This Guinness beef stew recipe with potatoes, carrots, and herbs is rich, hearty, and comforting; perfect for your St. Patrick's day celebrations.
Preparation Time
20 mins
Cooking Time
3 hr 15 mins
Total Time
3 hr 35 mins
Calories
527 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Toss beef cubes with 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a bowl.
Step 2
Whisk flour, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a separate bowl. Dredge beef cubes through flour mixture until evenly coated.
Step 3
Heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir coated beef cubes, working in batches, until beef is browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer browned beef to a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot.
Step 4
Cook and stir onions and garlic in the same skillet used for browning beef until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 5
Stir tomato paste with enough water to partially dilute; pour into onion mixture. Stir to blend. Reduce heat to medium, cover Dutch oven, and simmer for 5 minutes.
Step 6
Pour half the Irish stout into the onion mixture, and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Transfer entire mixture to the browned beef. Pour remaining half of Irish stout into beef mixture; add thyme.
Step 7
Cover Dutch oven, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 hours. Add potatoes and carrots and simmer, stirring every 20 minutes, until potatoes are soft, about 1 hour. Adjust salt as needed; garnish with parsley.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
4 cloves garlic, crushed
4 large potatoes, chopped
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 cups chopped carrot
2 yellow onions, chopped
1 teaspoon water, or as needed
2 pinches cayenne pepper
2 pinches salt and ground black pepper, or to taste
3 cups Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®), divided
0.25 cup all-purpose flour
0.25 cup vegetable oil
0.25 cup tomato paste
4 pounds boneless beef chuck, cut into 1-1/2-inch pieces
