Irish Beef Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Talk about cozy comfort food! This Irish beef stew with mashed potatoes hits the spot on chilly nights. So easy to make this tender beef and veggies in a rich gravy. Melt-in-your-mouth good over warm, buttery mashed potatoes. Warm up with a big bowl this weekend!

Irish Beef Stew with Mashed Potatoes – Hearty, slow cooked beef stew over fluffy mashed potatoes makes the perfect comfort food meal for chilly nights. Warm up with a big bowl!| thecomfortofcooking.com

I’m convinced that at the end of every rainbow is a pot of beef stew. A happy, dancing little leprechaun and a steaming hot cauldron of bubbly beefy-carrot-peas-and-potato goodness. Better than gold anyway, I’d say!

The gold would be a little more practical, I guess. A little less fleeting, and not so much cleanup. But, who can resist comfort food like this?

Irish Beef Stew with Mashed Potatoes – Hearty, slow cooked beef stew over fluffy mashed potatoes makes the perfect comfort food meal for chilly nights. Warm up with a big bowl!| thecomfortofcooking.com

Irish Beef Stew with Mashed Potatoes – Hearty, slow cooked beef stew over fluffy mashed potatoes makes the perfect comfort food meal for chilly nights. Warm up with a big bowl!| thecomfortofcooking.com

Speaking of happy little leprechauns… today is my hubby’s 31st birthday. Though the man doesn’t have a drop of Irish in him, there’s nothing he loves more than a hearty, meaty meal. Slide a Guinness alongside a plate brimming with beef stew and potatoes, and you’ve made his day.

So, this one’s for you, love!

Well… It was for you. I ate your leftovers. Forgive me?

Irish Beef Stew with Mashed Potatoes – Hearty, slow cooked beef stew over fluffy mashed potatoes makes the perfect comfort food meal for chilly nights. Warm up with a big bowl!| thecomfortofcooking.com

This tender beef stew is so mouthwatering, incredibly easy, and can even be cooked in your CrockPot! The aroma as it simmers fills your home with scrumptiousness, and you won’t be able to wait to dig in. There’s just about nothing more comforting than enjoying a hearty, home cooked meal with your lucky companions, after all!

Served on a heap of my fluffy Light ‘n Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes, a big scoop of Irish beef stew totally hits the spot for chilly nights in. It would make for a perfect St. Patrick’s Day meal!

Irish Beef Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Irish Beef Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Yield: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 lb. chuck roast, trimmed and cut into cubes
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 4 large carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon crushed rosemary
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 2 Tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • Heaping 1/3 cup frozen peas

For serving:

Instructions

  1. In large pot or deep skillet set to medium-high heat, add olive oil. Once hot, add chuck roast and cook until browned on all sides, about 4 minutes. Add onions, carrots, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves. Cook another 5 minutes. Pour in beef broth. Cover and simmer 2-4 hours, until meat and vegetables are tender.
  2. When ready to serve, remove bay leaves. In a small bowl, stir softened butter and flour together until smooth. Stir butter mixture into the stew. Add frozen peas. Once the gravy thickens slightly, it's done. Serve hot over mashed potatoes.
  3. Enjoy!

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  1. Happy birthday to your husband! This meal would also make my man very happy, I’m sure!

  2. This looks delicious! Especially over those mashed potatoes!

  3. If there’s a dish like this at the end of every rainbow, I’m following the rain! It looks like perfect comfort food to me.

  4. My husband would loveeeee this meal! And, he is Irish so that’s a double bonus! haha Hope you have a great weekend lady!

  5. Whoa, that looks amazing! You’re really living up to your blog’s name with this comfort meal!

  6. even though i dont eat beef, i could take a buketload of mashed potato.

  7. So perfect for the cold weather and St. Patrick’s Day. Happy birthday to your hubby!

  8. Comfort food perfection! Wish I had some right now!

  9. Happy birthday to your husband! This sounds like perfect comfort food!

  10. This is the perfect St. Patrick’s Day recipe! How did you cook your roast– in a crock-pot?

  11. Now that’s a great comfort meal! Sometimes there’s nothing like a good beef stew on a cold night. Looks so delicious!

  12. I want to dive face into that plate. Perfect meal for any day, especially St. Patty’s Day. :)

  13. Stewed beef is so perfect with potato. I love mashed potato especially with butter. I can eat up a large bowl. I hope that I can have one bite now.

  14. Serving beef stew over mashed potatoes is heavenly! Looks wonderful, Georgia.

  15. The stew looks fantastic, Georgia!

  16. Not only does the stew look very, very nicely spiced (good job), but I am loving the mashed potato idea. I keep repeating myself lately, but the point is I am finding recipe ideas that never entered my head – like this one, putting the stew over mashed potatoes. Duh, awesome!

  17. This looks delicious! I have yet to get around to making Irish stew! So used to making Norwegian stew :P Gotta change that!
    I hope you have a lovely St. Patrick’s Day :) xx

  18. 5 stars
    Made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! The combination of meat, vegies and seasonings was scrumptious and then putting it over mashed potatoes…magnifique!

  19. Can you make this in a crock pot on low?

  20. Hi Kim – For the simmering portion of the recipe, yes, you could use a CrockPot. However, the meat still needs to be browned first in a large skillet or pot.

  21. Elizabeth says:

    5 stars
    I have made this on St. Patrick’s Day the past two years. It is awesome!

  22. 5 stars
    This was amazing! I used a few sprigs of fresh rosemary and cooked in the crockpot all day on low. Then used ghee & arrowroot powder, as flour and regular butter don’t agree with me. So delicious with mashed potatoes. True comfort food and so easy! Thank you!

  23. 5 stars
    I’ve made this several times and my whole family loves it!! I’m wondering if it could be made ahead of time and frozen?

  24. 5 stars
    Delicious and simple! My husband is crazy over this especially with bread on gravy. Will make again!

  25. Yes, you can definitely freeze and warm up before serving!

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