Guinness-Infused Recipes to Put a Kick in Your St. Patrick’s Day

Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 2 lbs. (900 g) well-marbled chuck beef roast, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 2 cups chopped onion (about 1 large onion)
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 2 tbsp. tomato paste
• 1 pint (16 ounces, 475 ml) Guinness Extra Stout 
• 3 cups (700 ml) beef broth
• 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
• 3-4 parsnips, peeled and cut into chunks
• 1/2 lb. (280 g) celery root, potatoes, or young turnips, peeled and cut into chunks
• 2 tsp. dried thyme
• Salt
• 4 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley (optional)

Preparation

Heat the butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat.

Brown the beef in the butter, starting with the fattiest pieces of meat, fat side down in the pan. This will allow some beef fat to render out. Work in batches as to not crowd the pan.

Sprinkle salt over the beef as it browns. Once browned on all sides, transfer the beef pieces into the slow cooker.

Add the onions and celery to the pan in which you just browned the beef.

Sauté the onions and celery until they begin to brown at the edges for about 5 minutes.

Add the tomato paste and mix well.

Cook for a minute or two, then add a little of the Guinness, just enough to make it easier for you to scrape up any browned bits at the bottom of the pan.

Transfer the celery and onions into the slow cooker.

Add Guinness, broth, root vegetables, thyme, salt.

Add the rest of the Guinness, the beef broth, carrots, parsnips, celery root, and thyme to the slow cooker. Add two teaspoons of salt.

Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 8 hours. When done, add more salt to taste. If you want, sprinkle with fresh parsley to serve.