How To Make Guinness Beef Stew
Try a hearty beef stew for dinner with the family tonight! This stew is made with everyone’s favorite Guinness beer to level up the flavors.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tbspolive oildivided
- 3lbsbeef chuck roasttrimmed of excess fat and cut into bite-sized pieces
- Kosher salt
- freshly-cracked black pepper
- 1white onionor yellow, large, peeled and diced
- 4garlic clovespeeled and minced
- ⅓cupflour
- 12ozGuinness beer
- 4cupsbeef stock
- 3carrotslarge, peeled and diagonally sliced into bite-sized pieces
- 1.5lbsYukon gold potatoescut into bite-sized pieces
- 3tbsptomato paste
- 1bay leaf
- ½tspdried thyme
- fresh parsleychopped, optional garnish
Instructions
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Season beef with a few generous pinches of salt and pepper.
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Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat.
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Add half of the beef to the pan. Cook until seared, turning the beef every 30 to 45 seconds or so until all sides are browned.
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Remove beef from pan with a slotted spoon, and transfer to a clean plate.
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Add an additional 1 tablespoon oil to the stockpot, and repeat this process with the remaining half of the beef, transferring it afterward to the plate as well.
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Add the onion to the stockpot and saute for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Add garlic and saute for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.
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Stir in the flour until it has evenly coated the onions, and cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.
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Gradually stir in the Guinness, and use a wooden spoon to scrape the bottom of the pan to loosen any brown bits.
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Stir in the beef stock, carrots, potatoes, tomato paste, bay leaf, thyme, and the cooked beef and its juices.
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Continue cooking until the stew reaches a simmer. Then cover and reduce heat to medium-low.
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Simmer over low for 1 ½ hour, stirring occasionally, until the beef is tender and the potatoes are soft.
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Remove bay leaf and season with additional salt and pepper, if needed.
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Serve warm garnished with chopped parsley, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 842.82kcal
- Fat: 14.14g
- Saturated Fat: 4.42g
- Trans Fat: 0.42g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.17g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.99g
- Carbohydrates: 120.80g
- Fiber: 7.47g
- Sugar: 4.22g
- Protein: 54.40g
- Cholesterol: 108.86mg
- Sodium: 1397.22mg
- Calcium: 112.90mg
- Potassium: 1638.92mg
- Iron: 9.12mg
- Vitamin A: 228.25µg
- Vitamin C: 29.47mg
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