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Beef and Guinness Stew

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Beef and Guinness Stew

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Beef and Guinness Stew

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Beef and Guinness Stew

Prep:30minCook:2h 30min

This Guinness beef stew from Chef John is a comforting Irish dish with a deep, complex, rich flavor. Dark beer does amazing things for the gravy.

Updated at: Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:35:09 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

67

Moderate

Glycemic Load

24

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories801.5 kcal (40%)

Total Fat50.3 g (72%)

Carbs35.7 g (14%)

Sugars9.2 g (10%)

Protein45.6 g (91%)

Sodium1463.5 mg (73%)

Fiber5.1 g (18%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

4 slicesbacon

cut into small pieces

2.5 poundsboneless beef chuck

cut into 2-inch pieces

1 ½ teaspoonssalt

divided, or more to taste

freshly ground black pepper

coarsely chopped

1 x 14.9 ouncedark beer

¼ cuptomato paste

cut into 1 - inch pieces

cut into 1-inch pieces

4 sprigsfresh thyme

1 teaspoonwhite sugar

½ teaspoonblack pepper

freshly ground, or to taste

2 ½ cupschicken stock

or as needed to cover

4 cupsmashed potatoes

Instructions

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Notes

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Ellen Walker· last month

Very good. I added dumplings, with some thyme in and served with mash and peas. I cooked it in the slow cooker so added extra flour into the onion, carrot and tom puree mixture and used less liquid

dawn fulton· 3 months ago

Makes leftovers

Followed directions almost exactly. I added twice the carrots and celery. Consequently I increased the stock by 8 oz and the beer by 4 oz. Wasn't sure whether recipe called for individual thyme sprigs or each cluster counted as one. So I counted my clusters as one. Each cluster had anywhere from 2 to 3 stems coming off the main branch. Would definitely make this again. Served on garlic mashed potatoes. Great comfort and cold weather food. Was a little labor intensive so I broke it up by roasting my garlic and making the mashed potatoes mid morning.

Followed directions almost exactly. I added twice the carrots and celery. Consequently I increased the stock by 8 oz and the beer by 4 oz. Wasn't sure whether recipe called for individual thyme sprigs or each cluster counted as one. So I counted my clusters as one. Each cluster had anywhere from 2 to 3 stems coming off the main branch. Would definitely make this again. Served on garlic mashed potatoes. Great comfort and cold weather food. Was a little labor intensive so I broke it up by roasting my garlic and making the mashed potatoes mid morning.

John Stafford· last year

rfood· last year

Makes leftovers

Really good. I didn't put all the salt it said to add, I also didn't put any sugar. I used both chicken and beef stock.

Really good. I didn't put all the salt it said to add, I also didn't put any sugar. I used both chicken and beef stock.

Barb Campbell· 2 years ago

Makes leftovers

Very easy recipe. Just used an inside round roast of beef for the meat and it was very tender. I like my gravy medium thickness so I added a few tbsp of Bistro … they make several kinds, beef, savoury for poultry and brown gravy. I only had the savoury gravy for poultry on hand and it worked great….helps to thicken the juice to a nice gravy consistency. Also served my stew on garlic mash potatoes.