Irish Beef Stew

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  3 tbsp or 23g

• Beef chuck

  Arm pot roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw

  2 lb or 907g

• Carrots

  Raw

  454g

• Potato

  Flesh and skin, raw

  6 potato, large or 2.21kg

• Onions

  Raw

  1 large or 150g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Beef broth soup

  Canned, condensed, bouillon and consomme

  2 cup or 496g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  1 can (6 oz) or 170g

• Beer

  Guinness, Draught - Guinness

  100g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  1 tbsp or 15g

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Toss beef cubes with flour to coat, then fry in the hot oil until browned. Place the carrots, potatoes, onion and garlic in a large slow cooker. Place the meat on top of the vegetables. Mix together the beef broth and tomato paste and pour into the slow cooker along with the beer.
2. Cover and cook on High for 6 hours or Low for 8 hours. During the last hour before serving, dissolve the cornstarch in cold water and then stir into the broth. Simmer on the High setting for a few minutes to thicken.
3. (source: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/100839/irish-beef-stew/)