Rendang

Indonesia1500sBeef/Coconut/Spices
OriginIndonesia
Year1500s
Key IngredientsBeef/Coconut/Spices

About Rendang

Voted the worlds most delicious food by CNN readers in 2011 and 2017. Slow-cooked for 4-8 hours until the coconut milk evaporates completely. Minangkabau people of West Sumatra created it. The drying process was a preservation method. Proper rendang is dry, not saucy. Wet rendang is called kalio and is unfinished.

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