By Family Features
If St. Patrick’s Day inspires feelings of hearth and home rather than leprechauns and green beer, you can celebrate tradition with warm, filling meals that harken back to Irish heritage. Soups and stews are certain to conjure up some nostalgia.
This Irish Sláinte Stew offers a warm welcome to guests with your own way of toasting to the holiday – Sláinte is “cheers” in Gaelic. This hearty meal is perfect for a crowd with traditional stew meat slow-cooked in a Dutch oven with beef broth, spices, carrots, potatoes, herbs and an Irish draught beer. Serve alongside crusty bread that’s ideal for soaking up each delicious drop.
If you’re looking for additional ways to honor tradition this St. Patrick’s Day, consider a few other cozy Irish dishes:
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Boxty (potato pancakes, similar to latkes)
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Boiled cabbage
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Irish soda bread
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Shepherd’s pie
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Corned beef and cabbage
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Potato soup
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Irish coffee
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Colcannon (mashed potatoes and greens)
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Coddle (typically including pork sausage, potatoes and onions)
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Seafood chowder
To find more ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, visit Culinary.net.
- Oil, for drizzling
- 1 pound stew meat
- 1-2 pinches salt, plus additional to taste, divided
- 1-2 pinches pepper
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 48 ounces beef broth
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 3 cups potatoes, diced
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons garlic pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1/2 tablespoon dried rosemary
- 1 tablespoon dried chives
- 1 bottle Irish draught beer of choice
- crusty bread, for serving
In Dutch oven over medium heat, drizzle oil and brown stew meat with salt and pepper. Sprinkle flour over meat.
Add beef broth, carrots, celery, potatoes, onion, garlic pepper, thyme, rosemary and chives. Add Irish draught beer.
Bring to boil, stirring, 5 minutes. Simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Serve with crusty bread.
