Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe (2024)

Our Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe is a hearty and flavorful, Irish dinner one pot meal! Today’s filling Irish dinner recipes has hearty ingredients; ground beef, carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, stout beer, spices, and a sheet of puff pastry!

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Why we love Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe

I’m an extra happy cook when I make a whole meal in just one pot! It’s a bonus. Less mess to clean up means more time to spend with the family.

I’ve always been a fan of potpies, so creating our Irish Beef & Stout Potpie recipe was deliciously fun. Irish Beef & Stout Potpie will be a new favorite in your house, too!

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Ingredients for Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe

Laura’s Lean 92% Ground Beef- Ground beef is a good source of protein, providing 24 grams per serving. Beef is a great source of carnitine, zinc, selenium, iron, and B vitamins.

Fingerling Potatoes- Potatoes havefiber, potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin B6 content, coupled with its lack of cholesterol, all support hearthealth.Potatoescontain significant amounts of fiber. Fiber helps lower the total amount of cholesterol in the blood, thereby decreasing the risk of heart disease

Basic Mirepoix: Which is a combination of 50% onions, 25% carrots, 25% celery. It’s the flavor base of most soups that you make. It’s a standard in the culinary arts and is traditionally the first ingredients into the pot. It is then cooked for 6-8 minutes until softened.

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Fresh Lemon- Lemons are an excellent source of vitamin C and flavonoids, which are antioxidants. Antioxidants help remove free radicals that can damage cells from the body. These nutrients can help prevent diseases and boost health and wellbeing are some of the possible benefits of consuming lemons.

• Sea Salt- Sea Salt is mostly composed of sodium chloride, a compound that helps regulate fluid balance and blood pressure in the body. Since it’s minimally processed, it contains some minerals, including potassium, iron, and calcium.

Puff Pastry Sheet- Of course it’s the beauty and grandeur of this dish with its golden, flakey top!

Flavor Essentials-

  • Guinness Stout Beer
  • Red Pepper Flakes
  • Tomato Puree
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • Squeeze of fresh Lemon
  • Sea Salt and Pepper

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How to make Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • In a large cast iron skillet or oven safe pan over medium high heat, melt butter and add onions; sauté 2-3 minutes until caramelized.
  • Add Laura’s Lean 92% Ground Beef and fully cook.
  • Add 1/4 cup stout beer; stir to de-glaze pan (scraping to bring up flavor bits from the bottom of the pan).
  • Add carrots and celery; cook 2 minutes.
  • Add 1/4 cup stout beer to deglaze pan once more; add potatoes and cook 2 minutes.

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  • Add flour; stirring and cooking 1 minute.
  • Slowly add beef broth to vegetables stirring constantly, bring to boil; add remaining stout beer, red pepper flakes, sea salt, pepper, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice.
  • Unfold puff pastry dough over skillet and gently cut 3 slits into the top of the dough piercing through to allow venting.
  • Whisk together water and egg white, egg wash top of dough, and place skillet on baking sheet in oven to catch any over spills during baking.
  • Bake 30-35 minutes or until crust is deeply golden brown.

Yield: 6

Our Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe is a hearty and flavorful one pot meal!

Prep Time20 minutes

Cook Time35 minutes

Total Time55 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Laura's Lean 92% ground beef
  • 1 medium onion, small diced
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 carrots, thinly sliced
  • 2 celery, thinly sliced
  • 6-8 yellow fingerling potatoes, thinly sliced
  • 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1 1/3 cups Guinness stout beer, divided
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 1/2 cups beef broth
  • 1/2 cup tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 sheet puff pastry dough (allow to thaw 15 minutes before using)
  • 1 egg white + 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. In a large cast iron skillet or oven safe pan over medium high heat, melt butter and add onions; sauté 2-3 minutes until caramelized.
  3. Add Laura's Lean 92% Ground Beef and cook fully.
  4. Add 1/4 cup stout beer; stir to de-glaze pan (scraping to bring up flavor bits from the bottom of the pan).
  5. Add carrots and celery; cook 2 minutes.
  6. Add 1/4 cup stout beer to deglaze pan once more; add potatoes and cook 2 minutes.
  7. Add flour; stirring and cooking 1 minute.
  8. Slowly add beef broth to vegetables stirring constantly, bring to boil; add remaining stout beer, red pepper flakes, sea salt, pepper, tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice.
  9. Unfold puff pastry dough over skillet and gently cut 3 slits into the top of the dough piercing through to allow venting.
  10. Whisk together water and egg white, egg wash top of dough, and place skillet on baking sheet in oven to catch any over spills during baking.
  11. Bake 30-35 minutes or until crust is deeply golden brown.
  12. Enjoy your Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving:Calories: 602Total Fat: 27gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 879mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 4gSugar: 3gProtein: 27g

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Irish Beef & Stout Potpie Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Why is Irish stew different? ›

The main difference between an Irish stew and classic beef stew comes down to the protein. Traditional Irish stew is usually made with lamb, while beef stew is always made with beef. Our version includes beef chuck, which is less traditional, but easy to make and equally delicious.

What is the best way to thicken Irish stew? ›

Whisk a teaspoon of flour in a little cold water to make a slurry, then stir into the stew as it's cooking. Don't add dry flour directly to the stew as it may clump. After adding the slurry, bring the stew to boil. This will cook out the flour taste and allow the starch to swell.

What are 2 names for Irish stew? ›

Irish dishes
English nameIrish name
Irish stewStobhach/ Stobhach Gaelach
JambonSiamban
Limerick HamLiamhás Luimnigh
Irish seafood chowderSeabhdar
32 more rows

What does Guinness do to meat? ›

Guinness Stout or Extra Stout produces a dark, rich, flavorful sauce for your marinade that is also an effective meat tenderizer. Use this recipe for any steak, but we like the Rib-Eye, especially if this cut is on sale.

What is the cream in Guinness? ›

The draught beer's thick, creamy head comes from mixing the beer with nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

What does Guinness stew taste like? ›

This Guinness beef stew is a very simple dish, but at the same time, it has a deep, complex, rich flavor. The maltiness of dark beer really does amazing things for the gravy. I served this in a nice ring of green onion-mashed potatoes.

Why does beef taste different in Ireland? ›

The sirloins, fillets, and other prime cuts come from grass-fed cows that live outdoors. They get plenty of exercise, which makes the meat leaner. It has a stronger, almost gamey flavor. Sometimes it tastes as if it's been grilled over charcoal, even when cooked in a regular oven.

What gave the Irish stew its fresh flavor? ›

What gave the Irish stew its fresh flavour? - Quora. Simply by using good quality meat and FRESH vegetables, not frozen. While making stew, the woman of the house would go out to the kitchen garden and cut or pull what she needed, rinse them in cold water, chop them up and add them to the pot.

What is traditional Irish stew made of? ›

Irish stew is considered a national dish of Ireland. Irish stew is a celebrated Irish dish, yet its composition is a matter of dispute. Purists maintain that the only acceptable and traditional ingredients are neck mutton chops or kid, potatoes, onions, and water.

What is the difference between goulash and Irish stew? ›

Irish stew is made of lamb, potatoes and carrots and is very simply flavored with perhaps parsley or thyme and salt and pepper. In contrast, Hungarian goulash is made of beef and flavored very strongly with paprika.

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