Traditional Irish Guinness Stew

"A lovely, heart warming food - perfect for those cold, rainy winter days. My grandmother used to, and still does make this one for me when I go over to Ireland to see her. She's 81. It's easy to make and certainly makes a change to regular stew. PS: To those of you worried about alcohol, there is no alcohol left in this recipe once it is cooked - alcohol evaporates more quickly than water, thus this recipe is non-alcoholic."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
18
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large glass bowl, combine Guinness, mustard, rosemary, and bay leaves.
  • Add the beef cubes, stir in, cover, leave to marinate in the fridge overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 325°F or 160°C.
  • Drain the meat and keep the marinate to one side for later.
  • On a plate or chopping board, sprinkle the flour and season to your tastes. I recommend just a bit of salt and pepper and a touch of rosemary.
  • Cover the beef cubes in the flour and set aside.
  • In a large skillet, melt butter and brown the meat 3-5 minutes each side. Transfer this to a casserole dish and do not clean the skillet (this retains flavours released by the beef).
  • Add the remaining butter to the skillet, when foamy add the onions and cook until brown and/or tender. Add these to the casserole dish.
  • Repeat this step for all other vegetables, only adding butter when necessary. Each vegetable should be cooked until tender. This will take a maximum of 5 minutes.
  • Add the vegetables to the casserole dish followed by the marinate and beef stock.
  • Cook for 1.5-2 hours or until meat is tender. Stir occasionally. The Guinness will reduce a lot, but if it looks too dehydrated you can add more.
  • Taste occasionally, and if it is too sharp you can add sugar to cut the taste.

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Reviews

  1. Out of all the recipes for Irish stew, I picked this one because it called for marinating the beef. Good decision on my part! This was wonderful. I didn't see in the directions where to use the sunflower oil. I browned the meat in olive oil and used a bit of butter when I sautéed the vegetables. The carrots and celery were not tender after ten minutes but that was fine because it cooks so long in the oven. I didn't have beef bouillon so I used vegetable and it was fine. Really good, actually. I'll be making this again. Thanks grandma!
     
  2. This was absolutely delicious. I made it exactly as written. I served it with mashed potatoes and a couple extra pints of Guinness. It tasted even better the next day. Thanks for posting the recipe!
     
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