Crock Pot Irish Stew (dublin Coddle).

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb stewing beef
• 8 slices bacon (sliced)
• 1 lb breakfast sausage (sliced)
• 8 -10 potatoes (quatered)
• 3 -4 celery (sliced)
• 1 large onion (sliced roughly)
• 2 -3 large parsnips (sliced)
• 6 -8 large carrots (sliced)
• 2 liters chicken stock
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 1 dash worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 -3 garlic cloves (diced)
• 1 dash salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 dash extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon basil (chopped)
• 1 teaspoon cilantro (chopped)
• 1 teaspoon parsley (chopped)

Recipe

• 1 put a dash of oil in a pan (we use our wok) and heat adding the garlic and onion. sear the stewing beef in the pan adding the worcestershire sauce. cook for 5 minutes or until the beef is browned.
• 2 in your crock pot or stock pot add 1 l of chicken stock. prepare vegatables and add.
• 3 slice sausage (into bite sized slices), bacon and add to pot.
• 4 add pearl barley, herbs and sugar and stir.
• 5 add the stew beef and contents of the wok to pot/crock pot. add salt and pepper to taste.
• 6 a quick check will tell you how much of the second litre of chicken stock to add (enough to cover the contents of the crock/stock pot is all you need.).
• 7 close to serving time we like to check the consistency and using corn starch and a little water thicken up to the desired texture.
• 8 working long days this dish works for us when popped in the crock pot for 5 to 7 hours. when we cook it on the stove it takes about 3 to 5 on a low simmer.
• 9 we enjoy our stew with dinner buns, but from experience irish soda bread works really well. i will put a recipe up for this soon also. please enjoy and look forward to your comments. deb and john.