Need a hearty recipe for St. Patrick's Day dinner? You'll love this Guinness Beef Stew recipe that you can quickly cook in your Instant Pot. It's a great hearty, warm meal for winter, and it only needs 25 minutes to cook once it's come to pressure.
Place diced bacon into the instant pot and turn on saute mode. Cook the bacon until it's crispy. If it starts to stick use a little beef broth to deglaze.
Add in white onion and stir well. Add in a little beef broth and deglaze.
Add in stew beef and cook until lightly brown on the outside of the meat.
Turn off saute mode. Add in carrots and diced and peeled potatoes.
Pour in one cup of Guinness and the remaining beef broth. If this does not cover your vegetables and meat then add water to just barely cover. Add in thyme and bay leaves. Add in salt and pepper. Stir well.
Place the lid onto the instant pot. Set the valve to the sealed position. Press the pressure cook button or manual and set timer to 25 minutes. Once the Instant Pot stops counting release pressure (quick release).
Turn off instant pot and turn on saute mode. Add in cornstarch slurry (this is 3 tablespoons cornstarch whisked well with 3 tablespoons or so of water).
Stir well and as it comes to a boil it will start to thicken the sauce around the stew. If it's still not thick enough you can add a little more slurry. Remember once you turn off saute mode and let it cool some it will thicken even more just like a gravy.
Please note: The amount of cornstarch slurry can vary depending on how much broth you end up with in the end. So you may need to make more slurry and add it. Just be careful so you don't over thicken since once it cools down it does thicken more much like gravy.
Instant Pot Guinness Beef Stew Recipe
Use your Instant Pot to pressure cook this hearty Guinness Beef Stew recipe. It's a perfect wintertime meal and great to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It includes beef, carrots, potatoes, and onions as well as a cup of Guinness beer.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs stew beef
- 5 red potatoes; peeled
- ½ bag baby carrots (about 2 cups)
- 5 slices thick cut bacon
- 1 white onion; diced
- 1 - 32 oz beef broth
- 2 bay leaves; fresh
- 2 sprigs of thyme; fresh
- 1 cup Guinness extra stout beer
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch (maybe more - see notes)
- Water
Instructions
- Place diced bacon into the Instant Pot and turn on saute mode.
- Cook bacon until crispy. If it starts to stick use a little beef broth to deglaze.
- Add in white onion and stir well.
- Add in a little beef broth and deglaze.
- Add in stew beef and cook until lightly brown on the outside of the meat.
- Turn off saute mode.
- Add in carrots and diced and peeled potatoes.
- Pour in one cup of Guinness and the remaining beef broth. If this does not cover your vegetables and meat then add water to just barely cover.
- Add in thyme and bay leaves.
- Add in salt and pepper and stir well.
- Place the lid onto the Instant Pot and set the valve to the sealed position.
- Press the pressure cook button or manual and set timer to 25 minutes.
- Once the instant pot stops counting release pressure (Quick release).
- Turn off Instant Pot and turn on saute mode.
- Add in cornstarch slurry (this is 3 tablespoons cornstarch whisked well with 3 tablespoons or so of water).
- Stir well and as it comes to a boil it will start to thicken the sauce around the stew. If it's still not thick enough you can add a little more slurry. Remember once you turn off saute mode and let it cool some it will thicken even more just like a gravy.
Notes: The amount of cornstarch slurry can vary depending on how much broth you end up with in the end. So you may need to make more slurry and add it. Just be careful so you don't over thicken since once it cools down it does thicken more much like gravy.
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