One Pot Irish Stew

This one pot Irish stew is a blend of tender meat, carrots and potatoes, all simmered to perfection in a savory and flavorful broth. This is perfect comfort food meal for a cold, winter night!

Course Main Dishes

Cuisine Main Dish

Keyword Irish beef stew, irish stew, one pot dinner recipe, one pot irish stew, st. patrick's day

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 2 20

Total Time 2 30

Servings servings

Calories 463kcal

Ingredients

2 pounds potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
4 carrots peeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup onion roughly chopped
2 Tablespoons ghee or butter
2 pounds stew beef cut into 1-inch pieces
3 garlic cloves minced
1 1/2 cups beef broth
1 cup red wine
1 bottle Guinness
2 Tablespoons tomato paste
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
2 bay leaves
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
Pat the stew beef pieces dry with a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper.
In a large, oven safe pot with a lid, heat ghee or butter over medium heat. Working in batches if necessary so that the pan doesn't get overcrowded, brown the beef pieces. Remove all beef pieces and set aside. Add garlic and cook for one minute.
Add garlic and cook for one minute.
Stir in ½ cup of beef broth, scraping the pan to remove bits from the bottom. Bring to a simmer and add thyme, rosemary and bay leaves. Stir in tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce.
Add browned beef, vegetables, remaining beef broth, red wine and Guinness to the pot. Cover and transfer to preheated oven. Cook in oven for 2 hours.

Notes

For the crockpot, brown the beef and then transfer everything to the crockpot. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

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