Beef Stew with Dark Beer
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 750 grams Beef (such as shoulder)
- 2 onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 Tomatoes
- 50 grams Bacon
- 400 grams waxy, small potatoes
- vegetable oil (to fry)
- 2 Tbsps Tomato paste
- 200 milliliters dark beer (alternatively, non-alcoholic)
- 1 Tbsp ground paprika
- 1 tsp Caraway
- 1 bay leaf
- 600 milliliters Beef broth
- salt
- peppers
- dark beer (for serving)
Preparation steps
Rinse the meat, pat dry and cut into cubes. Peel the onions and the garlic and finely dice both. Rinse the tomatoes, cut out the stalks and cut the flesh into cubes. Cut the bacon into cubes. Rinse the potatoes thoroughly. Brown the meat in portions in hot oil briefly and take out of the pan.
Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan drippings and sauté the bacon, onions and garlic briefly. Add the tomato paste and sauté. Then deglaze with the beer. Add the paprika. tomato, cumin, bay leaf and the meat in the pot. Pour in the broth so that the meat is barely covered, season with salt and pepper. Half cover and simmer for about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Stir occasionally and pour in the remaining broth as needed. Add the potatoes and cook the whole stew for about 40 minutes. Serve as desired with dark beer.