Crock Pot Beer Lamb Stew Irish Stew Food

CROCK POT BEER & LAMB STEW (IRISH STEW)

Steps:

• If your Lamb Shoulder has bone, then cut the meat from the bone and chop into 1 inch cubes. Season with Salt and Pepper, then dredge with flour & add to crock pot.
• Chop Onion into large pieces, and Celery & Carrots into manageable sizes and add to the crock pot on top the lamb.
• Mix the beer and chicken stock together with the Garlic powder, Onion Powder, Rosemary, and Vinegar (if you choose to use it) then pour into crock pot over everything.
• Chop Potatoes into bite size pieces and place in crock pot and place the lid on.
• Cook on Low for 7 hours.
• After 7 hours remove some liquid and mix with cornstarch until all mixed well, then combine with the contents of the crock pot, then continue cooking on low for 1 hour.
• (for an additional flavor boost after it's done cooking go ahead and mix in some seasoned salt.).

CROCK POT BEEF & BEER STEW

Steps:

• Place cut carrots, celery, onion and potatoes in the bottom of a large crock pot.
• Mix tomato paste, garlic, paprika and Worcestershire sauce together in a small prep bowl and set aside.
• Trim meat and cut into 1" cubes.
• Place flour, salt and pepper into a large zipper lock bag. Add meat, seal bag and shake to coat.
• In a large skillet heat 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil until hot. Add half of the meat and brown quickly on all sides. Be careful to separate the pieces. Transfer meat to the crock pot and brown the remaining pieces. Spoon the tomato paste mixture over the last batch of beef and stir well to coat. Cook about 1 minute longer then tranfer contents of skillet to the crock pot.
• Add the bay leaves and pour the beer over everything. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours. (Note, this was fully cooked in my crock after 8 hours.).

IRISH LAMB STEW

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Put lamb, salt, pepper, and flour in large mixing bowl. Toss to coat meat evenly. Brown meat in frying pan with bacon fat.
• Place meat into stock pot (leave 1/4 cup of fat in frying pan). Add the garlic and yellow onion and saute till onion begins to become golden. Deglaze frying pan with 1/2 cup water and add the garlic-onion mixture to the stock pot with bacon pieces, beef stock, and sugar. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Add carrots, onions, potatoes, thyme, bay leaves, and wine to pot. Reduce heat, and simmer covered for 20 minutes until vegetables are tender.

CROCK POT IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Cut lamb into 1-inch pieces. In a large skillet brown pieces, half at a time, in hot oil. Drain well.
• Meanwhile combine turnips, carrots, potatoes, onions, tapioca, salt, pepper and thyme in a 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 quart crock pot. Stir in browned lamb and beef broth.
• Cover; cook on LO setting for 10-12 hours (or on HI setting for 5-6 hours).

CROCK POT IRISH STEW

Steps:

• If you buy Lamb Shoulder with bone, go ahead and cut the meat off the bone and remove as much fat as you can, not all but enough to make it lean. Salt and pepper the Lamb to taste and coat with flour and add to the crockpot.
• Chop the onion into large chunks ( I cut the onion in half then chop each half into thirds and then in half). Then Chop your carrots and Celery and add to the crock pot.
• In a large bowl mix the bottle of beer and the can of Chicken stock together with the Rosemary, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder and Vinegar (if choosing to add that). pour over the contents of the crock pot.
• Dice the Potatoes into bite size pieces and add to the crock pot and cover cooking on low for 7 hours.
• After 7 hours on low mix cornstarch with some liquid from crock pot until there are no chunks or cornstarch left, then mix into crock pot and let cook for an additional 1 hour on low.
• Serve and enjoy. Go ahead and season with salt & pepper to taste, or if you want an additional flavor added to ahead and use seasoned salt.
• (Now in the picture I didn't add the flour or cornstarch because I wanted it as a soup, but If you want a nice stew go ahead and add them. If you feel like it's going to be a little too thin still you can add less Chicken stock, but I feel like it tastes great as a soup).