Guinness Beer Beef Chuck Roast Recipe
Guinness Beer Beef Chuck Roast Recipe is braised in a rich sauce with onions and carrots. Optional to cook in the slow cooker!
With this Guinness Beer Beef Chuck Roast Recipe today, I think of Ireland (and cooking for St. Patricks Day), a place that is dear to my husband and my hearts, with fond memories of our visit to Dublin a few years back.
Guinness Beer Beef Chuck Roast Recipe
Do you have to use beer? Can you cook this beef chuck roast in the slow cooker? Keep reading for both the answers. But for now, serve this for St. Patrick’s Day with this Irish Pub Salad! Or if you love Guinness, try these Guinness Beer in this Irish Guinness Cupcakes or this Guinness Beer Cheese Dip with homemade pretzels!
What is Guinness beef chuck roast?
Beef Chuck Roast is a thick cut of beef sold as a “7-bone roast” or “chuck roast,” and is usually cooked with liquid as a pot roast.
You can buy a bone-in chuck roast, a more economical cut of beef.
Every cut of meat is always different, so make sure and check to make sure for doneness, but it should be tender when done cooking!
Ingredients for Beef Chuck Roast with Guinness beer
Our family has enjoyed this recipe for years, a simple one that only takes a few minutes to prepare. There’s nothing better than a “Sunday roast” cooked with carrots and onions!
Here are the ingredients you will need:
- Beef chuck roast
- Salt and pepper
- Onions, carrots (potatoes, optional)
- Olive oil, garlic cloves
- Tomato paste
- Instant coffee
- Chili red pepper flakes (optional)
- Guinness beer
- Fresh basil or thyme
Feel free to add in potatoes, too! Here’s another recipe to try with NO beer: Irish Beef Lamb Stew Recipe.
What’s the best way to cook a chuck roast?
- Brown the meat on all sides; heavily salt and pepper both sides. [Optional to pat the beef with flour before browning.]
- Mix water the tomato paste, instant coffee, and chili flakes. Mix well.
- In the same frying pan, heat the remaining oil and sauté the garlic for 1-2 minutes, adding the tomato paste mixture. Mix together and cook for a few minutes (will be thick).
- Chop the onions, and place in the bottom of a Dutch oven. Place the cooked piece of meat on top.
- Spread the paste on top of the meat. Add fresh herbs for additional flavor.
- Place the chopped carrots on top of the meat and sauce. Pour the Guinness beer around the meat.
- Cover with the lid of the casserole/Dutch oven and simmer very gently on stove (very low heat) until the meat is tender (toward the end of 3-4 hours, *make sure there is enough liquid).
- Allow to sit for 20 minutes before serving.
- OPTIONAL TO MAKE on stovetop, in the oven, or slow cooker (see actual recipe).
Can you cook a chuck roast in a slow cooker?
Yes, you can cook a chuck roast in a slow cooker!
Or, one reader writes: “Put in the crock pot on LOW for 6 hours! It was wonderful! The whole family loved it. I strained the juices and reduced them and poured them back over the pot roast and served with mashed potatoes. This is definitely a new favorite!”
How do you cook a chuck roast in the oven?
Put in the oven at 300 degrees F, and walk away (but make sure to check toward the ending of baking or on the stove top, if you need to add more liquid!).
Bake for about 3-4 hours (or until tender). Always check to see if you need to add more stock!
More Irish recipes:
Guinness Brownies [Well Plated]
Colcannon Irish Potatoes with Bacon
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Guinness Beer Beef Chuck Roast Recipe
Ingredients
- 2-3 lbs. beef chuck roast
- Salt and pepper
- 3 large onions, coarsely chopped
- 6 large carrots, cut in 1-inch chunks (leave peel on)
- 4 Tbsp. olive oil, divided
- 3 large garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 Tbsp. flour, optional, for patting the beef before browning
- 1 small can tomato paste, dissolved in 1 1/2 cups of hot water
- 2 Tbsp. instant coffee, use a good quality
- 1-2 tsp. chili red pepper flakes, optional, depending on how much spice you like
- 1 can 14 oz. Guinness beer, about 2 cups
- Sprigs of basil or thyme
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. (Or you can also use stove top or crock-pot.)
- Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a wide frying pan over a high heat. Brown the meat on all sides; heavily salt and pepper both sides. [Optional to pat the beef with flour before browning for a thicker gravy.]
- Remove the meat and set aside.
- In a separate small bowl, add to 1 1/2 cups of hot water the tomato paste, instant coffee, and chili flakes. Mix well.
- In the same frying pan, heat the remaining oil and sauté the garlic for 1-2 minutes, adding the tomato paste mixture. Mix together and cook for a few minutes (will be thick).
- Chop the onions, and place in the bottom of a Dutch oven. Place the cooked piece of meat on top. Spread the paste on top of the meat. Add fresh herbs for additional flavor.
- Place the chopped carrots on top of the meat and sauce. Pour the Guinness beer around the meat.
Stovetop:
- Cover with the lid of the casserole/Dutch oven and simmer very gently on stovetop (very low heat) until the meat is tender (toward the end of 3-4 hours + make sure there is enough liquid)
Oven:
- OR bake at 300 degrees for about 3-4 hours (or until tender). OR cook in the crock pot on HI for 3-4 hours until tender. *Add more stock if you need to.
Slow Cooker:
- Put in the crock pot on LOW for 6 hours.
- Allow to sit for 20 minutes before serving. Strain the juices and reduce them and pour back over the pot roast; serve with mashed potatoes.
Notes
I am a huge fan of my Le Creuset Dutch Oven, Kitchenaid multi-cooker and Instant Pot. All three are incredibly useful for these kinds of recipes and many more!
I don’t like coffee. Does the coffee flavor stand out in this recipe?
It really adds to the richness, but you can try leaving it out? We always add the coffee, and no, it does not stand out.
what about using bison sirloin roast
Yes, let us know if it is amazing?!
This is by far the very best roast I’ve ever made. I did add potatoes and in the slow cooker for 6 hrs. So tender.
For the instant coffee do you just add granules or make the coffee with water?
Hi Robyn! You add the instant coffee to the water as stated: In a separate small bowl, add to 1 1/2 cups of hot water the tomato paste, instant coffee, and chili flakes. Hope that makes sense! No extra water.
I pat flour to the beef before browning. Brings a nice gravy to the finished product.
Will any beer work ?? don’t have guineas ??
Yes!
Made this tonight and it was delicious. The tomato, coffee, Guinness combo is wonderful. A few notes:
* I didn’t have instant coffee, so I used 1 cup of brewed coffee in place of the instant and then added the additional 1/2 cup of water. Next time I’ll reduce the liquid to 1 cup instead of 1 1/2, as it was not thick (and I reduced it for a bit).
* I added 2 tsp dried rosemary, 1 tbsp dijon mustard, and 2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce to the tomato paste mix.
* We ate this over oven-baked mashed potatoes and it was glorious!
Forgot to add the stars!
Do I need to double the ingredients if I’m cooking a 6 pound roast?
No! Just watch toward end that you have enough liquid in the pot!
We had this roast today, it was tender, juicy, well flavored. We even put potatoes in the crock pot. Yummy all the way
I’m wanting more of the biggest Home cooking you have.
This is in my oven now and the house smells delicious! Cant wait to eat it.
This recipe was delicious, full of flavor and very hearty. I followed the recipe to a T but added red skinned potatoes along with the carrots and my family loved it so much last Sunday, that they requested it again this Sunday!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Making this right now! Is there anything you can substitute for the instant coffee? I don’t have any, just regular coffee and I live a long ways from a store.
You could leave out the coffee, but it would be lacking in a tiny bit of flavor, I’m afraid. Sorry you didn’t have that ingredient. If you made without, let me know! :)