Best Immigrant Irish Stew Recipes

TRADITIONAL IRISH STEW

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• Add the cabbage (if using), replace the lid, and cook for another hour. Check from time to time to make sure the stock hasn't reduced too much. If it has, add a little boiling water. The meat and vegetables should always be covered in liquid. If the sauce is too runny at the end, you can always cook the stew a little longer with the lid removed.

IRISH STEW

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• In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, cook the onions in oil and butter, on medium-high heat until they are translucent. Add the dried thyme and stir. Add the lamb and brown on a high heat to seal in juices. Add carrots, and pearl barley. Pour in the Chicken Stock so that it almost covers the meat and vegetables. Season with salt and pepper, and add Bouquet garni. Cover and cook on low heat for 2 hours, being careful not to boil. Place potatoes on top of the stew, cover and cook for 30 minutes until the meat is falling beautifully off the bones and the potatoes are fork tender.
• Serve the stew in large flat soup bowls, and drizzle Herb Butter over the potatoes or garnish with parsley and chives.
• Preheat the stockpot. Combine ingredients in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan and cover with water. Bring to boil and simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Then let it cool down and skim off the fat.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan. Add parsley, chives and thyme.

TRADITIONAL IRISH STEW

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• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add beef; cook until evenly browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
• Place potatoes, carrots, onion, and garlic in a slow cooker; top with browned beef.
• Pour 1/4 cup beer into the same skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of beef off of the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Stir in tomato paste; cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Pour beer mixture into slow cooker.
• Pour beef broth, remaining beer, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, and pepper into slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 8 hours.

IMMIGRANT IRISH STEW

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• Layer half of the potato slices on the bottom of a large, heavy pot.
• Cover with half of the onion slices, then top with all of the carrots and parsnip.
• Layer the lamb pieces evenly over the vegetables and sprinkle with thyme, Worcestershire, salt and black pepper.
• Layer with the remaining potato and onion slices.
• Pour broth over all ingredients and bring to a light boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours, or until lamb is very tender.

VEGAN IRISH STEW

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• Place everything in crock pot and cook on low for 6 hours. After 6 hours, add peas and cook for 2 more hours. If stew thickens too much, add some additional water.

CROCK POT IRISH STEW

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• Place the lamb cubes in the slow cooker.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Add all the remaining ingredients except the peas. Stir well.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours.
• NOTE: Add the peas during the last hour of cooking.

IRISH LAMB STEW

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• Combine flour, salt and pepper.
• Dredge lamb cubes in seasoned flour.
• Heat oil; brown meat over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat to medium, add onions and garlic.
• Cook, stir 5 minutes until browned and onions are translucent.
• Add remaining ingredients, raise heat to medium-high and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to simmer, cook (sitrring occasionally) for 90 minutes to 2 hours, or until meat is fork tender.
• Thicken gravy, if necessary, with cornstarch-sauce slurry.
• :In Ireland, the lamb used is*never* boneless.
• A stew is, by Irish tastes and sensibilities (and very much contrary to the American perception thereof),*not* an elegant dish, but rather a working dish that can be made and left unattended while good Irish lads and lassies are out toiling in the fields, tending the lambs and sheep that are used in this dish, or following other gainful pursuits and pastimes.
• The bones have been removed here to adjust this recipe to more molly-coddled American tastes.

DRUNKEN IRISH STEW

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• Heat olive oil in large heavy pot over medium high heat.
• Add stew meat and saute for about 6 minutes or until brown on all sides. Add garlic cloves and saute until fragrant, or about one minute.
• Add beef broth/stock, red wine, Guinness, tomato paste, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, and bay leaves.
• Stir to combine and bring mixture to a boil.
• Once boiling, reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Stir occasionally.
• Meanwhile, in another large pot, melt butter over medium heat until slightly foaming.
• Add potatoes, celery, onion, and carrots and saute for about 15 minutes, or until golden.
• Set aside until stew has simmered for 1 hour.
• Add vegetables to beef stew and simmer uncovered until vegetables and beef are tender, about 40 minutes.
• After that time, mix 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch with 1 Tablespoon of cold water until combined.
• Slowly add to the stew, stirring for about 1 minute until thickened.
• Discard bay leaves and remove any fat that has accumulated on top. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve with a nice crusty bread and enjoy!