My husband learned how to make this Guinness beef stew in the slow cooker from a coworker. He adores this so much!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 4 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 45 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 pounds boneless beef chuck, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large yellow onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 (15 ounce) can Irish stout beer (e.g. Guinness®)
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can beef broth
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 pound round red potatoes, halved
- 3 carrots, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed and cut into quarters (Optional)
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Add beef pieces to flour mixture; toss to coat each piece evenly. Reserve remaining flour mixture for later.
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, cook and stir beef in hot oil until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes per batch. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.
- Cook and stir onion in the same skillet over medium heat until golden, about 5 minutes. Add beer and garlic; bring to a boil for 1 minute, scraping browned bits of food from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Pour onion mixture into the slow cooker.
- Mix beef broth, parsley, thyme, and bay leaves into beef mixture in the slow cooker.
- Cook on Low until beef is almost tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Sprinkle in reserved flour mixture; stir well. Add potatoes and carrots. Cook on High until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Cut puff pastry sheets into quarters and arrange on baking sheets; pierce each square several times with a fork.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and crispy, about 10 minutes. Ladle stew into individual dishes; top each with a pastry square.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 738 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 47 g |
| Cholesterol | 77 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 28 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Sodium | 678 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 49 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I had my doubts about this one. Specifically the cooking times. There is no way that the beef is tender after only 3 hours. Adding the potatoes and vegetables made it worse because now I had undercooked, tough beef and undercooked potatoes and vegetables. I ended up cooking it for another 3 hours. It was better. But not that good and not something I would make again.
It’s so easy to cook and it smells wonderful
I made this for dinner last night. Was easy to put together. only thing I did differently was used gluten free AP flour and used baby carrots instead of big ones. Followed everything else to a T but my carrots were not done and the meat was a little tough for me. The rest of the family still lived it and I only had 1 leftover I sent home with my son-in-law. He’s my leftover eater. will make this again with a better cut of meat and cook it much longer. 6 to 8 hrs. Thanks for posting.
This was fantastic! Substituted shallots for the onion and added 3 chopped celery stalks. Put all ingredients in the crock pot for 7 hours on low. There wasn’t any left! Great St Paddy’s day meal!!
This was simple to make and very good. It may take a few attempts to refine it to your tastes, but quite good as presented. Personally, I’d add more of the spices and more Guinness – couldn’t really taste it in finished dish. I left it cook cook all day in the crock pot, everything was amazingly tender.
Yummy! I followed the recipe exactly except I used an Instant Pot. Used the saute function for the first half of the recipe. Then 30 min and done!
Great flavor. Meat was too soft and all the veggies melted down and nearly disappeared because I cooked it too long. Next time I’ll shorten the time in the crock pot.
Very tasty, has been a hit each time I’ve made it. Definitely needs more spices than recipe calls for-add extra salt, pepper, garlic, etc. Also, carrots and potatoes take way longer than one hour to cook at the end.
I made this recipe for a company st. Pattys day potluck. I did sear the meat, I did not cut up the meat either (I don’t like to do this as a personal choice). I cooked it low overnight in the crockpot. I also added a ton of spices in the a.m. After a taste test. Thyme, minced garlic, pepper, salt, minced onion, parsley. Generous amounts. I also added some cornstarch to thicken it up.
phenomenal….. Also added a little ground hamburger and a little more flour than called for to thicken things up. This recipe is amazing 🙂
I made it almost exactly like the recipe. I had to add a little more liquid because it was drying out so I ended up having to use mashed potato flakes to thicken it. I also added a little celery. I also didn’t have the fresh herbs so I used dried. But everyone loved it and I will be making this again.
Would absolutely make it again. I took a chance at my St. Patty’s day dinner and everyone raved about it.
Excellent, easy to follow recipe! The taste was great! I did add celery and it did take some time for the veggies to cook through, but we all enjoyed it!
Super easy and my family loves it!!!
I followed this recipe to a t. It did take longer for the veggies. But I cooked them on low. Made the house smell fantastic. Served this for a neighbor dinner night. Everyone had seconds! Thanks for sharing
Very disappointed. Followed the recipe exactly as instructed and the vegetables were extremely hard and undercooked. Needs much more time in the crock pot.
Everyone loved this dish! I added a little more broth and Guinness beer to the slow cooker as others suggested. Plus quartered the potatoes instead of halved to cook faster. Cooked on high for 5 hrs as others suggested as well. Will make this again! Great alternative to the traditional St. Patrick’s Day meals.
Vegetables were completely undercooked, recipe tasted like flour. Will not make again.
This was absolutely delicious and reheated beautifully. Just be careful, this is a HUGE recipe. I had to use less of almost everything so that I could fit it in my slow cooker.
Good but a little bland
Pleased my picky brood! I was skeptical about using the Guinness, but it came out so great I won’t make a beef stew without it now. I doubled the vegetables and broth but kept everything else the same. Even the kids were asking for second servings. And chuck is definitely the way to go! I’ve used bottom rounds for other stews, but I think the chuck is more flavorful.