Irish Beef Stew

today we are making Irish beef stew to get started sprinkle salt over one and a quarter pounds of beef stew meat let the meat sit while you press the other ingredients and Pat the meat dry with paper towels heat a quarter cup of olive oil in a large thick bottom pot on medium-high heat when the oil is hot carefully add the pieces of meat to the pan now work in batches so you don't crowd the pan the pan is too crowded the beef will steam and not brown cook until the beef pieces are well browned on one side and turn them over with tongs to brown them on the other side once the beef is browned remove it to a bowl and start browning another batch of beef keep going until you have browned all of the pieces disease then add all of the beef back to the pot and stir in 6 cloves of minced garlic cook the garlic with the beef for about 30 seconds then add 4 cups of beef broth 2 cups of water and 1 cup of Guinness Extra Stout it's the dark multi Guinness Stout that will give this do with Irish flair add one cup of red wine two tablespoons of tomato paste 2 teaspoons of salt one tablespoon of sugar a tablespoon of dried thyme a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and two bay leaves stir everything together and bring it all to a simmer lower the heat cover and simmer for one hour while the pot of meat and stock is simmering melt 2 tablespoons of butter in another pan over medium heat add 1 diced onion and two cups of chopped carrots cook the onions and carrots until the onions are golden about 15 minutes once the onions are golden set aside until the beef and stock simmered for 1 hour then add the carrots and onions to the stew at pounds that peeled cubed russet potatoes to do and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper simmer uncovered until the vegetables and beef are very tender about 40 minutes after 40 minutes discard the bay leaves add more salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with parsley to serve that's it our Irish beef stew with Guinness

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Length: 2min 35sec (155 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 07 2017