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Irish Beef Stew 

Super delicious!
Course Dinner, Stew
Cuisine Irish
Keyword beef, stew
Servings 6 servings
Calories 477kcal
Author Lynn / Turnips 2 Tangerines

Ingredients

  • 4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
  • 2 1/2 pounds boneless beef chuck roast, cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 onions, coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cloves garlic. minced
  • 1 bottle dark beer, such as Guinness or O'Shea's
  • 1 6 oz can  tomato paste
  • 4 sprigs fresh tarragon
  • 3 carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 2 stalks celery, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 bag small Dutch baby yellow potatoes
  • 2 1/2 cups beef stock or as needed to cover

Instructions

  • Cook and stir bacon in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat until bacon is browned and crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn off heat and transfer bacon into a large stew pot, reserving bacon fat in the skillet.
  • Season beef chuck cubes generously with 1 teaspoon salt and black pepper to taste. Turn heat to high under skillet and sear beef pieces in the hot fat on both sides until browned, about 5 minutes. Place beef in stew pot with bacon, leaving fat in skillet. Turn heat down to medium; cook and stir onions in the retained fat in the skillet until lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes; season with a large pinch of salt.
  • Cook garlic with onions until soft, about 1 minute; pour beer into skillet and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping up and dissolving any browned bits of food into the liquid. Pour cooking liquid from skillet into stew pot. Stir in tomato paste, tarragon sprigs, carrots, celery, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and enough chicken broth to cover.
  • Bring stew to a gentle simmer, stirring to combine; reduce heat to low and cover pot. Simmer stew until beef is fork-tender, about 2 to 3 hours. Stir stew occasionally and skim fat or foam if desired. Add potatoes the last hour of cooking.
  • Remove cover and raise heat to medium-high. Bring stew to a low boil and cook until stew has slightly thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and discard tarragon sprigs and adjust salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 477kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 140mg | Sodium: 1288mg | Potassium: 1363mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 5668IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 6mg