There’s little that can get me more excited than a proper plate of beef and Guinness stew! There’s just something about it- it’s the perfect comfort food as far as I am concerned. Now for me, following Slimming World, it really is worth using those few syns up to cook this in the Guinness, as it makes such a gorgeous meal, but if you wanted to keep it syn free you could cook it just with beef stock, or with the fabulous red-wine stock pots that you can get from Tesco.
Allowing a long cooking time for this sort of beef stew is essential, as the cheaper cuts of beef need to cook longer so that they are tender- nothing worse than a chewy old chunk of beef in a stew (or overly fatty for that matter!) and I’ve experienced many bad ones in pubs that clearly haven’t allowed a long enough cooking time. In fact, I’m yet to find a pub where I’ve had a really good one- it’s like an eternal quest for me (generally looking for a good steak pie!).
Again, you could miss out the cornflour, but I much prefer a thick sauce and personally I think it’s essential.
Guinness Original is 9 syns for 500ml.
comfort food at its best
Hi can this be cooked in slow cooker 😁
Yes this can be done in the slow cooker, I’d give it 10-12 hours on low or 6-8 hours on high
Can I substitute the beef for a different meat?
Can this be frozen?
Is this covered in the oven or uncovered?