Ghanaian Beef Stew
- 91 - 120 Minutes
- Medium
- 8 people
Method
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cups or 500g Tilda basmati rice
- 3 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- For cooking beef:
- 1.5kg stewing beef
- 1 tsp anise seed
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 onion
- 2 x thumb size ginger
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 seasoning/ bouillon cube
- 1 scotch bonnet
- For the stew:
- 8 large tomatoes
- 4-pointed pepper
- 1 scotch bonnet
- 2 large onions
- 3 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 cup cooking oil
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp curry powder
- ½ tsp rosemary
- 2 cubes seasoning or bouillon cube
- Fried Plantain:
- 2 x plantains
- ½ cup cooking oil
How to make Ghanaian Beef Stew
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Wash tomatoes, scotch bonnet, de-seeded pointed pepper and onion. Cut into halves, then add to a pot, cover and allow to cook for 20 minutes. Blend and set aside, this is the pepper mix for the stew.
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Wash tomatoes, scotch bonnet, de-seeded pointed pepper and onion. Cut into halves, then add to a pot, cover and allow to cook for 20 minutes. Blend and set aside, this is the pepper mix for the stew.
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Add half of the seasoning mix to the beef, ½ cup of water and salt to taste. Cook for 20 minutes or till the beef is tender. Sieve out the beef and set aside the stock, the stock will be used for making the stew.
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Heat oil in a pan and fry beef till lightly browned, this should take about 10 minutes. Remove the fried beef and set aside.
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Chop 1 onion and add to the hot oil used for frying the beef. Fry the onion for 3 minutes then add the remaining half of the beef seasoning mix. Continue frying the mix for a further 5 minutes while stirring continuously.
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Add tomato puree and fry for 5 minutes, while stirring continuously.
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Add the blended pepper mix, mix till well combined and simmer on medium to low heat for 20 minutes.
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Add beef stock, mix well, then add the beef, seasoning cubes, curry powder, thyme, rosemary and salt to taste. Cover and simmer on low heat for 15 to 20 minutes or till the oil starts to float. Serve with Tilda Pure Basmati rice and plantain.
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How to fry plantain: Heat half a cup of oil in a pan, peel plantain and slice (0.5cm thickness). Once oil is hot, add plantain and fry on both sides for 10 minutes or till golden brown. Turn halfway through to ensure both sides are fried.
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Take out fried plantain and serve with beef stew.
Cooking Tips
A tougher meat cut is best for this recipe, this is to allow the meat to retain its firmness throughout the cooking process.
If you are short on time, you can replace the boiled pepper mix with good-quality chopped canned tomatoes, this will reduce the cooking time.
You can grill the cooked beef in the air fryer or oven for 10 minutes or until lightly browned if you prefer instead of frying. This is to stop the beef from falling apart in the stew.
