Stewed Beef in Coconut milk

Ingredients

• 6 leaves of (local) bay leaf
• 3 lbs tender beef, cut up
• 6 leaves broadleaf thyme (called Spanish thyme in Trinidad); can be substituted with other thyme
• 1-2 cups coconut milk
• salt, pepper, to taste
• garlic, to taste
• onion, to taste
• chives, to taste
• oil and a little brown sugar to brown Beef with

Directions

1. Brown beef in oil (in a heavy iron pot, heat about 4 tablesps. of oil, add brown sugar and fry until sugar has become a brown syrup, then add beef)
2. Add coconut milk, bay leaf, thyme and seasoning and cook on a slow fire until tender (may take 1½ – 2 hours)