Irish Stew

~Leanne~'s Note:

This is my mother in laws stew recipe whether it is Irish or not I have no clue, but I love it. This really is a comfort food for me, great to make when you are on a budget.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 1 lb stewing beef
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 5 carrots , peeled and sliced
• 6 potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks
• 4 celery ribs , cut into small pieces
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 4 tablespoons flour
• water
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Brown meat and butter in a large pot.
2. season with salt and pepper.
3. Add water I usually depending on what pot I am using fill the pot half full with water.
4. Let meat boil gently for 1 hour.
5. Add your vegtables, when they are tender add beef boullion to stew.
6. In a container mix flour and 11/2 cups of water together.
7. When stew is boiling add flour mixture, you may want to add more flour and water even a cornstarch and water mix depending on how thick you like your stew.
8. This is when I add my salt and pepper to taste, I add quite abit, but it is all personal taste.
9. Let simmer for about 1/2 hour and serve.
10. Freezes well.

Reviews

[sugarpea]

This reminded my husband of his grandmother's Irish stew. He told me of his memories as he ate your mil's version tonight. I added some onion when browning the beef and stewed it with bay leaves and some dried herbs. I also found myself, as you do, adding a lot of salt and pepper just before serving. I assumed in step 6 that 1/2 cup water should be used , not 1 1/2 cups. Thanks for a very pleasant experience, ~Leanne~.

[Chefcheryl]

I liked this recipe, you do have to watch the pepper amount though.