Course: Main
Tags: 2022-05, Norval

Thai Tamarind Sweet and Sour Beef

Tamarind is an amazing flavour - it’s bitter so I can’t imagine cooking without some cane sugar to balance its tartness.
All quantities are approximate.

Source

Norval

Ingredients

½ lbstew beef
3onions
3peppers
1 dicedcarrot
chilies
1 tspcumin
4 tbltamarind
¼ cbrown sugar
¼ capple cider vinegar
soy sauce
beef bouillion
1 cchopped mango
rice

Steps

  1. Start with stew beef cut into chunks and brown it with onions and peppers (too bad you can’t buy Costa Rica peppers in Canada). Colours are good. Add carrot.
  2. Once you have everything browned, throw in chilies, cumin and tamarind with some brown sugar and apple cider vinegar.
  3. Season for hotness.
  4. If you need more liquid, soy sauce works. You can add some beef bouillion as well. When everything is mostly cooked, add chopped mango.
  5. Serve with rice if you like.