This Instant Pot Lamb Stew is an easy Irish Dish perfect for St. Patrick's Day dinner.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Reach Pressure15 minutesmins
Total Time55 minutesmins
Servings: 4
Ingredients
2Tablespoonoil
1poundlamb stew meatcubed
1yellow onionmedium, diced
2cupschicken broth
1cupGuinness Stout
2Tablespoonflour
1teaspoondried thymeor 2 Tablespoons fresh
1teaspoondried rosemaryor 2 Tablespoons fresh
1 1/2TablespoonTomato paste
1teaspoonDijon mustard
salt and pepper to taste
2medium potatoes
3carrots
Instructions
Note - This recipe was originally published in 2019. I recently revised it to add some information on deglazing the Instant Pot because a few people reported they were receiving a Burn error. The recipe hasn't changed, but I'm suggesting adding the ingredients in a slightly different order now.
Set the Instant Pot on Saute and let it heat up.
Put the oil in the Instant Pot and brown the lamb cubes on all sides in the oil.
2 Tablespoon oil, 1 pound lamb stew meat
Add the onion to the Instant Pot and let brown for 2 minutes.
1 yellow onion
Turn the Instant Pot off. Add the chicken broth to deglaze the Instant Pot. Scrape the bottom with a wooden spoon or spatula to remove any browned bits of meat and onion that have stuck to the bottom. This reduces the changes of getting a BURN error.
2 cups chicken broth
Add the Guinness, flour, thyme, rosemary, tomato paste and Dijon mustard, along with salt and pepper to taste. Stir to mix.
1 cup Guinness Stout, 2 Tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon dried thyme, 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, 1 1/2 Tablespoon Tomato paste, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, salt and pepper to taste
Put the lid on the Instant Pot and lock the lid. Switch it to the Manual/Pressure setting and program it for 20 minutes on high pressure.
While the stew cooks peel and dice the potatoes and the carrots.
2 medium potatoes, 3 carrots
When the 20 minutes is done release the steam using the quick pressure release.
Add the potatoes and carrots, and lock the lid back on the Instant Pot. Run the lid under a little cold water to cool it off if it doesn't want to reseal. Set the Instant Pot to Manual/Pressure on high pressure for 10 minutes.
Once the 10 minutes are up use either the quick release or natural release, depending on how soon you want to serve dinner.
Notes
Avoiding mushy stew vegetables
I prefer to make this as the recipe describes, by pressure cooking twice, once to cook the meat, once to cook the vegetables. This keeps the vegetables from overcooking and being mushy. But you can add potatoes and carrots with the rest of the ingredients and only pressure cook the stew once, for 30 minutes, if you want to make it more quickly.
Making with frozen lamb
Increase the initial pressure cooking time to 30 minutes if the lamb cubes are frozen.
Substitutions for Guinnes
Use more chicken broth, wine or another type of beer if you don't have Guinness.