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right so, yeah, hi anons and @shrugsorhugs! it is not complicated! it was a nice compliment but i didn't do anything crazy or difficult. also i didn’t measure anything and just went on vibes so i’m just going to give you all the vibe and i’m sure you’ll manage.

1kg ground beef

2 small carrots or one large one maybe, chopped small

1 medium sweet onion, chopped small

probably like 600g of yellow baby potatoes

1 box japanese curry roux box (i used a vermont curry box, they’re made with apples and honey and just sweeter. any mild curry box will do fine enough but the sweetness of the vermont one was big for this)

~200mls of beef broth. i just use the better than bouillon jars and i make the broth POTENT. you could use some other broth. could also use just water

sensible amount of ginger, mince it yourself if you want but i used jar ginger

amount of garlic, mince or use jarlic like me, you can suss out how much garlic to use (a lot, is the answer)

some amount of worcestershire sauce

an amount of soy sauce

a much larger amount than that of ketchup

milk but really not a lot

cook the baby potatoes first. salted water in a pot, put them in cold, bring it to boiling, let them boil for 15-20. they just need to be soft enough to spear with a fork. drain them, let them air dry and cool, once cool cut them in quarters (or halves of some are really small, just make them the same size) and set them aside

carrots and onion into a large pan with a little oil, let those go until the onions are translucent and carrots are getting softer. we don’t want browned bits

add in ground beef, plus the ginger and garlic. mash that in and get her just cooked.

add worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and ketchup. don’t overdo it on the first two (a couple teaspoons to tablespoons range) but go a little nuts with the ketchup. i think i used around 1/4th up to 1/3rd cup? i probably could have used more

once mixed i cooked this without touching it much so that the ketchup and beef browned a little in the pan to get a little of that maillard reaction, then mix those bits into the rest well

add in potatoes to the pan, then add broth. i used somewhere between 200ml and 300ml but depending on your pan it might be different, you can figure out how much to use Because Of The Way It Is. add the entire brick of curry in chunks scattered in, turn down the heat a little. you just want enough water and heat that it’s got enough to simmer and bubble around for a while

no lid, just stir it now and then and cook it down until it looks like you want to eat it. i cooked it until there was not a lot of liquid left

optional but once it’s done i added a bit of milk. cream would be good too. just don’t use anything lower than 3%. if you must use plant based milk use soy or coconut and nothing else. like why ruin it now