Slow Cooker Guinness® Beef Stew

Guinness® beef stew loaded with potatoes and plenty of seasoning is simmered in the slow cooker and topped with puff pastry for the perfect comfort food on cold evenings.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 738 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can beef broth
• 1 large yellow onion, coarsely chopped
• 3 pounds boneless beef chuck, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 (15 ounce) can Irish stout beer (e.g. Guinness®)
• 1 pound round red potatoes, halved
• 3 carrots, cut into 1-inch chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish; add beef pieces. Toss to coat each piece evenly. Reserve remaining flour mixture for later use.

Step 3

Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet; cook and stir coated beef, working in batches, until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes per batch. Transfer cooked beef to a slow cooker.

Step 4

Cook and stir onion in the same skillet used for beef until golden, about 5 minutes. Add beer and garlic; bring to a boil for 1 minute. Scrape browned bits of food from bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Pour onion mixture into the slow cooker.

Step 5

Mix beef broth, parsley, thyme, and bay leaves into beef mixture in slow cooker.

Step 6

Cook on Low until beef is almost tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Sprinkle in the reserved flour mixture; stir well. Add potatoes and carrots.

Step 7

Cook on High until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour.

Step 8

Arrange puff pastry on baking sheets; pierce each piece several times with a fork.

Step 9

Bake in the preheated oven until golden and crispy, about 10 minutes. Ladle stew into individual dishes; top each with a pastry square.