Beef Rendang | Instant Pot Beef Rendang Recipe (2024)

Make the curry to beat all curries with this cheaterBeef Rendang recipe! It's fall-apart tender, and absolutely delicious--but best of all? Ready in under an hour.

Beef Rendang is a dry curry recipe that normally takes several hours to make. It was originally a way to preserve meat but is now eaten as a tender, flavorful dish. I decided to figure out how to cook this in my Instant Pot with the help of my friends over at dailylifetravels.com so I could cut down cook times without cutting down on authentic flavor.

What Is Beef Rendang?

I've had this dish in Singapore several times, but until I found the hander cheater ingredient I refer to below, I've never been able to capture the authentic taste of a good beef rendang.

Ingredients You'll Need

• Onion
• Minced Ginger
• Minced Garlic
• Serrano peppers
• Vegetable Oil
• Rendang Curry Paste
• Skirt steak
• Full-Fat Coconut Milk
• Unsweetened Shredded Coconut

How To Make Beef Rendang

Do you know how I always make my own spice blends for the most part? I rarely use premixed spice pastes but when it comes to Thai Dishes like Thai Green Curry, or a Japanese Chicken curry, I have been known to use ready-made pastes.

You could definitely scour the internet for recipes to make your own rendang spice blend. Then, you could go looking for galangal, lemongrass, and makrut lime leaves.

Or you could use this relatively inexpensive paste to make a great Beef Rendang.

Thus, Cheater Instant PotBeef Rendang is born!Beef Rendang uses a spice paste, mixed with coconut milk and shredded coconut to create a beautiful flavor profile and awesome texture. This meat is so tender when it's finished that it just falls apart and melts in your mouth.

Best of all, your Instant Pot reduces the cook time by several hours.

One thing to note is that traditional beef rendang is a very dry dish. Since we are pressure cooking it, there will be some liquid in this dish. You can use the sauté feature on your Instant Pot to evaporate some of the water, or you can leave it as it is, and enjoy the sauce over rice or mashed cauliflower.

1. Finely mince the onions, garlic, and ginger.
2. Turn the Instant Pot to Sauté and when it is hot, add the vegetable oil.
3. Once the oil is hot, add the finely minced vegetables and stir to coat with the oil.
4. Add the rending paste and stir, allowing the paste to roast for 3-4 minutes.
5. Add the skirt steak and stir to coat with the spices, about 2 minutes.
6. Pour in [1/4] cup of water. Use this to very thoroughly deglaze your pot. If you have any burned bits at the bottom, the pot will not come to pressure.
7. Add in the remaining [1/4] cup water and [1/2] cup coconut milk.
8. Set your pressure cooker to cook for 25 minutes at High Pressure. Allow the pot to rest undisturbed for 10 minutes and then release all remaining pressure.
9. Open the lid and if you want it a little drier, sauté off some of the water. Note that the sauce thickens as it cools.
10. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut milk and stir well. Garnish with the shredded coconut before serving.

If you like this recipe, you should also check out my Instant Pot Low Carb Kimchi Beef Stew!

Want More Instant Pot Recipes?

• Instant Pot Butter Chicken is an easy 30-minute dinner and you can make rice on top of it, as the video shows.
• Pressure Cooker Rice and Dal is a great vegetarian rice dinner.
• This Lebanese Lentil and Rice dish is another great Vegetarian Instant Pot recipe.
• Instant Pot Indian Khichadi is comfort food in a bowl!
• Instant Pot Risotto with Shrimp is another one-pot comfort meal.
• Buffalo chicken casserole for the days you want low carb recipes
• You might also like low carb Chicken Biryani that uses riced cauliflower.
• Chicken and Mushrooms are a great combo.
• My kids love Instant Pot Pork Chops with Rice and Vegetables
• Zucchini Lasagna- You won't even miss the pasta.
• Haluski Recipe - A wonderful cabbage and noodles recipe.

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