Irish Chicken Stew Slow Cooker Food

SIMPLE SLOW COOKER IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium heat and add oil. Cook stew meat until browned on all side, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer browned meat to the insert of a slow cooker. Add potatoes, onion, water, bouillon cubes, salt, and pepper.
• Cover and cook on Low power for 8 hours.

SLOW COOKER IRISH STEW WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika, salt, and pepper together in a medium bowl. Coat chicken with the flour mixture, reserving 1 tablespoon for cooking.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in the hot oil, turning frequently, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle reserved 1 tablespoon flour mixture over chicken; add mushrooms and onion. Turn heat to medium and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Drain excess oil if needed.
• Transfer chicken mixture to the bottom of a slow cooker. Add potatoes, carrots, celery, garlic, beer, and Worcestershire.
• Mix chicken broth and tomato paste together in a small bowl and pour into the slow cooker. Sprinkle poultry seasoning and remaining paprika over top.
• Cover and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and vegetables are softened and flavors have blended, on Low, 7 to 8 hours, or High, about 4 hours. To thicken, combine cornstarch and cold water, mix thoroughly, and stir into the stew 1 hour before serving. Add more salt and pepper as needed.

SLOW COOKER IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
• Reduce heat to low and cook until lamb and vegetables are very tender, 10-12 hours.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Discard bay leaf.

SLOW COOKER IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Cut the lamb into bite size cubes and brown it in the oil in a large skillet. Drain off the fat.
• Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker/crock pot. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Combine first 14 ingredients in an electric slow cooker.
• Cover with lid and cook on high setting for 4 hours or until carrot is tender.
• Combine the water and cornstarch in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk until blended.
• Add cornstarch mixture and frozen peas or edamame (and tofu, if using) to the slow cooker, stir well.
• Re-cover and cook on high-heat setting an 30 additional minutes.
• Serve with hot cooked rice.
• Note: I don't eat much meat and prefer more vegetables, so I often add extra firm cubed tofu at the last 30 minute mark. Tasty! Also good with small new potatoes added at the beginning, which is another good way to stretch the recipe. :).

SLOW COOKER IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Sprinkle both sides of lamb cuts with half of the salt and pepper. Brown lamb all over, in batches, in a skillet over medium-high heat. Place in slow cooker.
• Add water to skillet and bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits. Pour liquid into slow cooker.
• Return skillet to medium heat and cook onions, carrots, parsley thyme and remaining salt and pepper for about 8 minutes until softened and beginning to turn golden.
• Scrape into slow cooker.
• Add stock and potatoes. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until lamb is tender and easily pulls away from the bone.
• In a small bowl, mash together butter and flour until well combined. Uncover slow cooker, and stir butter mixture into stew and cook on high for 20 minutes or until slightly thickened.