Slow Cooker Irish Beef & Guinness Stew

Ingredients

• 700 g beef (Diced)
• 150 g bacon (Diced)
• 2 onions (Medium, sliced)
• 500 ml Guinness
• 250 ml beef stock
• 3 cloves garlic (Minced)
• 1 potato (Large, roughly chopped)
• 2 carrots (Medium, chopped)
• 1 stalk celery (Chopped)
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 3 tbsp Henderson’s sauce or Worcestershire sauce (Use either Henderson’s sauce or Worcestershire sauce)
• 1 tsp rosemary
• 1 tsp thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp olive oil (For browning)
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• fresh thyme (Optional garnish)

Steps

1. 1

   Heat 1 teaspoon of olive oil in a medium pan over medium heat. Add the diced beef and cornstarch, and brown the beef for 5 minutes. Transfer the browned beef to a plate or bowl and set aside.

2. 2

   Add the diced bacon to the same pan. Brown the bacon, then transfer it out of the pan and set it aside with the beef.

3. 3

   Add the sliced onions to the slow cooker pot.

4. 4

   Add the Guinness, beef stock, minced garlic, chopped potato, chopped carrots, chopped celery, tomato purée, Henderson’s or Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, thyme, and bay leaves to the slow cooker pot.

5. 5

   Add the browned beef and bacon to the slow cooker. Mix everything together.

6. 6

   Cook on the high setting for 4 hours or on the low setting for 8 hours. Serve with creamy mashed potatoes and, if desired, garnish with fresh thyme.

Notes

The source states 428 calories and 48.6 g protein per serving. It does not specify the slow cooker temperature beyond the high or low settings, and it does not provide a separate recipe for the suggested creamy mash.

Nutrition per serving

• main
• slow-cooked
• Irish-inspired
• beef
• comfort food
• one-pot
• contains alcohol
• high-protein