This is a super easy stew with tons of flavour! I made it in a dutch oven, but it would probably work in a slow cooker if you hold out the carrots and sweet potatoes until the last hour.
Curried Beef Stew
1-1.5# stew beef, cleaned of fat and cut into same size pieces, then seasoned with S/P
olive oil
1 can coconut milk
1 med onion, large dice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbl curry powder
1 Tbl All Purpose red curry paste (OR just double the dry curry)
2 Tbl brown sugar
juice of one lime
3 carrots, large dice
1 med sweet potato, large dice
lime and cilantro garnish
Preheat oven to 350F. In a dutch oven, put a few turns of olive oil in and heat over med hi. When hot, add in stew beef and sauté. Do in batches to get good sear. When beef is done, turn down heat to med low and cook onion and garlic until soft and fragrant. Add beef back in, along with curry powder and paste and brown sugar. Stir until meat is well covered. Then add carrots and sweet potatoes and cook for a couple of minutes. Stir in coconut milk and juice of one lime, put lid on dutch oven and put in oven for about an hour or until meat is soft. Serve with lime wedges and cilantro. This is also good served with rice if you want it to be more hearty.