Smithwicks Beef Stew
Ingredients
Instructions
- NOTE: The beer brand is pronounced Smit-icks.
- I thought I should tell you, lest you order it at an Irish pub and sound like a complete fool!
- Just trying to help!
- Combine flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Cut your beef into chunks.
- Cover the pieces of beef in flour mixture and put into a Dutch oven with olive oil.
- Cook half at a time, on medium-high heat.
- Brown the pieces and put onto a plate as they are browned.
- Continue with second half of beef pieces.
- Once the second half has been browned, place those pieces onto the plate as well and pour one bottle of Smithwicks into the Dutch oven to deglaze it.
- Let simmer for a few minutes.
- Pour the four cups of beef broth into a crockpot.
- Add the browned beef, baby carrots, potatoes, thyme, parsley, and bay leaves to the crockpot.
- Once the beer has simmered for a few minutes in the Dutch oven, pour it into the crockpot.
- Add one more bottle of beer to the crockpot.
- Stir and cover.
- Cook on low for 7.5 hours.
- After 7.5 hours, add the package of frozen peas and the 1/4 cup of dry instant mashed potatoes and stir to thicken stew.
- Cook an additional 30 minutes on high.
- Salt and pepper as needed.
- Enjoy with homemade french bread and some Irish beer!
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
828
kcal
41% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).