{"id":1692,"slug":"irish-stew","title":"Irish Stew","description":"Irish stew (Irish: stobhach gaelach) is a traditional Irish dish made from lamb or mutton as well as potatoes, onions and parsley. It originated in Ireland but appears in cookbooks all over Europe, including in Escoffier's Guide Culinaire. Although traditionally made with lamb or mutton, Irish stew was basically a cheap meal which was thrown together with left-overs and filled out with potatoes. Sometimes, lamb or mutton neckbones, shanks, and other trimmings were the only basis for the stock. Yet these would-be discards still held enough flavor after a long simmering process to do justice to a hearty bowl of stew. The root vegetables added further flavor and thickening power, as well as filling sustenance. Some cooks added turnips or parsnips, carrots, and barley when available.","ingredients_raw":["2½ lb (1.1 kg) deboned mutton, cut in chunks","4 large potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced","2 large onions, thickly sliced","3–4 medium carrots, peeled and thickly sliced","1 sprig of parsley, chopped","2 cups (480 ml) water","Salt","Pepper"],"ingredients_norm":["deboned mutton","potato","onion","carrot","parsley","water","salt","pepper"],"steps":["Choose a pot with a well-fitting lid and put in the ingredients in layers, starting and finishing with potatoes. Pour in the water and season to taste.","Cover and put on a very low heat for about 2½ hours until the meat is tender and the potatoes have thickened the liquid."],"categories":["Stew recipes","Irish recipes","Recipes using mutton","Recipes using potato","Recipes for stew","Recipes using carrot"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Irish_Stew","source_ref":"4518631","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Irish_Stew&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"53d817cbb79b82ac5c619e62a1ff39280a16d072b964f56a2dd798de570f8753","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:05Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:05Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/irish-stew"}