Name: Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter -; 2 pounds (900 g) well marbled chuck beef roast, cut into 2-inch pieces -; Kosher salt -; 2 cups chopped onion (about 1 large onion) -; 2 celery stalks, chopped -; 2 tablespoons tomato paste -; 1 pint (16 ounces, 475 ml) Guinness extra stout (make sure you use extra stout and not draught) -; 3 cups (700 ml) beef broth -; 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks -; 3 to 4 parsnips, peeled and cut into chunks -; 1/2 pound (280 g) celery root, potatoes, or very young turnips, peeled and cut into chunks -; 2 teaspoons dried thyme -; 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (optional) -

Ingredients for - Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew

1. 2 tablespoons butter

2. 2 pounds (900 g) well marbled chuck beef roast, cut into 2-inch pieces

3. Kosher salt

4. 2 cups chopped onion (about 1 large onion)

5. 2 celery stalks, chopped

6. 2 tablespoons tomato paste

7. 1 pint (16 ounces, 475 ml) Guinness extra stout (make sure you use extra stout and not draught)

8. 3 cups (700 ml) beef broth

9. 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks

10. 3 to 4 parsnips, peeled and cut into chunks

11. 1/2 pound (280 g) celery root, potatoes, or very young turnips, peeled and cut into chunks

12. 2 teaspoons dried thyme

13. 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (optional)

How to cook deliciously - Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew

1 . Stage

Brown the beef, transfer to slow cooker: Heat the butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Brown the beef in the butter, starting with the fattiest pieces of meat, fat side down in the pan. This will allow some beef fat to render out. Work in batches as to not crowd the pan. Sprinkle salt over the beef as it browns. Once browned on all sides, transfer the beef pieces into a 6-quart or larger slow cooker.

2 . Stage

Sauté the onions and celery, transfer to slow cooker: Add the onions and celery to the pan in which you just browned the beef. Sauté the onions and celery until they begin to brown at the edges, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and mix well. Cook for a minute or two, then add a little of the Guinness, enough to make it easier for you to scrape up any browned bits at the bottom of the pan. Transfer the celery and onions into the slow cooker.

3 . Stage

Add the Guinness, broth, root vegetables, thyme, salt: Add the rest of the Guinness, the beef broth, carrots, parsnips, celery root, and thyme to the slow cooker. Add two teaspoons of salt.

4 . Stage

Cook in the slow cooker: Cover and cook on "high" for 4 hours, or "low" for 8 hours. When done, add more salt to taste. If you want, sprinkle with fresh parsley to serve.