Irish Guinness Beef Stew

Irish Guinness Beef Stew

I came back from the Dublin trip inspired to experiment with some of the flavors and techniques I was exposed to at the Meatopia event. In this video I’m doing a traditional Irish Guinness Beef Stew with a Caribbean twist. Usually they would brown the beef in the oil first, remove it, saute the aromatics but today i’ll be browning the meat Trini style.

Guinness Stew Beef Ingredients:

• 1lb Stew Beef Pieces
• 8 cloves of garlic minced
• 10 grains of whole clove
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 4 tomatoes diced
• 3 bay leaves
• 10 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 bottle Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
• 3 cups water

Method:

1. Heat oil in a round bottom cast iron pot
2. Add brown sugar and stir until it goes frothy and dark brown in color
3. Add the beef and allow each piece to be coated evenly with the caramelized sugar.
4. Season with salt and black pepper, saute for 3 minutes on medium to high heat
5. Add garlic, saute for 1 minute
6. Add cloves, onion, bay leaves and diced tomatoes, saute for 5 minutes
7. Add soy sauce, combine then cover and allow to simmer on medium heat for 8 minutes
8. Add one bottle of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout plus 3 cups of water
9. Add thyme
10. Cover and allow to simmer on low heat for 2 hours or transfer to a pressure cooker and cook for 20 minutes.
11. Remove thyme stalks and bay leaves
12. Add one cup of diced carrots and allow to cook for 6 minutes or until carrots are tender

Serve warm, enjoy.