Guinness Beef Stew

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 148.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	188%	71%
fat	4%	3%
aromatics	38%	23%
salt	0%	0%
thickener	4%	1%
vegetables and beans	83%	91%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.8	0.5

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

907 g	2 pounds beef chuck roast (cubed or cubed stewing beef or lamb shoulder)
22 g	3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 g	1/2 teaspoon salt
1 g	1/2 teaspoon black pepper
40 g	3 tablespoons olive oil
300 g	2 medium yellow onions (chopped into 1/2" pieces)
480 g	2 cups Guinness beer
1200 g	5 cups beef broth
49 g	3 tablespoons tomato paste
454 g	1 pound baby potatoes (halved)
183 g	3 carrots (cut into 1/2" pieces)
120 g	3 ribs celery (cut into 1/2" pieces)
1 g	1 bay leaf
1 g	1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary (or 1 sprig fresh)
1 g	1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves (or 4 sprigs fresh)
16 g	2 tablespoons cornstarch
30 g	2 tablespoons water

Method: 7 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Overall it’s a rather straightforward dish with the added benefit of leftover beer to have with your meal. The hardest part is probably trimming the meat, which is more time consuming than it is difficult. My only minor issue is that I have rarely had success ” — a cook, 5★

“I believe that this is the best beef stew I have ever had! Certainly, this is the best beef stew I have ever made! Wonderful recipe! This is the third recipe from this site that I have tried and none have disappointed! For someone who hasn’t made this before, ” — a cook, 5★