Beef Soup with Chilies and Tamarind

Name: Beef Soup with Chilies and Tamarind (Daging Belacan)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 2 spring onions, cut into short lengths; 1 tablespoon sweet Indonesian soy sauce (kecap manis); 2 tablespoons tamarind juice; 1 teaspoon salt; 1–2 red finger-length chilies, deseeded and sliced into strips; 1 teaspoon dried shrimp paste (trasi), dry-roasted; 2 tablespoons shaved palm sugar or dark brown sugar; 4–5 shallots, peeled; 2 cloves garlic, peeled; 2 lbs (1 kg) top round or stewing beef; 3 tablespoons oil; 8 cups (2 liters) water

Daging Belacan

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

The Food of Indonesia

By Heinz Von Holzen

Published 2015

About

This soup from Timor in eastern Indonesia has a wonderful sweet-sour edge to it.

Ingredients

8 cups (2 liters) water
2 lbs (1

Asia
Indonesia
Soup
South East Asia

Method

Bring the water to a boil in a large pot. Add the beef, reduce the heat to low and simmer until the meat is half cooked, about 15 minutes. Turn off the heat. Remove the beef from the stock and drain. Strain and reserve the stock.
When cool enough to handle, cut the beef into cubes. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium heat in a skillet and pan-fry the beef