Beef in Beer Gravy and Hasselback potatoes

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An experiment that turned out perfect especially when you have no other way of consuming beer other than cooking it.

Beef in Beer Gravy and Hasselback potatoes

An experiment that turned out perfect especially when you have no other way of consuming beer other than cooking it.

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Ingredients

2 servings
  1. 500 gbeef chunks already marinated
  2. Vegetable oil
  3. 2 tbspflour
  4. 2 tbspsugar
  5. 1onion finely diced
  6. 1 tablespoongingergarlic paste
  7. 1 tbspred wine vinegar
  8. 2 tbspsoy sauce
  9. 1 cupwater
  10. 2 cupsbeer
  11. 1 tbspbutter
  12. Medium sized potatoes already peeled
  13. Vegetable oil for deep frying
  14. 1mixture of salt, garlic powder and cayenne pepper tsp each

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown your beef in a shallow frying pan and set aside. With the same vegetable oil cook your onion and ginger garlic paste and set aside too.

  2. 2

    Melt your butter on low heat

  3. 3

    Add in your flour and sugar

  4. 4

    Cook until it makes a nice thick paste. If it's too thick then you can dilute with a tbsp of water. It should be of the consistency of porridge. It's called roux

  5. 5

    In a separate saucepot add in your onion mixture, roux, soy sauce, vinegar and beer and bring to a boil then simmer.

  6. 6

    Add in your beef and simmer till the stew thickens to nice gravy

  7. 7

    Once ready...season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot with your best accompaniment preferably rice or potatoes.

  8. 8

    For your hasselback potatoes, bring your peeled potatoes to a boil in salted water until well cooked. Set aside to cool.

  9. 9

    Place one potato after the other on a wooden spoon and make slits across the potatoes. The wooden spoon prevents you from cutting the potatoes all the way through

  10. 10

    Your slit potatoes should resemble these...

  11. 11

    Deep fry in hot vegetable oil till golden and crispy.

  12. 12

    Once ready toss in garlic powder salt and cayenne mixture till evenly coated. Enjoy.

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