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This Beef Stew with mashed potatoes is a classic comforting dinner that is essential in the cooler months! Tender beef simmered in beef broth with carrots, onion, garlic and warm spices, cooked on the stovetop. Serve over mashed potatoes with EASY Homemade Bread.
Want to make this in the crockpot? Give my Beef Stew Crockpot Recipe a try!
This is the Best Ever Beef Stew
This Irish Beef Stew with mashed potatoes is truly exceptional. While the stew is stellar on its own with super tender meat, gravy (aka liquid gold) and sweet carrots & peas, but totally life changing when paired with mashed potatoes. Who doesn’t love a creamy spud? Trust me, one bite and you won’t regret serving it this way.
Beef Stew Meat Recipe Ingredients
- olive oil
- stew meat
- carrots
- onion
- garlic
- seasonings and herbs: salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf
- beef broth
- butter + flour – to make a roux
- frozen peas
- mashed potatoes for serving
Beef Stew Meat Recipe Variations
Although my recipe uses beef stew meat, you can use whatever you happen to have on hand. This includes:
- chuck roast
- short rib
- bottom round roast
- top round roast
- arm roast
- oxtail
- cheek
How to make the Best Beef Stew
1. Brown Stew Meat
Season beef with salt and pepper to taste. In a large pot or deep skillet, brown stew meat in olive oil until browned on all sides.
2. Add Onions, Carrots, Garlic + Spices
Add in onions, carrots, garlic, and spices, including Bay Leaf. Cook another 5 minutes or so.
Deglaze pan with beef broth. Cover and simmer 2-4 hours or until meat is very tender.
3. Thicken Stew + Serve
Once meat is tender and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees, remove bay leaf.
In a small bowl, stir softened butter and flour together until smooth and incorporated. Add butter mixture into the stew with the frozen peas. Stir to combine. Once the gravy thickens slightly, it’s done. Serve hot and over mashed potatoes (optional).
Serving Suggestions for the Best Stew Recipe
While this is completely optional, adding a heaping scoop of stew poured over mashed potatoes is amazing! Make sure your mashed potatoes are extra creamy, buttery and tangy! Find out my secret ingredient here.
Beef Stew with Potatoes storage
Allow stew to cool completely. Place leftovers in an airtight container and store in the fridge. Beef Stew will be good for 4-5 days.
Freezing this Beef Stew Recipe
Place stew in a freezer safe container, or freezer ziploc bags. Using quart size bags would allow you to freeze single size serving portions to heat up for lunch!
Reheating this Best Ever Beef Stew
Reheat leftover beef stew either on the stovetop in a small saucepan for a few minutes or in the microwave for 2 minutes, stirring periodically.
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I hope you love this classic dinner beef stew! It feeds a small crowd and is so comforting. The printable recipe card is below. Be sure to save, print, bookmark and share this recipe to keep it handy! Have a great week, friends!
Irish Stew with Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb stew meat
- 4 large carrots peeled & chopped
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1/4 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp rosemary
- 1 large bay leaf or 2 small
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup frozen peas
- mashed potatoes
Instructions
- Season beef with salt & pepper. In a large pot or deep skillet, brown stew meat in olive oil until browned on all sides, about 4 minutes. Pour in onions, carrots, garlic, and spices. Cook another 5 minutes. Deglaze pan with beef broth. Cover and simmer 2-4 hours or until meat is very tender.
- When you are ready to serve, remove bay leaf. In a small bowl, stir softened butter and flour together until smooth and incorporated. Stir butter mixture into the stew with the frozen peas. Once the gravy thickens slightly, it’s done. Serve hot over mashed potatoes.
Interesting to me that this recipe is almost identical to an Irish stew recipe served over mashed potatoes that was published several years ago by Damn Delicious.
Gina, this recipe was originally published in 2013 and it’s not even close to the one you mentioned, unless by “identical” you mean completely different. But thank you for your interest in my blog and the all of the time you spent making baseless accusations.
I made this last week. I barely used to like beef stew but made it because my husband loves it. I have to say this easy recipe has completely made me a fan! Loved it with the mashed potatoes! Absolutely delicious!!
Why is the meat in my stews always tough?
I have made this a gazillion times. It is my absolute favorite!
I made it last night on the recommendation of my daughter and it was a huge hit! The only thing I did differently was omit the Rosemary (I cannot stand the taste of it) My daughter scarfed it down. Having it over mashed potatoes made it that more delicious!
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Gonna try this in the Instant Pot
The flavors of this Irish stew are ahhh-mazing! I used ground beef because that’s what I had on hand. We ladled the stew onto a mound of sharp white cheddar mashed potatoes. Yum!!!
This is almost like my recipe excep we add egg noddles to it then pour on mashed potatoes …it’s like starch heaven…lol
just an FYI that your hyperlink to your mashed potatoes in the recipe portion is broken. Love this recipe, back to make it a 2nd time.
Best beef stew I’ve ever eaten! I was looking for something similar to what I once ate in Ireland and this is it! I doubled it to have leftovers and made a garlic mashed potato to put it over. I will add this to my collection of must have comfort foods!!
This turned out great. The butter/flour combo added at the end is such a great idea. I always used to struggle with getting my stew thick and gravy-like. This is thick and full of flavor.
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Came to your blog knowing I would find a beef stew recipe for tomorrow night! This recipe looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it .
Great recipe, it’s a keeper! We loved it and will go into our recipe book. “Roux” (flour with butter) is a SC Lowcountry staple from wayyy back. It originated with the Gullah people. It is the best part, other than onions and garlic, in many Lowcountry dishes.
Love this recipe!!! My children ask for it all the time.
My favorite recipe of yours!! One of my go to’s for sure!
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This was delicious! I made it for my kids on Easter, one with meat and one without (two daughters are vegans) and everyone LOVED it. I am making it again tonight!
I made this tonight and it was delicious!!!! I will definitely make it again!!!
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I’m absolutely going to try this recipe AND the one for mashed potatoes, but what I really want to know is….what yellow pot are you using in the pics for the stew??? Whatever it is, I had no idea how badly I needed one until I saw yours!
It’s a braising pot from le creuset 🙂 https://www.lecreuset.com/braiser
I feel like this recipe doesn’t get enough hype! It is so good and I feel like I’m always going to need to make my gravy with a butter/flour mixture from now on! Yummo!!!
This is forever one of my family’s favorite dinner recipes, and the recipe that “hooked” me onto your blog. I’ve made it multiple times, and it’s amazing!!
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I’ve made this several times and it is so darn tasty! The beef is so fork tender and the potatoes are to die for. Thanks!!
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I’ve made beef stew before, but this is by far my favorite. When cooler temperatures start showing up, this is a recipe put on a weekly rotation.
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This recipe for Irish Beef Stew has changed the way I cook beef roast and stews. I used to cook them less often because it was too much work and sometimes didn’t turn out. Since trying this recipe I cook in my cast iron pot all the time! It always turns out great and super tender. I have modified the seasoning and the size of beef chunks to give variation and sometimes I add potatoes about 2 hours before dinner time (after the beef has had plenty of time on its own). Sometimes I skip the peas. It’s easy and always so good. Thank you!!
This was the first recipe I saw from Lauren’s site. I have made this recipeso many times I have lost count. Everytime is as good as the first time. It is now a household staple and my husband is thrilled. His mom used to make a stew like this when he was younger. I highly recommend people try this.
This is one of my favorite dinners and I don’t even care that much for beef. I make it in my crockpot and the whole house smells so good!
This is my all time favorite Beef Stew Recipe! I make it at least once a month and more often this time of year. I double the butter/flour mixture (butter makes everything better).
Yummy! Reminds me of when my husband and I were first married (30 years ago) and we would have stew over mashed potatoes or rice. This recipe looks so good! I always shied away from Irish stew because I thought it had a very strong flavor, but this looks yummy!
This looks so delicious. I can’t wait to try it.
Making this tonight hopefully it turns out good! Thanks for the recipe!
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Trying this for supper tonight on a brisk autumn day in Nova Scotia. Noticed the link for the mash pots is not there…
Holy gadzooks was this recipe the bomb! Thank you so much for sharing this. It is going to be a family staple.
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I absolutely love this recipe! I’ve made it several times and will continue to do so. Thanks!
Just wanted to thank you for such a delicious recipe. Not many recipes have made it into our regular rotation, but this one has been a staple for the past few years. I think it might be my favorite recipe in our rotation, and we try a LOT of new recipes!
I tried it in the pressure cooker (Instant Pot) tonight for the first time and it worked really well – just follow the recipe as directed until you hit the slow cooking stage, and then pressure cook 35 minutes and use natural pressure release. So easy!
Thank you so much for commenting and letting me know you love the recipe! This makes my heart so happy!!! I need to get an instant pot–everyone is saying how amazing they are!
Fantastic! Made this tonight for St. Paddy’s Day. Used 1lb of beef shoulder roast that I cubed. Also ended up having to add 1 cup of broth because most of my liquid had evaporated. And to save on calories I eliminated the butter/flour thickener and opted for 1T of cornstarch dissolved in water. The beef was so tender and the stew was so flavorful! Even my picky 5 year old that doesn’t eat anything with sauce said it was great!