Beef & Guinness Stew - AnotherFoodBlogger

Ingredients

• 1 kg stewing beef ( cut into 1inch cubes. I used wagyu chuck in this one.)
• 4 carrots (roughly chopped)
• 2 celery sticks (roughly chopped)
• 2 white onions (roughly chopped)
• 2 star anise
• 3 bay leaves
• 3 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 4 sprigs thyme
• 4 slices smoked bacon (diced)
• 500 ml beef stock
• 880 ml Guinness (2 x 440ml cans)
• 4 tbls plain flour
• 2 tbls chopped parsley
• 1 dried chili
• 2 tbsp oil