Tender lamb stew with savory vegetables slow-cooked with Irish Guinness ale make a comforting meal chock full of luck and love.

Slow Cooker Irish Stew with Guinness

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

My recipe of the day is for Irish stew with Guinness, made in the slow cooker or crockpot using  lamb,  for which today the theme is about St. Patrick’s Day recipes.

If you’re not a fan  of lamb (and some  people are not) this can  also be  made with  stew beef.

Guinness is also not the only stout ale you can use in this, although it is the most popular  Irish one.  Time was that was mostly all you could get, but the craft beer  movement has really opened that one wide.

There are a variety of root vegetables in this as well, but  don’t stress  if you can’t  find every single one. You can mix and match on the quantities of potatoes, celery root,  parsnips, turnips  and carrots. This is root vegetable rich and you can  use whatever types you like. I also used the larger  boiler onions   (big pearl  onions) but you can just use chopped or wedges  of onion if you like. The round shape is mostly for aesthetics.

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Slow Cooker Irish Stew with Guinness

Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

Tender lamb with savory vegetables slow-cooked with Irish Guinness stout ale make a comforting meal  chock full of luck and love.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 hours hrs

Total Time 10 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Irish

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

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• 2 pounds boneless leg of lamb cubed
• 1 pound boiler onions or pearl onions peeled and left whole
• 1 whole garlic peeled and cloves separated
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
• 1 tablespoon dried snipped chives
• salt and black pepper
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 pound potatoes peeled and chopped
• 1 pound celery root trimmed and chopped
• 8 ounces parsnips chopped
• 8 ounces turnips chopped
• 8 ounces carrots chopped
• 1 cup vegetable stock or beef stock
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet optional
• 16 fluid ounces Guinness stout ale

Instructions

 

• Trim visible fat from lamb, pat completely dry and cut into chunks. 
• Place the fat trimmings into a large skillet and cook until fat renders out, then discard the solids.
• Add lamb, onions and garlic to the pan along with thyme, chives, salt and pepper and saute until onions are browned and lamb is seared. Toss mixture with the 1/4 cup flour.
• Place vegetables in the bottom of a large crock pot.
• Place floured lamb and onions on top of that.
• Pour stock and Guinness stout over all.
• Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until vegetables and lamb are tender.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Keyword crock pot, crockpot, Guinness, Irish stew, lamb, slow cooker, stew

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