Slow cooker Irish stew

This Irish stew recipe is an easy version for you to pop in the slow cooker before you head off to work.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup plain flour

  • salt

  • pepper

  • 1.2kg lamb forequarter chops

    cut in half

  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil

  • 3 onions

    sliced

  • 3 carrots

    peeled and sliced

  • 1 swede

    peeled and diced

  • 1 tsp dried oregano

  • 1 tsp dried thyme

  • 3 tbsp tomato paste

  • 3 cups beef stock

  • 1kg potatoes

    peeled and thickly sliced

  • ⅓ cup parsley

    chopped

Equipment

  • 1 slow cooker
  • 1 frying pan
  • 1 bag

Instructions

  1. Place flour, salt and pepper in a bag with the lamb chops and shake.
  2. Heat oil in a frying pan and sear chops on both sides. Place in slow cooker with potatoes, carrots, swede, thyme.
  3. In the same frying pan, cook the onions with for 3 minutes and then add the tomato paste, cooking for 2 minutes.
  4. Add the stock to the pan and bring to the boil. Pour into the slow cooker.
  5. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours.
  6. Remove bones before serving and stir through parsley.

Notes

Tip
You add your favourite vegetables to this recipe.
Tip
I chose oregano and thyme but a couple of teaspoons of mixed herbs is also a nice replacement.
Tip
You can also use neck chops for this recipe.
Tip
Forequarter chops have bones but the slow cooking makes them fall away from the meal.

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