Want some beef that melts in your mouth, that has a dark brown and super flavoured sauce with it? That comes with it’s own vegetables and all you need to do is make some mash? Then Beef in Guinness slow cooker recipe is what you’re looking for.

If you’re worried about the children getting tipsy on the beer, don’t. It cooks for over 6 hours and by that time every drop of alcohol has evaporated leaving you with a delicious meal for the whole family. I bought some braising steak in the supermarket and cut it into thick chunks, slow cooking does shrink the meat a bit and I find larger chunks survive better, here’s the recipe

Beef in Guinness - slow cooker recipe

2013-10-17 18:16:06

A hearty beef stew with a delicious dark brown sauce, perfect with a spring onion mash, proper comfort food

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Ingredients

1. vegetable oil
2. 1 kg braising beef steak
3. 1 onion diced
4. 1 clove of garlic
5. 3 carrots peeled and diced
6. 1 stick of celery chopped
7. 2 tbsp plain flour
8. 2 tsp dried mixed herbs
9. 1 tsp black peppercorns
10. 1 500ml can of Guinness
11. 1 litre of beef stock (make with stock cube)
12. seasoning

Instructions

1. Brown the meat in a frying pan using the vegetable oil and add to the slow cooker turned on low.
2. In the same frying pan and a little drop of oil sweat the onions until soft, add the garlic, the carrots and the celery and sweat for a few minutes.
3. Add to the slow cooker.
4. Sprinkle over the flour, herbs and black pepper corns, mix well.
5. Pour over the can of Guinness.
6. Add the beef stock and cook on high for 2 hours and then low for 4 hours. If leaving the slow cooker, cook on low for 6 hours
7. Check the seasoning before serving and serve with a creamy mash potato

By Marianne Weekes

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