How to Make Perfect Slow Cooked Maple Porter Stew

Slow Cooked Maple Porter Stew. Mix well to combine (feel free to use your hands). Add beef broth, beer, tomato paste, hp sauce and spices to the crock pot. This rich, comforting stew is perfect for a busy family.

Season beef with salt and pepper, to taste. Today we're talking slow cooker chicken stew. This Slow Cooker Maple Chicken Stew to be exact. You can have Slow Cooked Maple Porter Stew using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooked Maple Porter Stew

1. Prepare 1 lb of Stewing beef.
2. It's 0.5 of onion.
3. Prepare 4 stalks of celery.
4. It's 2 of carrots.
5. Prepare 2 of big potatoes.
6. You need 2 cups of beef broth.
7. You need 0.5 pint of Nickel Brook Maple Porter (any porter/stout/brown ale will work, but it wont be Canadian).
8. It's 2 cloves of garlic.
9. Prepare 3 tbsp of tomato paste.
10. It's 1 tbsp of HP Sauce (A1 Steak Sauce will work for those not in the Commonwealth).
11. You need 0.5 tbsp of basil.
12. You need 1 tbsp of salt.
13. You need 1 tsp of paprika.
14. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
15. Prepare 1 cup of flour.

I've tried a number of slow cooker chicken stew recipes over the years, but I never did find a favorite. It's packed with vegetables, including root vegetables which are abundant this time of year. I love to make stew in the slow cooker. It is simple to throw it all together and walk away, letting the crock pot do all the work.

Slow Cooked Maple Porter Stew step by step

1. Dice potatoes and boil until slightly soft (undercooked) place in crock pot..
2. Dice onions and mince garlic. Heat up olive oil in a pan and fry onions and garlic. Once onions are caramelized add onions and garlic to crock pot..
3. Toss cubes of stewing beef in flour. Fry beef in the onion and garlic pan. Add more olive oil if needed. Once beef is lightly browned add to crock pot..
4. Dice remaining vegetables and add to crock pot..
5. Add beef broth, beer, tomato paste, hp sauce and spices to the crock pot. Stir it all together well and cook on low for 6 hours. Serve with fresh bread..

The meat is super tender and the veggies are soft. Whisking in some corn starch before serving, thickens the stew broth nicely. This Slow Cooker Irish Guinness Beef Stew is the perfect meal to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but it's just as delightful any day of the year! Juicy beef, Guinness stout & hearty root vegetables come together in a fabulous set-it-and-forget-it stew that's great on its own, but even better served with Irish soda bread.