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Irish stew
Photo: Kevin McCutcheon

Irish stew

12 ingredients 30 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Irish stew

The trick with this classic one-pot is to use a cheaper cut of meat, which means you’ll skimp on price but not quality

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

868
Calories
38g
Protein
37g
Fat
99g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 200g smoked streaky bacon , preferably in one piece, skinned and cut into chunks
  • 900g stewing lamb , cut into large chunks
  • 5 medium onions , sliced
  • 5 carrots , sliced into chunks
  • 3 bay leaves
  • small bunch thyme
  • 100g pearl barley
  • 850ml lamb stock
  • 6 medium potatoes , cut into chunks
  • small knob of butter
  • 3 spring onions , finely sliced

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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