Recipe Beef Stew With Beer

There’s no greater comfort food than a hearty stew. And Irish Beef and Guinness Stew might be the king of them all! Guinness gives the sauce an incredible rich, deep flavour, and the beef is fall-apart tender. While it takes time to slow cook, this is very straight forward to make. Stove, oven, in your slow cooker or pressure cooker – directions provided for all.

Irish Stew may well be the mother of all stews. I mean, you know that anything simmered for hours is going to be a good thing.But this…. this is the stew of your dreams. Arguably the most deeply flavourful sauce of all stews, with a rich dark brown flavour, this is thebest of the best.

Guinness Beer is so dark it is almost black and it’s why the gravy of the stew is such a beautiful deep brown colour. Guinness is also much richer than most beers, which you can see just by looking at the thick creamy head (the foam)that Guinness is famed for.

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Traditionally, Guinness Stew is made with lamb. But in many parts of the world including here in Australia and North America, Guinness Stew is more commonly made with beef.

I hope the Irish aren’t offended! 🙂 I’ve made it with lamb and to be honest, I do prefer it with beef.

Tip: Use big chunky hunks of beef. Don’t even think about using tiny cubes of beef. It needs to be chunky pieces so it can be cooked for a looooong time to get all that flavour into the sauce! If the pieces of beef are too small, they will cook too quickly and fall apart in the stew before it’s had enough time to develop the deep flavours.

Guinness Beef Stew Recipe (irish Stew)

Though this Irish Beef and Guinness Stew takes time to cook, it is very straightforward.The steps are no different to usual stews like classic Beef Stew:

The one thing I do differently to most Guinness Beef Stew recipes, including very traditional Irish recipes, is to thicken the sauce slightly with flour. If you don’t do this step, the sauce is quite thin and watery, and while the flavour is still lovely, I really prefer the sauce to be more like a thin gravy.

Serve Beef and Guinness Stew over mashed potato or cauliflower mash for a low carb option. And what about some warm crusty Irish Soda Bread to mop your bowl clean??

Stovetop Beef And Guinness Stew

I am so glad I have a tub of this in the freezer. Icooked most of the day but gave it all away. The minute I hit Publish on this post, I’m going to get cracking reheating some of this Irish Stew for dinner tonight!

This recipe features in my debut cookbook Dinner. The book is mostly new recipes, but this is a reader favourite included by popular demand!

RECIPE VIDEO ABOVE.The iconic Irish Beef and Guinness Stew is easy to make but requires patience while it slow cooks! The Guinness Beer is the secret weapon ingredient in this, creating a sauce that has wonderful deep complex flavours.

Pressure Cooker Stout Beef Stew

1. Guinness Beer is a dark coloured rich Irish beer and it is the key flavouring for the sauce of this stew. You CANNOT taste it in the finished dish, it just melds into an amazing sauce. In Australia you can get Guinness at all major liquor stores.

There is no non alcoholic substitute unfortunately. If you cannot consume alcohol, substitute the Guinness with 2 cups water + 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce + 2 beef bouillon cubes crumbled. This will make it a classic beef stew. Taste FAB, it just isn’t Irish Guinness Stew!

– OVEN: Cover and bake for 2 1/2 hours at 160C / 320F. Remove then cook for a further 30 – 45 minutes to reduce sauce, per recipe. – SLOW COOKER:Reduce chicken broth by 1 cup. After you add the Guinness and broth/stock into the pot, bring to simmer and ensure you scrape the bottom of the pot well. Transfer everything into slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients per recipe. Cook on low for 8 hours. If sauce needs more thickening, simmer with slow cooker lid off (if you have that function), to ladle some of the sauce into a separate saucepan and reduce on stove. – PRESSURE COOKER: Follow slow cooker instructions, cook on HIGH for 40 minutes (this might seem longer than most but we’re using chuck here which needs to be cooked for a long time until tender and also the pieces are large).

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3. FLOUR: I prefer my stew sauce a bit thick, not watery, so I always add flour to slightly thicken the sauce. Some recipes say to dust beef with flour before browning – I prefer not to use this method because the flour burns then this permeates throughout the whole stew.

4. Beef vs Chicken Broth – I use chicken broth because the flavour is slightly more mild which lets the guinness flavour come through more. But beef broth works just as well and you can definitely still taste the Guinness!!

5. Nutrition per serving, excluding mashed potato. This nutrition is overstated because it does not take into account the fat that is skimmed off the surface.

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Serving: 497 g Calories: 646 cal (32%) Carbohydrates: 15.3 g (5%) Protein: 72.2 g (144%) Fat: 29.1 g (45%) Saturated Fat: 9.2 g (58%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 19.9 g Cholesterol: 200 mg (67%) Sodium: 1499 mg (65%) Fiber: 2.1 g (9%) Sugar: 4.7 g (5%)

I believe you can make great food with everyday ingredients even if you’re short on time and cost conscious. You just need to cook clever and get creative!This horseradish beef stew with beer is the definition of pure comfort food!  Cooking it in the slow cooker makes the beef and veggies super tender with a rich, silky sauce… and it takes hardly any effort to make!  Come home to a mouthwatering dinner, ready to eat!

Comfort food recipes like this Crockpot Beef Stew are essential in the colder months.  You come home to a house that smells heavenly and dinner is finished and ready for you to enjoy!  We love easy crockpot meals like my Crockpot Mongolian Beef and this is one of my Comfort Food recipes you’ll definitely want in your dinner rotation!

Irish Guinness Beef Stew (crockpot Recipe)

As someone who works from home, it’s easy to forget what it’s like to come home after working a full (long) day and still have the very crushing reality of having to cook dinner.  For me, there is no coming home, since I’m always here writing, cooking, setting up photoshoots, etc.

Even before this website, there wasn’t any coming home, since I was a stay at home Mom.  BUT, I can tell you, the night’s when I’ve got dinner going in the slow cooker… those are the nights that before my husband even has his whole body through our door, he’s going, “man that smells amazing, I’m so hungry!”.

Generally beef stew is made with a tough cut of meat like a chuck roast (or shoulder roast), vegetables (like potatoes, carrots, celery, parsnips, mushrooms, etc), beef stock, and plenty of seasoning.  I like to add some beer to mine, as I love the depth of flavor, as well as some tomato paste and beef base.

Beef & Guinness Stew Recipe

Start by browning the beef pieces in a large dutch oven.  Remove beef to a plate and cook onions and garlic in beef drippings.  Add beer and beef broth to deglaze the pan (scraping the bottom of the pot to release those browned bits).  Return beef to the pot and add remaining ingredients.  Stir well, cover and simmer on LOW for 2 – 2 1/2 hours.

Stews generally freeze really well (for up to 3 months), although if it’s been thickened (with the methods outlined above in the post), it may separate when frozen.

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If your stew gets a lot of fat particles at the top after cooking, either skim it with a spoon or remove beef and veggies to a bowl, then pour liquid through a strainer into the bowl with the beef and veggies.

The Chunky Chef is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

Hey there! I'm Amanda. Wife, mother, photography nerd, and bacon lover! I believe that delicious meals should be easy to make. Now that you’re here, stay a bit, browse a few recipes, and let’s get cookin’!Beef Stew made with tender beef, loads of vegetables and a simple mixture of broth, beer and spices making it the BEST, easiest beef stew ever!

Crockpot Beef And Beer Stew Recipe

It is a familiar recipe, but no one ever gets tired of it. Chunks of tender beef and veggies in rich brown gravy will always bring comfort and joy to the dinner table.

As for me? Well, temps went down to 40, so naturally, I put on a sweater, a fancy scarf, tall boots, and