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Sunday, December 8, 2013

Guinness Stew!

Hello there everyone and happy Sunday! I hope that you didn't have a difficult time in the snow today, the road were an absolute mess! Snow days like today are perfect for making a big batch of stew in the crockpot - and its even better when you add beer! Today's Crockpot Creation is for Guinness Stew! Enjoy!!

Ingredients:
3 lbs. stew meat cut into cubes
2 lbs red potatoes, roughly chopped
4 large carrots, roughly chopped
2 celery stalks, roughly chopped
8 oz. fresh mushrooms, cut in fourths
1 medium onion, diced
3 cloves of garlic minced
1 can of beef broth
1 package of onion soup mix
2 8oz. cans of tomato sauce
3 tablespoons olive oil
2/3 cup of flour
salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, and basil to taste
12 oz. of Guinness beer (or any dark beer works)




You will need a crockpot for this recipe. If you don't have one, I highly recommend purchasing one while everything is on sale during the holidays. They are so worth it!

Start off by placing your meat in a brown paper bag with your flour. Add salt and pepper to taste. Shake the bag to coat the meat with the flour.





In a large skillet, heat your olive oil and begin to brown up your meat. You may want to do this in batches so that you don't over crowd your pan. You don't need to cook the meat all the way, just get it browned up on the outside. Set aside.


While your meat is cooking, you can begin to chop up all of your veggies. Place your potatoes, celery and carrots in the crock pot first. 





Once your meat is all cooked up, remove it from the pan and set aside. In the same pan that you cooked your meat, cook your onions and garlic for 1-2 minutes. Then add your beef broth and let cook for a few more minutes, scrapping the bottom of the pan to get up all the bits.



Now you can add your meat and the broth/onion/ garlic mixture to your crockpot. Add in the rest of your ingredients and stir gently. My crock pot got REALLY full so I ended up scooping some of it out so I could stir it better. 





Cook on 4 hours at HIGH or 8 hours on LOW, stirring occasionally.
Serve with fresh biscuits and enjoy!!

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