Easy to Make Crockpot Beef and Guinness Irish Stew Recipe

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Why not warm up from those St. Patty’s Day green-themed races with a delicious bowl of easy to make Beef and Guinness Irish Stew.  When it’s cool outside nothing warms me up better than a nice beef stew that can be made ahead and placed in a slow cooker to be ready for me when I get home. It’s also chock full of vitamins!

Why I love this recipe

Would celebrating St Patrick’s Day be complete without Irish Stew and Guinness Beer? I don’t think so. This is by far the best stew I have ever made! The combination of Guinness beer and red wine just raised the bar on a flavourful stew. The house smelled wonderful cooking this traditional Irish dish; well almost traditional, I used beef instead of lamb or mutton.

This past week has been absolutely CRAZY at my house. SO much to do and so little time. My check list has been eating away at me and I have been feeling a little burnt out.

With all the busy activities going on at my house, my slow cooker has come to my rescue more than once over the last week. I am so grateful for that wonderful appliance

What’s in Irish Stew?

This Slow Cooker Beef Stew is loaded with yummy vegetables and flavor and is an excellent source of vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12, magnesium, iron and zinc. My family had nothing but the best praises for this recipe! It is hearty and delicious.

• Stewing beef cut into 2-inch cubes
• All-purpose flour
• live oil
• Red onion
• Carrots
• Red potatoes
• Garlic cloves
• Beef stock
• Guinness, (or other dark beer)
• Red wine
• Tomato paste
• Worcestershire sauce
• Thyme leaves

How do you make Irish Stew in a Slow Cooker?

It’s also great for those weeks when your evenings are busy, simply prep this meal in the morning, then pour stew into the slow cooker – dinner will be ready and waiting when you get home! The best part is that it cooks for 6-8 hours and can be thrown together in the slow cooker in no time at all. Then it does all the cooking for you while you get all the other items on the check list crossed off 😉

1. Place beef in a large bowl and sprinkle with flour, salt and pepper, tuning to cover completely. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven. Sear 1/4 of the beef at a time being careful not to crowd the pan. Turn the beef cubes so they are uniformly brown on all sides; be sure to control heat so beef and the drippings don’t burn. Remove the first batch to a baking sheet; continue to cook remaining batches until all beef is seared and set aside.
2. Turn the heat down to medium and add onion, carrots, potatoes and garlic to the same pot. Cook stirring occasionally, until the onion begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Add the beef back to the pot along with the stock, Guinness, red wine, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and thyme, stirring to combine.
3. Bring pot to a boil, then pour into slow cooker dish. Cook in slow cooker on medium for 6 hours.

Make this Beef Irish Stew, then check out my Shepherd’s Pie Recipes, Roasted Asparagus Caesar Salad, and Classic Waldorf Salad and more of my comfort food dinner recipes.  

I know you will love this recipe just as much as we did! It is truly incredible!

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5 from 6 votes

Beef and Guinness Irish Stew Recipe

Janice

Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day with this healthy, easy to make Crockpot Beef and Guinness Irish Stew recipe.

prep: 20 minutes mins

cook: 6 hours hrs

Total: 6 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

calories: 256kcal

servings: 8

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Equipment You’ll Need

• Guinness Custom Engraved Personalized Gravity Pint Beer Glass
• J.A. Henckels International 18-Piece Block Set
• Crock-Pot 7 Quart Programmable Slow Cooker with Digital Countdown Timer| 

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 2 1/2 lb stewing beef cut into 2-inch cubes
• ▢ 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 tsp kosher salt
• ▢ 1 tsp fresh cracked pepper
• ▢ 1/4 cup olive oil
• ▢ 1 cup diced (1/4 inch thick red onion)
• ▢ 4 carrots (peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces)
• ▢ 2 red potatoes (cut into 1-inch pieces)
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic (sliced)
• ▢ 1 1/2 cups beef stock
• ▢ 3/4 cup Guinness (or other dark beer)
• ▢ 3/4 cup red wine
• ▢ 2 tbsp tomato paste
• ▢ 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• ▢ 2 tsp thyme leaves

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Instructions

• Place beef in a large bowl and sprinkle with flour, salt and pepper, tuning to cover completely. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven. Sear 1/4 of the beef at a time being careful not to crowd the pan. Turn the beef cubes so they are uniformly brown on all sides; be sure to control heat so beef and the drippings don’t burn. Remove the first batch to a baking sheet; continue to cook remaining batches until all beef is seared and set aside.
• Turn the heat down to medium and add onion, carrots, potatoes and garlic to the same pot. Cook stirring occasionally, until the onion begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Add the beef back to the pot along with the stock, Guinness, red wine, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and thyme, stirring to combine.
• Bring pot to a boil, then pour into slow cooker dish. Cook in slow cooker on medium for 6 hours.

Notes

• To make this recipe gluten free, toss the beef in 2 tbsp of corn starch. Make a slurry out of another 2 tbsp of cornstarch and a splash of water, and cook until the cause thickens if you’d like the stew to have a thicker consistency.
• Add any veggies that you like, for example: beans, peas, corn, cauliflower, broccoli, etc.

Nutrition

Serving: 8Servings | Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 437mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g

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