We often find one-pot meals are the best kind to make and that includes this Keto Curried Beef recipe! It’s rich and creamy, hearty, and overall a well balanced meal from the meat to the veggies.
It reminds us of Indian take-out without the added sugars or the worry about how many carbs are in each serving. We can enjoy and indulge stress free while hitting our macros!
The Best Curry Recipes are the Easiest Ones!
The hardest part about this curry recipe is allowing it to simmer for 20 minutes, so the meat can cook through and become tender before you can dig in. Aside from that, this recipe is easy from start to finish.
Most curry recipes, including our butter chicken recipe, usually call for tossing everything into one pot, stirring every so often and waiting until the magic happens over the course of 15-30 minutes. This recipe is no different and can be adjusted to your liking.
As you can see from the pictures we added in some cauliflower toward the end to make this meal more complete, but you can also serve it with our low carb naan or change up the veggie altogether!
Keto Coconut Milk Recipes
We love having at least three to four cans of coconut milk in our house at all times because we love how versatile it is. You may not be able to tell just from looking at the pictures, but this recipe contains a can of coconut milk. It’s thick, rich and adds a subtle, delicious flavor to anything you make with it. It’s also great in desserts like our low carb coconut cream pie and breakfasts like our keto oatmeal!
You can use it to make icing for cakes and cookies and also just go off the rails a bit and improvise a Coconut Curry recipe! It’s definitely one of our favorite ingredients to experiment with.
Keto Curried Beef
Ingredients:
- 1.5 lbs stew beef meat
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 medium white onion, diced
- 3 tsp minced garlic
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1 can coconut milk, refrigerated
- 1/2 cup Water
- 4 oz cauliflower (optional)
Instructions:
- Place the can of coconut milk int he freezer until ready to use in the recipe.
- Heat a large pan or dutch oven over medium-high heat and add 1/2 tbsp coconut oil.
- Once hot, add in the stew meat pieces and brown on all side (does not need to be cooked all the way through).
- Remove from the pan/pot and set aside in a bowl. Add the 1/2 tbsp coconut oil to hot pan and turn the heat to medium. Scrape up the bottom using a spatula.
- Add in the diced onion, and allow to cook for 1-2 minutes until translucent. Add in the garlic, curry powder, cumin, salt and chili powder. Combine using the spatula and cook for 1-2 minutes until spices are fragrant.
- Add the stew meat back in and stir to combine.
- Remove the coconut milk from the freezer (should have been at least 10 minutes) and open can. The milk should have hardened so that you can remove it separately from the coconut water at the bottom. Add the hardened coconut milk to the beef mixture and allow to melt down.
- Add the water and stir until thoroughly combined. Place a lid on the pan/pot and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. If you are adding in the cauliflower, add it after ten minutes have passed and then replace with the lid and allow to cook remaining time.
- Remove the lid and either serve immediately (meat will be fully cooked) or allow to reduce for a thicker curry sauce for an additional 10 minutes.
- Serve over cauliflower rice or with our low carb naan and enjoy!
- Note: Store in sealed container in the fridge up to 1 week or freeze up to 1 month.
Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
How can I do this recipe in a slow cooker? Really want to try it! Must be keto friendly though
for the nutrition listed, what is the srving size please.
I made this tonight using my Instant Pot! The stew meat was perfect and it smells so good! That’s a plus with stew meat – pressure cooking breaks the meat down well. Faster time to make this too! Thank you for this recipe. It’s AWESOME.
This was so delicious. I am usually not a beef eater, but I am getting bored with keto dishes I have, so I wanted something new. I am glad I tried this. Everyone loved it.
LOVE this recipe. Tonight is the 3rd night making it. I make a double batch because my kids(11/9/5) scarf it down!
How would you adjust to use a slow cooker?
I would follow the instructions for the beef, then add everything to the crockpot except the cauliflower (you can add closer to the end because they will get too soft). I would cook on high for maybe and hour or until the beef is cooked. I am really not sure how long it would take to cook the beef, but you could look that up online.
Could you just use coconut cream instead of coconut milk? Much thicker, not watery.
Yep!
Can you say you’ll lick the plate? This dish is easy and fabulous! Wow.
I am disappointed that you use a ready made curry powder; I don’t find them satisfying or authentic. Do you have a recipe of the spices you use to make a good curry powder?
Not at this time.
Hi, do the nutritional facts include the cauliflower or do I have to add the veggies separately to my macros?
Thanks
No, the cauliflower is not included in the nutrition.
This is absolutely delicious and so easy to make. I’m going to make it for guests combined with the butter chicken recipe as an Indian dinner night coming up. Thanks so much for sharing.
Can I ask why you don’t use the water from the coconut milk, only the cream? Do you just toss the coconut water out?
The cream is all the fat and the water contains most of the sugar! We omit it to keep the sugar low.
Looking forward to making this tonight! Will have to use cream instead of coconut milk though as my friend can’t have it. Am I ok to add spinach to this as well as broccoli?
You can add whatever you like!
? I grabbed the wrong can and picked up a cream of cream of coconut! But it was delish. Net time I’ll watch what I grab for,lol
Could you cook it in the slow cooker?
I don’t see why not 🙂
I made this recipe and loved it!!! What other veggies do you think would go good in this that are low carb? ?
Broccoli would be great!
I used HWC instead of coconut milk and it was awesome. I also put brocolli in it too.
Megha, I miss beef and broccoli. Think you guys could work your awesome magic on figuring out a good recipe for that?
We might be able to come up with something! Any recipe for beed and broccoli should do from Pinterest too!
I made this last week (not adding any veg and using less water), let it sit in the fridge overnight to help the flavours develop, then froze it to have an easy weekday meal after work.
I defrosted it overnight then slowly warmed it up on the stove, added 60ml coconut cream to get some extra sauce, and then added some fresh broccoli. I let it simmer slowly with the lid on until the broccoli was cooked and the beef was nice and tender.
Served over cauliflower rice and with some fathead bread it was a delicious dinner that I will definitely make again.
I think I’m going to make this tonight, with broccoli in it. I was thinking some beef broth or beef bone broth may give better flavor than the water. Any thoughts?
You could try it. We found it has a good amount of flavor.
Oh wow! This is delicious! My husband and I just made it, along with your curry cauliflower rice. Might be too much curry for one meal but we’re enjoying it!