Guinness Beef Stew
 
 
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Recipe type: Dinner
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 4 pounds stewing beef (beef chuck cut into 1 inch cubes)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup of diced pancetta*
  • 3 cups of onions, finely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon of dried thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 can of 500ml Guinness Beer
  • 3.5 cups of beef broth
  • 670 ml of strained tomatoes
  • 2 medium carrots, diced
  • 1 medium rutabaga, peeled and cut into 3 inch pieces
  • 2 large potatoes, cut into 3 inch pieces
  • 2 cups of mushrooms, sliced
  • ¾ cup of green peas
  • flour
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Pat beef dry and season beef with salt and pepper. Sprinkle beef with flour and toss.
  3. Heat oil and butter on large oven proof pot in medium high heat.
  4. When hot, brown beef in batches. Set aside browned beef in a bowl.
  5. Add pancetta to the same pot. Saute pancetta until brown and crisp and scrape off brown bits.
  6. Then add the onions, garlic, thyme and bay leaf and cook until the onions are tender.
  7. Return beef and all juices to pot.
  8. Then add the beer, broth and strained tomatoes. Bring to simmer.
  9. Then add the potatoes and rutabaga.
  10. Cover and transfer pot into the oven.
  11. Bake beef stew for about 1 hour.
  12. Then add carrots, peas and mushrooms.
  13. Bake for another 1 hour, uncovered, until the beef is very tender.
Notes
*you can also use bacon to substitute for pancetta
**if you want to thicken your stew broth, add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to 2 tablespoons of cold liquid and stir to create a smooth paste. Then whisk this into the stew broth. Bring the stew broth to a boil and let it simmer until the starchy taste is gone and your stew broth is thicker.
Recipe by sprinkles and sauce at https://sprinklesandsauce.com/guinness-beef-stew/