Beef and Bamboo Shoot Curry

Method13 steps · about 15 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Set out the curry ingredients before heating the pot. Drain the prepared half-can of bamboo shoots (½ can) and cut them into small pieces along the grain.

   Uses ½ can commercially prepared bamboo shoots

   
2. 2

   Step 2: Pour ½ cup of the coconut milk into a large pot over low to medium-low heat. Reserve the remaining ½ cup for later.

   Uses ½ cup coconut milk for cooking the paste

3. 3

   Step 3: Add the 1 tbsp ready red curry paste to the coconut milk in the pot from step 2.

   Uses First half-cup coconut milk in the pot · 1 tbsp red curry paste

   
4. 4

   Step 4: Break up the paste and mix it thoroughly into the coconut milk in the pot from step 3.

   Uses Red curry paste and first coconut-milk portion

5. 5

   Step 5: Cook the coconut-and-curry mixture from step 4, stirring constantly as it bubbles.

   Uses Mixed red curry paste and coconut milk

   
6. 6

   Step 6: Keep stirring the curry base from step 5 until red oil bubbles on top. Lower the heat if it splatters too much.

   Uses Bubbling red curry base

7. 7

   Step 7: Once red oil is visible on the curry base from step 6, add the full ½ lb ground beef.

   Uses Red curry base with oil separating · ½ lb ground beef

8. 8

   Step 8: Break up and stir the ground beef in the curry pot from step 7 so it is evenly coated and starts to brown.

   Uses Ground beef and red curry base

9. 9

   Step 9: When the beef in step 8 begins browning, add all the drained, cut bamboo shoots prepared in step 1.

   Uses Browning ground beef in curry base · Drained cut bamboo shoots

10. 10

    Step 10: Stir the bamboo shoots into the same beef-and-curry pot from step 9.

    Uses Ground beef, bamboo shoots and curry base

11. 11

    Step 11: Add the reserved ½ cup coconut milk, all the 1½ cups water and the 2 tbsp fish sauce to the curry pot from step 10.

    Uses Combined ground-beef and bamboo-shoot curry base · Remaining ½ cup coconut milk · 1½ cups water · 2 tbsp fish sauce

12. 12

    Step 12: Bring the completed curry pot from step 11 to a boil, stirring to keep the beef broken up. Continue cooking until the ground beef is fully cooked and reaches 71°C (160°F).

    Uses Complete beef-and-bamboo curry with coconut milk, water and fish sauce

13. 13

    Step 13: Serve the fully cooked curry from step 12 hot as four portions, with optional separately prepared cooked rice.

    Uses Fully cooked beef-and-bamboo-shoot curry · Separately prepared cooked rice, optional for serving