IRISH COOKING WEEK: PUB BEEF STEW

St. Patrick's Day is on Saturday, meaning there's no better time to test out your Irish cooking skills. Today's recipe comes from Food.com

INGREDIENTS

1½ lbs beef, cut into chunks

¼ cup butter

1 (10½ ounce) can tomato soup

1 (10½ ounce) can water

4 carrots, cut into chunks

4 large potatoes, cut into chunks

2 stalks celery, cut into chunks

4 onions, cut into chunks

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped fine

¼ cup good quality cooking sherry

2 bay leaves

For directions on how to prepare this recipe, follow this link.

This story was originally published March 11, 2012 at 4:58 PM with the headline "IRISH COOKING WEEK: PUB BEEF STEW."