Smoor Daging
Smoor Daging is one of the many dishes you can find on a Indonesian/Dutch Rijsttafel buffet. It’s smothered beef in Soya sauce.
Ingredients
- Inexpensive beef
- 8 tbsp Ketjap Manis (sweet soya sauce)
- 1 tsp sambal oelek (chili paste)
- 1 large onion
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 squirt of lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cup of hot water
- diluted cornstarch
- pepper and salt
Instructions
- Cut up the onion and the beef. Season the beef with salt and pepper.
- Fry the meat in 2 tbsp olive oil, when the meat is slightly browned, add the cut up onion and garlic. Add 1 1/2 cup of water and 8 tbsp of Ketjap Manis (sweet soya sauce) and 1 tsp sambal oelek (chili paste). Put the lid on the skillet and simmer for 1 hour, then add a squirt of lemon juice.
- To make the sauce like a thick gravy , mix 1 tbsp cornstarch with 1/3 cup water and pour into the Smoor Daging. Serve over cooked rice.
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Smoor Daging
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Author: Arrisje
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients
- Inexpensive beef
- 8 tbsp Ketjap Manis (sweet soya sauce)
- 1 tsp sambal oelek (chili paste)
- 1 large onion
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 squirt of lemon juice
- 1½ cup of hot water
- diluted cornstarch
- pepper and salt
Instructions
- Cut up the onion and the beef. Season the beef with salt and pepper.
- Fry the meat in 2 tbsp olive oil, when the meat is slightly browned, add the cut up onion and garlic. Add 1½ cup of water and 8 tbsp of Ketjap Manis (sweet soya sauce) and 1 tsp sambal oelek (chili paste). Put the lid on the skillet and simmer for 1 hour, then add a squirt of lemon juice.
- To make the sauce like a thick gravy , mix 1 tbsp cornstarch with ⅓ cup water and pour into the Smoor Daging. Serve over cooked rice.
This is not how you make daging smoor. Missing a lot of ingrediënts and even hoe to cook it. It’s an Indonesian dish. I make this a lot, and vegen made properly it is lush
I’m sure there are different ways to make daging smoor, Just like there are different ways to make hamburgers. As far I am concerned, no recipe is written in stone. Since you make “your” daging smoor different then mine, please share. A picture included would be nice. Thanks for your sharing.
I love this recipe and even more importantly, my teenage sons love it. I add extra sambal and sometimes a teaspoon of regular soy sauce after testing if the beef is too sweet. We tend to like spicy things in our house. Many thanks for sharing it.
Thank you for your kind words. Glad you and your kids love it.