Instant Pot Guinness Irish Beef Stew

Instant Pot Guinness Irish Beef Stew-My mother in law gave me this recipe. I think she got it when she had the opportunity to visit the Guinness Factory. It has been tweaked over the years, and now it is one of my husband’s family’s favorite recipes. This soup also serves as a tribute to my mother-in-law, who loved traveling.

It serves as a great winter meal and as great food to serve at St. Patrick’s Day. You will find it is a nice flavorful and hearty stew. Instant Pot Guinness Beef Stew is also a great easy to make and hardly any cleanup since it is in the Instant Pot. It also is a HUGE timesaver.

I love a good meaty beef stew in the middle of the winter; living in the Northeast temperature gets really cold, I mean freezing. We are talking about negative 20 degrees on a January day. So there is nothing like an old fashioned beef stew to really warm you up.

Instant Pot Guinness Irish Beef Stew

The difference between Instant Pot Guinness Irish Beef Stew and a regular beef stew is really just the inclusion of Guinness Beer in the stew.

Instead of beef broth, you use a bottle of Guinness beer as the base. Guinness beer, if you have never drink a bottle, is an Irish Dry Stout. This means that it is a dark fermented beer comprised of water, barley, malt extract, hops, and brewers yeast.

When we incorporate it into our beef stew, it gives a great flavor to the end dish.

Ingredients In A Guinness Beef Stew

• Beef Stew Meat
• Salt
• Black Pepper
• All-Purpose Flour
• Butter
• Beef Broth
• Guinness Beer
• Worcestershire sauce
• Soy Sauce
• Brown Sugar
• Minced Garlic
• Tomato Paste
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Onions
• Carrots
• Red Potatoes

How To Make Instant Pot Guinness Irish Beef Stew

1. In a large mixing bowl, place the meat and coat it with the flour and salt and pepper. Make sure it’s coated on each side.
2. Place the butter in the Instant Pot and press the sauté button.
3. Wait until the butter is melted, and then add the meat. Brown, the meat on each side, making sure it does not overcook.
4. Then put the beef broth, beer, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, tomato paste, rosemary, and thyme, mix well.
5. Place the carrots, potatoes, onions into the Instant Pot.
6. Mix well.
7. Place the lid on the Instant Pot and close the steam valve.
8. Press the “meat/stew” button (it should be set for about 35 minutes on high pressure)
9. After it beeps, let it come down naturally.
10. Open up the Instant Pot, stir and serve.

Tips for A Great Instant Pot Beef Stew

• The best part of the beef stew is the meat; if you give a quick sear to the meat, you will have a more flavorful dish. To sear your meat, just add the olive oil to the Instant Pot bowl, press the saute button, allow the bowl to heat up, and then take your meat and saute it for a few minutes.
• For more flavor, let the beef stew naturally release, as it allows for all of the flavors to come together.
• For a thicker stew, add a cornstarch slurry at the end, mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water in a small bowl. While the stew is hot, mix the cornstarch slurry into the soup. The beef stew will thicken up.

What Kind Of Beef Is Used For Stew?

The best beef stew meat is from the front should, which is referred to as the chuck. The other great meat to use is what they refer to as a round steak.

Using a tender cut of meat tends to dry out the meat, so it’s best to go with the least expensive cut, the chuck roast. As the Instant POt will not dry out the meat, you will end up with a more flavorful dish at the end of the cooking process.

Some other great cuts of meat to use in Beef Stews are beef shink, brisker, to short ribs. I usually use whatever is on sale, as they are great alternatives.

What to Serve With Beef Stew:

There are so many things that beef stew goes great with. Here are some of my favorites:

• Mashed Potatoes
• Baked Potatoes
• Sweet Potatoes

Soup Recipes:

• Egg Drop Soup
• Copycat Panera Broccoli and Cheddar Soup
• Tomato Soup

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