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Spiced Beef, Black Bean & Chocolate Stout Casserole

Published on October 13, 2010 by Helen 3 Comments
Last Updated on March 7, 2019

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Autumn is upon us and today it was time to dig out and dust off my slow cooker after not using it all summer.        In further celebration of Chocolate Week, and bouyed by the success of the stout brownies,  I made a casserole a bottle of  double chocolate stout I decided that the casserole needed some warming spices, cumin and star anise, to work with the chocolate and the beef and to stand up to the long slow cook.    I also added black beans; I love the earthy flavour of black beans and know they work well with chocolate. Beans are also cheap*, packed with protein and low on the GI scale.

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Slow cooking allows you to slowly cook a dish over a number of hours, it uses barely any power and can be left unattended all day.   I will happily go out and leave the slow cooker on all day or I will leave it on all night.    It has the huge advantage of tenderising cheaper cuts of meat, making them meltingly soft, and bringing out their flavours.    I often use shin of beef, over 6 hours in the slow cooker it never fails to transform from being the toughest cut of meat to meltingly soft.    Similarly to making any casserole you do need to prep your ingredients when using a slow cooker, chucking everything in leaving to cook really does not work in my experience.    My cooker was the cheapest that Argos had to offer, a bargain at around £13 several years ago.

Slow cooked casseroles will reduce less than ones cooked in the oven, I usually leave the lid of the pot ajar for the last hour of cooking to allow some evaporation, or use some cornflour to thicken.   This time I reserved half a can of black beans and blitzed them with some of the gravy to make a thicker sauce, I also use this technique in my five bean chilli.  A little cumin and star anise go a long way, if you like the flavours do up the amounts you use.   I see no reason why this will not work with regular stout and a spoon of cocoa powder.

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Spiced Beef, Black Bean & Chocolate Stout Casserole

A delicious casserole made with beef, double chocolate stout, warming spices (cumin and star anise), and black beans for their earthy flavour.
Servings: 8
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time6 hrs
Total Time6 hrs 30 mins
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Ingredients

  • 2 tbs sunflower oil
  • 2 large onions (chopped)
  • 4 cloves garlic (chopped)
  • 3 lb shin of beef (cut into 1" cubes)
  • 500 ml Chocolate Stout
  • 2 cans black beans (drained and rinsed)
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 3 star anise
  • Salt and pepper ( to taste)

Instructions

  • Fry the onions and garlic until starting to brown and place into the slow cooker.  
  • Batch fry the meat until brown and add to the pot, de-glaze the pan with some stout and add to the onions in the slow cooker.
  • Add the beans to the slow cooker, reserving about half a can. Add the cumin and star anise and a good pinch of salt and black pepper.
  • Give all the ingredients a good stir and pour the stout over so everything is just covered. Slow cook for at least 6 hours.
  • If the gravy needs thickening, blitz a ladleful with the remainder of the black beans and stir back into the casserole.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.
Nutrition Facts
Spiced Beef, Black Bean & Chocolate Stout Casserole
Amount Per Serving
Calories 331 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 39mg13%
Sodium 67mg3%
Potassium 810mg23%
Carbohydrates 28g9%
Fiber 9g38%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 31g62%
Vitamin A 5IU0%
Vitamin C 2.5mg3%
Calcium 64mg6%
Iron 5mg28%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Main - Meat
Cuisine: Beef
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  1. Dominic

    5 stars
    god this looks good and what an ingenious use of the chocolate stout!

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  2. Sarah, Maison Cupcake

    5 stars
    This sounds fantastic. Where do I buy chocolate stout? Is it in Waitrose?

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  3. Kavey

    Twas a sausage casserole not a beef one that didn’t work for us.
    My query is that, having added the extra ingredients such as star anise, cumin etc. whether any good stout would do the job – not sure the chocolate contributes positively?

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