Slow-Cooker Guinness Beef Stew

Name: Slow-Cooker Guinness Beef Stew
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 4 pounds, boneless beef chuck stew meat; 2 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 2 , onions, chopped; 4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1 1/2 cups, Guinness Draught; 1 tablespoon, light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon, dried thyme; 1 ounce, bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 2 , bay leaves; 5 , carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks; 1 pound, parsnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks; 1 1/2 pounds, baby red potatoes, scrubbed; 1/4 cup, all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh parsley leaves

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2007

Cooking with Guinness can leave a bad taste in your mouth. For beer flavor minus the bitterness, the secret's in the sauce.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME9 to 10 hours on low or 6 to 7 hours on high, plus additional 15 minutes on high

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Beef stew recipes made in the slow cooker produce succulent meat and tender vegetables, but the addition of Guinness stout turned our Guinness Beef Stew recipe bitter and harsh. To avoid this, we enhanced the beer’s complex coffee and choco...

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