Guinness Irish Beef Stew recipe
An easy to follow recipe for a hearty and warming stew. The homemade spice mix is what makes this dish truly special!
Ingredients
- 1-2 lb of chuck beef cubes
- 8 carrots – peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 large white onion - chopped
- 4 cloves garlic - minced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 3 cups of water
- 10 baby potatoes - quartered
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp of Season with Spice's Smoked Spanish Paprika
- 1 can or bottle of Guinness
- 1 six oz can of tomato paste I used a Thick & Rich tomato paste – the only ingredient is tomatoes
Instructions
- Add about a tablespoon of oil to a frying pan, heat on medium-low fire, and cook beef cubes until browned. Transfer beef and juice to a large pot.
- Add another tablespoon of oil to pan, and sauté garlic and onion until lightly browned. Transfer to large pot (make sure to use all the flavor from the pan by heating a bit of water in the pan and pouring it into the pot).
- Into the large pot, add the carrots, bay leaf, salt, black pepper, and 3 cups of water. Cover, and simmer on low fire for 2 hours.
- Add baby potatoes to the pot. Cover, and simmer for one hour, or until potatoes are softened.
- In a bowl, mix together Guinness, sugar, Smoked Spanish Paprika, and tomato paste. Then pour the mix into the large pot. Cover and simmer for one more hour, or until desired thickness (stirring occasionally to prevent burning).
- Serve hot, with freshly ground pepper sprinkled on top. Or store in refrigerator overnight and enjoy the next day, since stews always taste better after a day or two.
Notes
- For many Irish stew recipes, all the ingredients will be added into the pot at once and cooked all day. To shorten the cooking time and to optimize the flavors and textures, add in the ingredients in stages – beef in first to ensure it tenderizes, potatoes in second to avoid them becoming too mushy, and Guinness in last to not cook out too much of the complex flavor.
- Some recipes also dip the beef cubes in flour, but this adds unnecessary time and mess since the flour batter will just run off when simmering the beef in the stew.
-If Guinness isn’t for you, try out my Minnesota Beef Stew recipe.
Nutrition
Serving: 150gCalories: 340kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 30gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 750mgPotassium: 1421mgFiber: 7gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 20390IUVitamin C: 38mgCalcium: 96mgIron: 4mg
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