Guinness Beef Stew

I love stews, and anything  with beef inside.
There were so many recipes on beef stew with Guinness that finally I took a little from this, and a little from that to come up with my version of Guinness beef stew.

This dish is not difficult, and since the beef I bought was fresh (not frozen), the total cooking time was about an hour.

The ingredients listed below is enough for 2 people:

1/2 onion
1 carrot chopped into cubes
1 large potato chopped into cubes
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp of rosemary (from bottle)
200g beef
250 ml Guinness stout
200 ml water
1/2 piece chicken stock cube
1 tbsp tomato sauce (or paste)
Few dashes of Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp flour
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt, sugar and black pepper depending on your liking

Steps:
1. Coat the beef in olive oil.
2. In another bowl, mix flour, salt and black pepper.
3. Coat the beef in the flour mixture and shake off excess flour. Set aside.
4. In a heated pot, sauté onions until slightly brown.
5. Add in beef and stir fry until they're browned.
6. Pour in the Guinness and let it simmer  for about 5 minutes.
7. Add in potatoes and carrots, bay leaf and rosemary. Continuing stirring.
8. Add in water and chicken stock.
9. Let the stew simmer under low fire for 1/2 hour.
10. Add Worcestershire sauce and tomato paste.
11. Taste and see and add salt, sugar and  black pepper to your liking.
12. Continue to simmer for another 1/2 hour. Ensure the beef, potatoes and carrots are soft.


Please bear in mind that I don't usually follow the exact measurement in recipes. Lots of trial and error in my cooking.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this dish as much as we did.