Recipe: Tasty Beef and Guinness Stew

Beef and Guinness Stew. Place beef in stew pot with bacon, leaving fat in skillet. And Irish Beef and Guinness Stew might be the king of them all! Guinness Beer gives the sauce an incredible rich, deep flavour, and the beef is fall-apart tender.

In a small bowl, season the flour with salt, pepper and cayenne. Add the beef in batches in a single, uncrowded layer to the skillet. Transfer browned beef to a slow cooker. 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. Prepare 6 of strips Bacon.
2. Prepare 4 lb of Chuck Roast or Sirloin Roast.
3. It's 3 tbsp of Flour.
4. You need 2 tsp of Salt.
5. You need 2 tsp of Pepper.
6. It's 3 tbsp of Olive Oil.
7. You need 1 large of Onion Coarsely Chopped.
8. You need 3 of stalks Celery.
9. Prepare 2 of bottles - 24 oz total Guinness Beer.
10. It's 1 of packet Onion Soup Mix.
11. It's 6 oz of Tomato Paste.
12. Prepare 3 of Sprigs Thyme.
13. It's 1 lb of Baby Carrots.
14. You need 2 1/2 cup of Beef Broth.

Add the onions to the skillet; cook five minutes until golden. Add the Guinness and garlic; boil one minute, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. 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).

Beef and Guinness Stew step by step

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.

The first one is simmered in wine, the second generously seasoned with paprika, and the third simmered in beer. This Beef Guinness Stew is the most delicious, comfort food for cold winter nights. Slow cooked for meltingly soft and delicious beef and ale flavours. This traditional Irish stew recipe can be cooked in the crock pot or oven. It freezes really well and can also be used as the base for a beef and Guinness pie.