Jamaican Red Stripe Beef Stew Recipe

by Xavier Murphy

Are you a fan of a tender, savory beef stew? Adding a Jamaican Red Stripe beer will give your beef stew a deep, rich and slightly bitter flavor that will complement the sweetness of the other ingredients.  Enjoy our Red Stripe Beef Stew recipe.

• 2 lbs. beef stew chunks 
• 10 pimentos (all spice)
• 1 cup water
• 3 bay leaves 
• 2 small onions chopped 
• 2 small carrots diced
• 2 small irish potatoes diced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 5 oz beer
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 table spoons brown sugar
• 2 sprigs of thyme 
• 3 tablespoon vegetable oil

 Method:

1. Wash the beef chunks with vinegar
2. Season the beef chunks with 1 onion, salt, thyme, pimentos and black pepper
3. Set aside the beef chunks overnight or one hour to marinade.
4. Brown the beef chunks in the saucepan with the vegetable oil
5. Add the water, ketchup, sugar, Red Stripe beer, bay leaves, onions 
6. Skim fat off with spoon
7. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
8. Add the carrots, potatoes and onions  and continue cooking 30 minutes 
9. Serve hot with white rice 

Recipe adapted from: http://jamaicans.com/red-stripe-beef-stew/#ixzz3oKkWlmTv