fat kind. Although I’m here to tell you that I love the full fat for its extra creaminess!
  • Potatoes: We love Yukon Gold potatoes for this recipe, but you can use peeled Idaho or Russet potatoes, or halved baby potatoes.
  • Beef: We like Beef Chuck Steak for this recipe (which you can sometimes find already cut into chunks) but you can also use Top Round or Bottom Round.