Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Vegan Irish Stew is a vegan, vegetarian european main course made with oil, onion, and of garlic in about 50 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 40 minutes
  • Total time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: european

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 cup onion (chopped)
  • 4 cloves of garlic (minced)
  • 1 cup chopped carrots (chopped into ½ inch pieces)
  • 1 cup celery (chopped)
  • 3 tablespoons of flour (, use a gf blend or a mix of rice flour and cornstarch/tapioca starch for gluten-free)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 small to medium potatoes (, peeled and diced into 3/4 inch slices)
  • 1/2 cup chopped turnip or parsnip
  • 4 ounces quartered mushrooms
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme or thyme and rosemary
  • 3 cups stock, (preferably mushroom stock or beef flavored stock or use veggie stock)
  • 8 ounces beer of choice, (Vegan stout beer such as Guinness or other stout, (or use alcohol free beer or more stock))
  • ½ teaspoon of salt, (depends on salt content of the stock)
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce (, tamari for gluten-free)
  • green onion and black pepper for garnish

Method

  1. In a large saucepan, add oil and heat over medium heat. Once oil is hot, add onion, garlic and a good pinch of salt. Mix well. Cook for 2 minutes.
  2. Add in carrots and celery and cook until onions starts to turn translucent.
  3. Add in flour and bay leaves and mix in, cook for a minute for flour to get roasted. Then add in ½ cup of stock to mix in. Add rest of the stock and mix in.
  4. Add vegetables and spices and mix in. Add in beer, salt, black pepper and soy sauce and mix in.
  5. Bring to a good boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue to cook for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender to preference.
  6. Taste and adjust salt to flavor add in more soy sauce or black pepper if needed. Add a few drops liquid smoke for additional flavor (optional)
  7. Take off the heat, remove and discard bay leaves, garnish with green onion or parsley and serve with sourdough, garlic bread, artisan bread etc

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.