Comforting Irish Beef Stew – a delicious Irish meal that is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or any day!
St. Patrick’s Day is creeping us on us and I just realized that I didn’t have an Irish Beef Stew on the blog! Well here it is…
Irish Beef Stew
I have strong Irish blood in my family so St. Patrick’s Day is CELEBRATED. Growing up we always had Corned Beef and Cabbage, but my mom also makes a mean stew, so I used that inspiration to come up with a really easy and delicious Irish Stew that I know you guys are going to love!
I have two kinds of potatoes in here and two kinds of onions – so everyone is happy. And don’t forget, you have to mash up the russet potatoes and they thicken up the broth just perfectly (but I also have notes in the recipe that tells you how to thicken it up even more if you desire!).
This is Whole30 compliant and goes absolutely perfectly with my Creamy Whole30 Mashed Potatoes!
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Comforting Irish Beef Stew – a delicious Irish meal that is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or any day!
Ingredients
- 2 – 2.5 lbs beef or lamb (you could really use any cut you want, I used a nice beef roast), cut into large 1-2 inch chunks
- 3T ghee
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 large sweet yellow onion (or 1 small yellow onion) cut into wedges
- 10 baby onions
- 10 baby Yukon gold potatoes
- 1 1/2 russet potatoes, cut into large chunks
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into medium chunks
- 2 cups chicken or beef broth
- 4–6 fresh sprigs of thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- (Note:if you want a thicker broth, simply place beef in approx. 1/2 cup of arrowroot powder to lightly coat before you cook in ghee)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Sprinkle cut up beef (or lamb) with salt and pepper.
- Add ghee to dutch oven, melt and coat the pan.
- Add beef to pan and cook on medium high heat, searing all sides, and continuing to cook for 5-10 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix.
- Cover and place in the oven for 1.5 hours
- Highly recommend serving over these mashed potatoes!
Keywords: Irish stew, beef stew, healthy beef stew
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The stew looks great ! Yes we are proud of our Irishness! ☘️?
We certainly are!!
this looks beautiful Erin!!! absolutely love Irish stew!
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Thanks, Georgie!! I love it too! The epitome of comfort food!
Should the stew be completely covered with just the two cups of fluid? Cooking it as we speak and it definitely isn’t.
You are fine! It doesn’t need to by fully submerged to cook, you are braising the meat in the liquid!
My second recipe from this site today! Both 5 stars. Excellent stew. I did use the arrowroot starch for thickening. Didn’t do much but no worries. Just to save on prep, I would probably use just one type of potato. Same on onions. The baby onions had great flavor. Maybe another clove or two of garlic. Great recipe!,
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Thank you so much, Patty!! So glad you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback – I really appreciate it!
So easy and very tasty!!
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Thanks, Lauren!! So glad you enjoyed it!! And thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback, I really appreciate it!
I LOVE this recipe and have made it more times than I can count! Some adjustments I made after the first time making it: swapped ghee for avocado oil (can’t stomach taste or smell if ghee), left out baby onions and yukon potatoes to simplify prep and instead trippled carrots and added extra Russet potatoes and sweet onion slices, and it comes out perfect. Thank you for this wonderful meal idea.
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That is so awesome to hear, Jackie! And thank you so much for sharing your tips – always so helpful for everyone else to read – I really appreciate it! Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback!