Best 6 Easy Guinness Stew Recipes

BEEF AND GUINNESS® STEW

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat until bacon is browned and crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn off heat and transfer bacon into a large stew pot, reserving bacon fat in the skillet.
• Season beef chuck cubes generously with 1 teaspoon salt and black pepper to taste. Turn heat to high under skillet and sear beef pieces in the hot fat on both sides until browned, about 5 minutes. Place beef in stew pot with bacon, leaving fat in skillet. Turn heat down to medium; cook and stir onions in the retained fat in the skillet until lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes; season with a large pinch of salt.
• Cook garlic with onions until soft, about 1 minute; pour beer into skillet and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping up and dissolving any browned bits of food into the liquid. Pour cooking liquid from skillet into the stew pot. Stir in tomato paste, thyme sprigs, carrots, celery, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and enough chicken broth to cover.
• Bring stew to a gentle simmer, stirring to combine; reduce heat to low and cover pot. Simmer stew until beef is fork-tender, about 2 hours. Stir stew occasionally and skim fat or foam if desired.
• Remove cover and raise heat to medium-high. Bring stew to a low boil and cook until stew has slightly thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and discard thyme sprigs and adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Arrange mashed potatoes in a ring in a serving bowl; ladle stew into the center of the potatoes.

EASY GUINNESS STEW

Steps:

• In large bowl, ADD 1 Tablespoon of Oil to Beef.
• POUR in Flour, Salt, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper; Mix well throught Beef.
• Heat rest of oil in pan and brown Beef; Drain.
• Add sliced onions into oil Beef was browned in and garlic; Cover and cook for 5 minutes on Medium heat.
• POUR 1/2 cup Guinness into pan til boiling and scrape bits of food with a wooden spoon.
• POUR in rest of Stout.
• In a pan big enough, place Beef, Stout Mixture, carrots (chopped fine) and thyme.
• Can be simmered on the stove for 2 hours or in an oven at 150 degrees C/300 F(LOW) for 2 hours; STIR approximately every half hour until meat almost melts in your mouth.
• ENJOY!
• Garnish with Parsley.

GUINNESS® IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Toss beef cubes with 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a bowl.
• Whisk flour, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a separate bowl. Dredge beef cubes through flour mixture until evenly coated.
• Heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir coated beef cubes, working in batches, until beef is browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer browned beef to a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot.
• Cook and stir onions and garlic in the same skillet used for browning beef until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Stir tomato paste with enough water to partially dilute; pour into onion mixture. Stir to blend. Reduce heat to medium, cover Dutch oven, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Pour half the Irish stout into the onion mixture, and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Transfer entire mixture to the browned beef. Pour remaining half of Irish stout into beef mixture; add thyme.
• Cover Dutch oven, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 hours. Add potatoes and carrots and simmer, stirring every 20 minutes, until potatoes are soft, about 1 hour. Adjust salt as needed; garnish with parsley.

BEEF AND GUINNESS STEW

Steps:

• Trim the meat of any fat or gristle, and cut into 2-inch cubes. Toss beef with 1 tablespoon of the oil. In a small bowl, season the flour with salt, pepper and cayenne. Toss meat with seasoned flour. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over high heat. Brown the meat on all sides. Reduce the heat, add the onions, crushed garlic and tomato puree to the skillet, cover, and cook gently for 5 minutes. Transfer the contents of the skillet to a casserole and pour half of the Guinness into the skillet. Bring Guinness to a boil and stir to dissolve the caramelized meat juices on the pan. Pour over the meat, along with the remaining Guinness. Add the carrots and thyme. Stir and adjust seasonings. Cover the casserole and simmer over low heat, or in a 300 degree F oven until the meat is tender, 2 to 3 hours. Garnish the beef with parsley and serve.

QUICK GUINNESS BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Coat the stew meat in the flour mixture, reserving the rest of the flour when done.
• Heat oil in a non-stick stock pot. Brown meat on all sides, just until pink on outside is gone.
• Add potatoes, onion, carrots and remaining flour. Stir and cook until vegetables begin to soften.
• Add both cans of Beef Consume' (best if you do NOT add water), and the Guinness.
• Simmer 15-20 minutes, or longer if desired.
• Add peas just before serving, stir to warm them up.
• Delicious when served with crusty bread warm from the oven and butter!

GUINNESS STEW

Steps:

• Sautee the onion and Stir Fry the Beef in a frying pan until tender and add to a large cooking pot
• Add the Diced Vegetables and Herbs
• Pour in the Guinness and 1L of Beef Stock
• Sir Well and let cook slowly for up to 2 hours
• Serve with mashed potatoes or dumplings.
• For the best result serve one day after cooking to really release those flavors!