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The Best Tasting Guinness Beef Stew

If you're looking for a tasty Irish Guinness Beef Stew, which would be perfect for a St Patrick's Day menu, then this is the recipe for you!

This Guinness Beef Stew is really delicious it just melts in the mouth. Make the guinness beef stew in a slow cooker or crock pot for a sumptuous but simple heart warming meal. The stew is cooked long and slow making the beef mouth-wateringly tender.

Guinness Beef stew is great served with my Creamy Colcannon and of course, a glass of Guinness!

A pint of the black stuff; you really can't beat it! And it's not just me that thinks so. It's now brewed in over 100 countries and nearly 2 million pints are sold annually.

Ingredients You Will Need For This Guinness Beef Stew

These ingredients should make enough Guinness Beef Stew for 4 servings

800g brisket of beef, braising steak or stewing beef cut into 2cm cubes
3tbs olive oil
10 peeled whole baby onions or shallots
3 cloves of garlic roughly chopped
2 carrots, chopped
200g button mushrooms, left whole
2tbs flour
Few sprigs of fresh thyme
300ml of beef stock
300ml of Guinness

If you are cooking the Guinness Beef Stew for a larger family, or simply want bigger portions, just double the amount of ingredients.

The Best Tasting Guinness Beef Stew Is Easy To Make Using Your Slow Cooker

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This Hamilton Beach 6 quart slow cooker is an ideal family sized crockpot for cooking stews and casseroles.
I especially like it's clip tight lid, which means that if you have to transport you stew for any reason you can do so without spillages.
All in all it's a great slow cooker with lots of features.

How to make The Best Tasting Guinness Beef Stew

Just follow these easy instructions to make the best tasting Guinness Beef Stew

Preheat your slow cooker on high
Heat the oil in a large pan and sear the beef in batches. Remove the beef from the pan and set aside
Now add the onions, carrots, garlic and mushrooms to the pan and sauté for about 5 minutes. Return the beef to the pan, sprinkle in the flour and cook whilst stirring for 4 minutes.
Turn the heat right down and gradually pour in the Guinness and beef stock whilst continuing to stir. Bring to the boil then transfer to your slow cooker, add the thyme sprigs and clamp on the lid. Turn the heat to low and cook for 6-7 hours. Adjust seasoning as required.

Try serving the Guinness Beef Stew with my Creamy Colcannon.

Check Out My Other Irish Recipes
Irish Stew | Creamy Colcannon

Make Sure You Dress For The Part When Making Guinness Beef Stew!

Guinness Apron

The Guinness fan who loves cooking will appreciate this stylish Guinness apron in the shape of a pint of Guinness.

It would also make a perfect gift for the St Patricks Day cook to protect their clothes when making the Guinness Beef Stew and other great Irish recipes!

Guinness was first brewed at the St James's Gate Brewery in Dublin. Brewing began in 1759 and the first Guinness beers to use the word stout were brewed in the 1840's
You can visit the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland's no.1 visitor attraction, 7days a week.

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