Guinness Beef Stew is a favorite Irish beef stew recipe in our house. We make this slow cooker beef stew for St. Patrick’s Day every year, and we just can’t get enough! It’s the best Guinness stew and so easy to make!
Guinness Beef Stew
Guinness Beef Stew is always a favorite on St. Patrick’s Day. This slow cooker beef stew recipe is so simple and so tasty. The perfect Irish Beef Stew!
Every St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate with lots of drinks and plenty of good food. This Guinness Stew is a favorite because it’s hearty, tasty, and easy! I mean, what could be easier than a slow cooker beef stew?
This Irish Beef Stew recipe is filled with potatoes, carrots, beef, celery, and plenty of seasoning. It’s absolutely delicious, the perfect blend of flavors. It warms you up and helps balance out all those beers you’re probably drinking on St. Patty’s Day…
A delicious Irish Stew in a slow cooker, nothing can beat that!
Guinness Beef Stew is the perfect meal for St. Patrick’s Day or any cold evening. Everyone will love this slow cooker Irish Stew!
Irish Beef Stew
I just love the flavor the Guinness adds to this slow cooker beef stew recipe. Pat’s not a big beer guy, but he LOVES Guinness, so this Guinness Beef Stew is right up his alley! Hearty, easy, delicious; all the best things! Doesn’t it make you want to gather around a table and enjoy some food with your loved ones? The best part is this Irish Beef Stew has very little prep or cleanup. Have fun with your family instead of slaving away in the kitchen!
Slow Cooker Beef Stew Recipe
I’m ALL about slow cooker soups and stews. They are one of my very favorite things to make and I cannot get enough! The crockpot is made for comfort food, and this Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew is SERIOUS comfort food.
This slow cooker cooker beef stew with onion soup mix, beef, carrots, potatoes and more is filled with flavor. It always warms me right up and makes me feel like I’m wrapped in a warm blanket. I just love the ingredients in this, and I LOVE that you can just set it and let it cook.
What’s in Irish Beef Stew?
Guinness Beef Stew Ingredients:
- Red Potatoes
- Sliced Carrots
- Celery
- Stew Meat (Beef)
- Guinness
- Flour
- Onion Soup Mix
- Garlic Powder
- Diced Onion
- Tomato Sauce
- Beef Broth
- Dried Basil
- Olive Oil
- Salt & Pepper
How to Make Guinness Stew in a Slow Cooker
Making slow cooker beef stew is simple, because you can basically just throw everything into a crockpot and let it cook without worry! There are a few more steps to it than that, but that’s the basic process.
How to Make Irish Beef Stew:
- Place the potatoes, carrots, and celery into the bottom of your slow cooker and turn it to low heat.
- Then pour the Guinness and beef broth on top, and add in the garlic powder, onion soup mix, basil, and salt and pepper. Stir everything together.
- Now season the beef cubes with salt and pepper, then coat them in flour.
- Heat oil in a skillet and cook the beef. Add in the onions and cook it all for about 5 minutes, so that the onions are translucent and the beef is browned.
- Add the beef and onions into the slow cooker with the rest of the ingredients. Stir in the tomato sauce.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours (recommended), or high for 4 hours.
Easy as that! I like to serve this Guinness Beef Stew in large portions with hearty bread and more beer. Because that’s how it’s meant to be done!
What is the difference between Irish Stew and Beef Stew?
Irish Stew is essentially any stew made with a mixture of meat and root vegetables, a popular native dish in Ireland. Traditional Irish Stew is made with mutton, but it’s often made with other types of meat. So this slow cooker beef stew is just another version since it’s made with beef, carrots, and potatoes (also known as Irish Beef Stew).
Do you have to cook the beef before you put it in the slow cooker?
For this Guinness Beef Stew recipe, you should brown the meat before adding it into the slow cooker. You will season the beef, cover it in flour, and then cook it in a skillet along with the onions. This is a good way to prepare it for slow cooking to hold flavor, plus the flour will help make a thicker stew.
That being said, it is not always necessary to cook meat before adding it to the slow cooker, but it’s definitely recommended!
Like I said, this Guinness Stew is true COMFORT FOOD! Beef, carrots, potatoes, BEER. Gimme! So many good flavors coming together in a meal that will warm the soul and make you think of my favorite holiday, St. Patrick’s Day! Be sure to wear green while eating this Irish Stew!
See the recipe card for details on how to make Irish Guinness Beef Stew in a Slow Cooker. Enjoy!
If you like this Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew, you’ll love our other soups & stews:
- Philly Cheese Steak Soup in a Bread Bowl
- Crockpot Potato Soup
- Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
- Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe
- Loaded Baked Potato Soup
- Crockpot Broccoli Cheese Soup
- Easy Beef Tortilla Soup
- Red Wine Beef Stew
Ingredients
- 10 small red potatoes quartered
- 1 14.5 ounce can sliced carrots
- 2 full stalks celery chopped
- 3 lbs stew meat cubed
- 1/2 cup flour
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups diced onion
- 2 8 ounce cans tomato sauce
- 10 ounces beef broth about 1/3 of a large box
- 2 ounces envelope Onion Soup Mix
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 12 ounces 1 bottle Guinness Stout
Instructions
- Put potato, carrot, and celery chunks in the bottom of crock pot on low heat. Pour in beer, beef broth, garlic powder, salt and pepper, soup mix, and basil. Stir to combine.
- Season beef lightly with salt and pepper and then coat in the flour.
- Heat oil over medium high heat in a large skillet. Cook the beef until almost browned, and then add in the onion. Continue turning and browning until the meat is fully browned and the onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add meat and onions to the slow cooker.
- Stir in the tomato sauce and cover, heating on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. Low is best, but if you don't have the time, high will work!
- Serve with lots of bread and more Guinness! Enjoy!
Definitely!
Can I use fresh carrots instead of canned?
I think it will be totally fine! haven’t tried it so i’m not totally sure on the cook times but i think it would work out fine and definitely taste great.
The Guinness Beef Stew looks fantastic but I don’t eat beef or pork. Any idea how it might turn out if I substituted chicken meat and broth for the beef?
Sure, you can use low sodium beef or vegetable broth. Enjoy!
Can i leave out the beer or sub with something else?
I made this yesterday for the school fundraiser and everyone loved it! I made it overnight and then reheated in the slow cooker during the afternoon. The flavours intensified and the meat fell apart. Thanks for my new favourite recipe!
Excited to make this tomorrow. Can I make it in my Dutch oven and then transfer to the oven? If so what temp and how long?
Thank you!
Looks Delish and perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day meal!! I will be sharing your link to this recipe with my facebook page and look forward to starting this stew tomorrow morning and definitely looking forward to tasting it tomorrow night.
Thank you!!
Just popped this in the Slow cooker…. can’t wait till tomorrow!
Although these pictures look gorgeous, I can’t say I’m a fan of this recipe. The ingredient measurement units bounce around (e.g. cups, oz, grams, cans, “envelopes”, etc.) which made it difficult to measure the ingredients properly according to this recipe. The addition of the tomato sauce was also strange- I’ve never known this stew in Ireland to use tomato sauce.
This looks fantastic and just what you need after a hard days work. I will be trying this tonight.
How many servings does this yield? Thx!!
Just realized my crock pot is broken :( How would you cook this up on the stove top? Thanks!
I cannot seem to find “stout” Guinness anywhere near me! Can I use draught? Or what should I substitute? Thanks!
I browned on all sides and cooked enough to remove the pink, but I didn’t cook to well done. They will continue to cook some in the slow cooker, so depending on how you like your beef, cook a bit under what you normally would, just a smidgen :)
Should I completely cook the meat or just brown on all sides and until there is no more pink?
Yes! Such an easy way to add flavor. Thanks Joanie!
What a delicious looking meal. I love using Guinness in recipes, it gives such a great flavor!
Thank you Cathy!
Thanks Cyndi! So sweet.
I like beer every once in a while. And this stew look amazing!! I wish I could grab one of those bowls right now! Will you make it for me again if it’s all gone. Please? :)
This stew looks PERFECT!!! My family (husband in particular) would love it!
Yes lady!!!
I love memories like that, how sweet! Thanks so much Lora!
Yes!! Hope you love it :)
I don’t use mine nearly enough either. Every time I do I’m obsessed!
Thank you so much Norma!
Thanks Kimberly! Wow how awesome that you lived overseas!
One of my all-time faves, I became addicted to this stuff during the seven years I lived in Great Britain. I’ve never tried a slow-cooker version and it’s a great idea, it looks fabulous!
I love beef and guiness stew but much prefer it cooked with all fresh ingredients. The photos look amazing .
Wow, this looks fabulous! I love this sort of stew, but I rarely use my slow cooker (don’t know why). I think I need to break it out! Very nice!
I never thought I’d like stew, but that was before you brewed it in beer and shared these pretty pics! I’m going to give it another try in the name of Patty’s Day!
Guinness always reminds me of a dear friend and she was the first one that got me to try it. It’s a very intense flavor and so wonderful to cook with. I have to make this lovely stew this weekend and invite her over to try it!!
I’m with Pat… not a beer gal, but Guinness in foods?! HELL YES! It adds so much flavor.
This stew, though… girl, it’s gotta happen!