Guiness Lamb Shank Final Picture

Slow Cooker Guinness Lamb Shanks

Eight hour slow cooked lamb shanks braised in rich, velvety Guinness. Lamb shank is one of the most flavourful cuts of lamb and benefits enourmously from a low and slow cook. By the end, the meat will fall off the bone and melt in your mouth.

Lamb Shank Ingredients picture

The star of the show in this dish the lamb shanks, which will be available at all good butchers and most large supermarkets. Remember that lamb shanks are large – we use a 3.5L slow cooker and can only fit 2 lamb shanks in it. So don’t overbuy and be disappointed that they won’t all fit!

The rest of the ingredients are very straight forward. You can use lamb or beef stock for this dish, with beef stock being slightly richer. We also place whole baby carrots in the slow cooker. However, you could use any type of carrots, chopped how you like.

If you have any spare rosemary or thyme sprigs lying about, you could add either to the slow cooker too for some extra flavour and aromatics. Just remember to remove them before serving.

The Guiness adds a velvety texture and rich flavour to this dish, but it’s absorbed among the other flavours. So it won’t come out tasting of Guinness in the same way as when you drink it. If you want to add an extra dark, slightly bitter taste back into this dish you could add in 1 tbps of Marmite.

There’s only one way to serve this in our opinion and that’s on a bed of buttery, creamy mashed potatoes. Spoon over the sauce from the slow cooker onto the dish and top with freshly chopped parsley.

Guiness lamb shank final pic

Slow Cooker Guinness Lamb Shanks

Eight hour slow cooked lamb shanks braised in rich, velvety Guinness.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine British
Servings 2
Calories 391 kcal

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker
  • Frying Pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Lamb shanks
  • 1-2 tbsp Olive oil for frying
  • 1.5 tbsp Tomato puree
  • 250 ml Lamb or beef stock
  • 250 ml Guinness
  • 1 pinch Salt & pepper
  • 100 g Carrot Chopped, or kept whole if baby or chantenay carrots
  • 1 Leek Chopped
  • 2 cloves Garlic Minced
  • Freshly chopped parsely to serve

Instructions
 

  • In hot pan with a 1-2 tbsp of olive oil, brown the lamb shanks on all sides. This will probably take around 5-10 minutes. Add a little salt and pepper to the lamb shanks at this stage.
    Lamb Shank browning in pan and adding other ingredients
  • Turn the temperature down and add the carrots, leeks and garlic. Cook for a further 1-2 minutes.
    Lamb Shank browning in pan and adding other ingredients
  • Add the tomato puree, stir and cook for a further 1-2 minutes.
  • Add in 250ml of lamb or beef stock and 250ml of Guinness. Gently bubble for a further 3-4 minutes.
    Lamb Shank browning in pan and adding other ingredients
  • Carefully transfer the contents of the pan to the slow cooker.
    Lamb Shank in the slow cooker before cooking
  • Cook for 7-8 hours on low. Carefully remove the lamb shanks and serve on a bed of creamy mashed potato. Top with freshly chopped parsley.
    Guiness Lamb Shank Final Picture

Notes

Nutrition calculations only account for the ingredients stated in the slow cooker recipe. Serving suggestions such as rice and potatoes are not included. Remember to account for the nutritional values of anything you choose to accompany the recipe with.

Nutrition

Calories: 391kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 43gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 127mgSodium: 367mgPotassium: 730mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 9156IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 62mgIron: 5mg
Keyword 8 hour, Beer, carrots, guinness, lamb
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