Irish stew
stobhach
Lamb, potato, onion — a pale pot, no wine, no bouquet garni performance.
Recipe by I Want Some Food · Reviewed by the editorial kitchen. Native name preserved: stobhach.
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- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 2 hr
- Total
- 2 hr 20 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Spice
- No chilli
- Cost
- Weeknight budget$8–16 USD · indicative, not a store price
About
Irish stew is lamb or mutton on the bone, potato and onion, water, salt, a long simmer until the potatoes thicken the broth. Carrot is a later extra some houses refuse. It should not be a brown French-style stew.
Ingredients
Scaling multiplies the written quantities. Baking still prefers a scale.
Steps
Step 1
Cover lamb with water, simmer 1 hour, skim. Add onion, half the potato (to collapse), optional carrot. Simmer 40 minutes. Add remaining potato to stay in chunks. Salt, parsley.
120 min
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Adaptations · 0 / 15 used. Resets 24 August.
Substitutions
Lamb → Mutton
Deeper, longer.
Tips
- Mutton is the older pot if you can get it.
- Barley is a house extra. Guinness is a different stew — name it.
History & culture
The pot that fed people. Soda bread. A pint is optional and not the recipe.
A peasant pot of what was there. Restaurant 'Irish stew' with Guinness is a different, also eaten, plate.
Traditional
Provenance: Editorial adaptation. Original editorial adaptation for I Want Some Food. Not copied from another recipe site. Official recipe photography is pending. Photograph: Zackgallagher via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Traditional%20Irish%20Stew%20is%20made%20with%20Lamb%20in%20Ireland.jpg
Questions about this recipe
Answers taken from this dish's times, amounts, swaps and tips — not a chatbot.
How long does Irish stew take?
2 hr 20 min all in — 20 min prep, 2 hr cook. That is the time on this recipe, not a guess.
How many does it serve?
The recipe is written for 6 pots. Scale the ingredient list on the page if you are cooking for a different number.
How hard is it?
Easy.
How spicy is it?
No chilli.
Does it fit a diet?
The published recipe is labelled Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free.
What does it cost to cook?
Weeknight budget — about $8–16 USD, as a grocery budget for this recipe, not a restaurant price.
What equipment do I need?
Dutch oven.
How much salt do I put in?
The recipe lists Salt at 2 tsp.
What can I use instead?
Lamb → Mutton. Deeper, longer.
Any tips from this recipe?
Mutton is the older pot if you can get it. Barley is a house extra. Guinness is a different stew — name it.
Can I use an air fryer?
This method is not written for an air fryer. The core technique on the page still applies.
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