Beef and Guinness Stew

Found this recipe on Reluctant Entertainer and changed it up just a little.

http://reluctantentertainer.com/2013/03/beef-and-guinness-stew-for-st-patricks-day/

BEEF AND GUINNESS STEW

YIELD: 6

 

PREP TIME: 15 minutes

 

COOK TIME: 3 hours

 

TOTAL TIME: 3 hours 15 minutes

Incredible St. Patrick's Day meal. Adapted from Traditional Cooking by Darina Allen.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 lbs. lean stewing beef, cubed
• 3 T. grapeseed oil
• 2 T. flour
• 1/4 tsp. Wildtree's Rodeo Rub spice blend
• Salt and pepper
• 2 large onions, coarsely chopped
• 1.5 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 small can tomato paste, dissolved in 1 can of water
• 1  bottle Guinness beer
• 4-5 carrots, cut into chunks
• 1/2 lb potatoes, cut into chunks
• sprigs of thyme

DIRECTIONS:

1. Toss beef cubes in a bowl with 1 tablespoon oil. 
2. Season the flour with salt, freshly ground pepper and Rodeo Rub and mix into the beef.
3. Heat the remaining 2 T. oil in a large Dutch oven over a high heat. Brown the meat on all sides.
4. Add the onions, garlic and tomato puree/water, cover and cook gently for about 5 minutes.
5. Pour the Guinness into the pot. Add the carrots, potatoes, and thyme.
6. Stir the stew, cover, and place in preheated oven for about 3 hours.

Assuming everyone likes it, this should be enough for 2+ meals, so I'll freeze the leftovers and heat them up for St. Patrick's Day dinner smile emoticon 

Since I bought a package of almost 4 lbs of cubed beef at Costco the other day, I figured I'd keep chopping and use all of the meat.. I also made 2 other meals to freeze with it. I ended up cutting up 3 onions total + 3 green bell peppers, and using Wild Tree's recipe to make 2 dinners of Steak Fajitas for the freezer. So that's 4 meals, all in 30 mins smile emoticon