Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
NPR: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Course: Dinner, Stew
Cuisine: Irish
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
nutrition (estimate)
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 lb stewing beef, cut in chunks
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 carrots
- 4 large yellow potatoes, quartered
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups beef broth or bone broth
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 bay leaves
- fresh thyme
- pinch of salt and pepper, to taste
METHOD
- Turn instant pot on sauté mode. Heat oil and sauté onion, garlic and 2 carrots either shredded or cut into small cubes, until soften and fragrant (3-4 minutes)
- Add tomato paste and season with salt, pepper and thyme (1 minute)
- Add beef and sauté until browned and coated with flavourful base (2-3 minutes)
- In a small bowl or measuring cup whisk flour and 1 cup of hot broth until flour is no longer lumpy. Mixture should be thick and uniform.
- Add flour mixture to the pot and remaining 3 cups of broth. Give it a good stir.
- Add remaining carrots and potatoes. Add bay leaves and close the pot, turning valve to lock position.
- Cancel sauté mode and cook on HP for 55 minutes. When done allow for 10 minutes of NPR then release remaining pressure.
- Open the pot and remove bay leaves. Garnish with fresh parsley, cilantro or thyme