Beef in Beer in the Slow Cooker

Name: Beef in Beer in the Slow Cooker
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 h 20 min
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided, or as needed; 12 shallots, peeled and left whole; 1 pound cubed beef stew meat; 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour; 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®); 2 onion, cut in half and sliced; 1 large garlic clove, crushed; 4 slices smoked streaky bacon, sliced into strips; 1 ½ cups fresh button mushrooms; salt and ground black pepper to taste

Rating: 4.27 stars

11 Ratings
11 Reviews
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Delicious tender beef cooked in the slow cooker with beer, shallots, bacon, and mushrooms. The Guiness® makes a lovely gravy without tasting overly strong of beer. This is quite a meaty dish so would also be nice with potatoes and carrots added. I serve this with crusty French bread to mop up the juices. Hearty and warming to come home to. Cooks in 5 hours in the slow cooker; however it would not hurt it to be cooked all day.

By Samantha's Supper

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prep:

10 mins

cook:

5 hrs 20 mins

total:

5 hrs 30 mins

Servings:

Yield:

4 servings

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Preheat slow cooker on Low.

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Step 2
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a skillet over medium-low heat and cook shallots until they are lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Place in the slow cooker. Add beef to the same skillet and cook until meat is seared on all sides and browned, about 5 minutes. Add flour and mix well. Pour in beer and bring to a boil. Transfer beef-beer mixture to the slow cooker.
Step 3
Wipe out the skillet with a paper towel and add remaining 2 teaspoons oil. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and bacon and cook for 1 minute more. Transfer to the slow cooker. Add mushrooms and season generously with salt and pepper. Cover.
Step 4
Cook on Low until meat is cooked through, about 5 hours.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

513 calories; protein 28.6g; carbohydrates 42g; fat 24g; cholesterol 72.4mg; sodium 316.6mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (11)

Most helpful positive review

Sandra

02/12/2018

This was great!! We used 4 shallots but added more mushrooms. We also used jalapeño bacon for a little more zing. With the left overs we added cut up carrots and potatoes! This made a great stew!! We were thinking for another meal adding beef broth and barley for a beef and barley soup. Read More

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Most helpful critical review

maisie

05/14/2020

found it tasteless and the gravy/sauce very thin. I followed the recipe faithfully Read More

11 Ratings

5 star values: 5
4 star values: 5
3 star values: 0
2 star values: 1
1 star values: 0

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Sandra

02/12/2018

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Sue Halfpenny

02/26/2018

Another outstanding success although I did cook for a little longer than the recipe stated. Made no changes at all - served with sweet potato mash and sweetheart cabbage Read More

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suz

02/26/2018

I used a chuck roast and cut it into pieces. I cooked it all day so it was nice and tender. This was an easy and tasty recipe but it was missing something - just can't put my finger on it. Send with roasted carrots and homemade white bread. Read More

Bill hamilton

10/21/2018

Made this it was great full of flavor Read More

Kitty Bean

06/19/2018

I made this exactly as the recipe said and it turned out amazing! I will definitely make this again. My family loved it and best of all I have great left-overs. Read More