Original Recipes:

• https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2013/03/beef-guinness-stew-eating-beer-on-st.html

Ingredients:

• 4 strips bacon, sliced into small pieces
• 2 1/2 lb. beef chuck, cut in 2-inch pieces (tossed with black pepper and at least 1 tsp salt)
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 can (14.0-oz) Guinness beer, or other dark beer
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 3 carrots, cut in 1-inch pieces
• 2 ribs celery, cut in 1-inch pieces
• 2 1/2 cups chicken stock, or as needed
• 1 tsp sugar
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

1. Render bacon, move bacon to pot
2. Cook beef in bacon grease, move to pot
3. sweat onions / garlic, add beer to pan, move to pot
4. Add tomato paste, thyme, celery, and carrots to stew pot
5. Simmer stew on very low heat, covered for about 2 hours (was actually 2 hours 40 minutes)
6. Uncover raise heat to med-high and reduce stirring occasionally until sauce thickens.