Beef Braised in Guinness
Total time: 1 hour 20 minutes
A classic for St. Patrick's Day but a great cold-weather dish anytime. Slow braising makes the beef meltingly tender and the beer adds a robust flavor. Serve with 'Jacket Potatoes': potatoes baked in their skin and a staple in Ireland.
- 24oz (700gr) beef suitable for stewing or braising, 700gr, 24.7oz round
- 1 large or 2 medium onions, 220gr, 7.8oz
- 2 cloves garlic, 6gr, .21oz
- 5 - 6 carrots, 450gr, 1528oz
- 3 bay (laurel) leaves
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 cups (1 pint) Guinness, 455gr, 16oz,**
- 1 cup beef stock, 112.5gr, 4oz
- 1 tbs oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
- 4 tbs cornstarch (maizena, corn flour), 32gr, 1.1oz
- 1 tbs paprika, 6.3gr, .22oz
Instructions
- Cut beef into 1" (2.5 cm) cubes.
- Cut onion into quarters, then slice thinly.
- Mince or press garlic.
- Cut carrots in half the long way, then into 1" (2.5cm) pieces.
- Combine paprika and cornstarch in a plastic food bag. Add beef and toss to coat evenly.
- In a heavy saucepan, large enough to hold everything easily, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add beef and brown on all sides.
- Add garlic and sauté 1 minute more.
- Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer at least an hour. If it starts to dry out, add more Guinness or beef stock.
- If you would like the sauce thicker, dissolve 1 tbs cornstarch in 2 tbs water and stir in as much as you need - a little at a time, cooking and checking, or it will get too thick.
- When ready to eat, remove bay leaves and serve.
Note: This serves 4 or two meals for two.
** The nutrition info assumes that 75% of the alcohol is cooked off after 1 hour.
---------------------------------------------------------
| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 4 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 1960 / 490 Total Carbohydrates: 93 / 22 Dietary Fiber: 19 / 4.5 Total Fat: 106 / 26.5 Saturated Fat: 36 / 9 Cholesterol: 434 / 108.5 Protein: 154 / 38 Calcium: 257 / 64.25 Sodium: 1081 / 270 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
