How to Cook Appetizing Beef and Guinness Stew

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Beef and Guinness Stew. Meat in Guinness Stew - beef OR lamb. Traditionally, Guinness Stew is made with lamb. The iconic Irish Beef and Guinness Stew is easy to make but requires patience while it slow cooks!

Beef and Guinness Stew Nothing speaks comfort like a good beef stew. Variations of beef stew are found around the world and a few famous examples include France's Boeuf Bourgignon, Hungary's Goulash, and Belgium's Carbonnade à la Flamande (recipe to come). English mustard pearl barley. "The benefit of skirt steak is that it's leaner than many other cuts of beef, plus it's high in the mineral zinc, which we need to keep our hair, skin and nails nice and healthy - triple win! " This hearty beef stew is made with lean boneless chuck that's cooked with carrots, parsnips and turnips and flavored with dark beer. You can have Beef and Guinness Stew using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beef and Guinness Stew

  1. You need 6 of strips Bacon.
  2. It's 4 lb of Chuck Roast or Sirloin Roast.
  3. Prepare 3 tbsp of Flour.
  4. Prepare 2 tsp of Salt.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of Pepper.
  6. Prepare 3 tbsp of Olive Oil.
  7. You need 1 large of Onion Coarsely Chopped.
  8. Prepare 3 of stalks Celery.
  9. It's 2 of bottles - 24 oz total Guinness Beer.
  10. You need 1 of packet Onion Soup Mix.
  11. You need 6 oz of Tomato Paste.
  12. You need 3 of Sprigs Thyme.
  13. It's 1 lb of Baby Carrots.
  14. You need 2 1/2 cup of Beef Broth.

This Irish beef stew, slow-simmered with a bottle of Guinness until it's perfectly rich and cozy and delicious, and will warm you up down to your bones. I have a long history of making this recipe every year around St. Patrick's Day, and love bringing home a six-pack of stout to make it happen. This beef and Guinness stew is super easy to make with some bacon, stewing beef, Guinness Stout, and vegetables.

Beef and Guinness Stew instructions

  1. Fry the 6 strips of bacon in skillet. Reserve fat in skillet. Crumble bacon and put in roasting pan..
  2. Cut roast into 2 inch cubes and coat with the flour. Season with salt and pepper..
  3. Heat up skillet with cooking oil to med-high. Sear the meat cubes for 3-4 minutes. Move them to roasting pan..
  4. Add the onion and celery. Stir in skillet until translucent. Add garlic for a couple of minutes to soften..
  5. Add Guinness beer to onion mixture. Scrape with wooden spoon to loosen stuck bits of goodness..
  6. Add onion soup mix and stir to combine..
  7. Stir in Tomato paste to combine. Add Thyme sprigs..
  8. Add baby carrots to meat in roasting pan..
  9. Add Guinness, onion, paste and onion soup mixture on top of roasting pan..
  10. Top up with up to 20 ounces (just covering meat). Cover roasting pan and place in 300°F oven for 2 hours. Reduce heat to 250°F for another 2 hours. Taste and check tenderness adjusting time if needed. Also adjust seasoning if needed..
  11. Prepare smashed potatoes. Use about 6-8 potatoes cut up in 1 inch cubes. Boil approx. 20 minutes or till fork tender..
  12. Drain and add about 1 cup of milk and 3 Tbsp. butter. Coarsely mash to your desired consistency adding milk or butter as needed..
  13. Place potatoes in bowl with a hole in the center. Fill hole with stew. Alternative: Put stew in bowl and add a dollop of potatoes on top of stew..
  14. Describe this step.

It's the perfect stew to make on a cold day. Enjoy the stew with crusty rolls or biscuits along with a tossed salad and a mug of stout. Or serve it with this classic Irish soda bread. Guinness Beef Stew is hearty, rich and perfect for supper on St. Patrick's Day (or any other day, really)!