Simple Slow Cooker Irish Stew 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 BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Coat beef thoroughly with flour.
• Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add beef and cook until browned on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer beef to a slow cooker and add potatoes, carrots, onion, diced tomatoes, coffee, soup mix, bouillon cubes, soy sauce, and mustard.
• Cook on Low until beef and vegetables are tender, 4 to 5 hours.

LOZ'S SLOW COOKED IRISH GUINNESS STEW

Steps:

• Stir in beer, stock, the garlic, carrots, celery, potato, bay leaves, thyme and rosemary to slow cooker.
• Caramelise onions in butter and sugar in a saucepan then add to cooker.
• Sprinkle meat lightly with 2 tbsp flour, salt and pepper. In batches, brown meat all over, mix all in to the slow cooker. Set on Auto or Low for 8 hours, or High for 4-5 hours.
• After cooking, mix remaining flour and water in a cup and add to stew. Set on high and stir until thickened. Add parsley and serve with thick slices of Vienna Bread.
• Sometimes you may need to add a bit more brown sugar if it has a bitter taste.

IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Mix the flour, salt, pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon thyme in a bowl. Add in lamb and toss to coat, pat off extra flour and reserve remaining flour mixture.
• Heat half the oil in a large skillet and brown the lamb in batches, about 3 minutes per side, making sure not to crowd the pan. Transfer to a bowl.
• Add the remaining oil to the skillet and saute the vegetables until browned and barely tender, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker and place the lamb on top.
• Add the reserved seasoned flour and the rest of thr thyme to the skillet and cook over medium heat until the flour is lightly browned, about 1 minute. Add the broth, heat to a boil, and continue cooking, while stirring, until slightly thickened. Pour into slow cooker and cover. Cook 3 to 4 hours on high, or 6 to 8 hours on low, until veggies and lamb are tender.
• Add in worcestershire sauce, stir to blend, and serve.

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.

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-COOKED IRISH STEW

Steps:

• Heat the slow cooker if necessary, then heat the oil in a frying pan. Sizzle the bacon until crisp, tip into the slow-cooker pot, then brown the chunks of lamb in the pan. Transfer to the slow-cooker pot along with the thyme, onions, carrots, potatoes, stock, bay leaves and enough water to cover the lamb. Cover and cook on Low for 7 hrs.
• Stir in the pearl barley and leek, and cook on High for 1 hr more until the pearl barley is tender.
• Stir in the butter, season and serve scooped straight from the dish.

IRISH BEEF STEW

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.