The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios has an amazing menu of traditional English foods. Everything we have eaten at the Three Broomsticks has been very good, especially given you are in a theme park. I’ve been working my way through making homemade versions of the menu items from the Three Broomsticks and today I bring you Wizarding World Beef and Guinness Stew.
The park version includes lamb. I’m not a huge fan of lamb so I left that out. You could always add some lamb if that is your preference. The menu describes the dish as “…slowly simmered with dark Guinness ale, carrots, potatoes, onions, and celery served in a sour dough bread bowl with a garden salad on the side.” This dish is a hearty meal with a rich gravy like sauce with tender vegetables. It’s turning into one of our favorite cold winter night meals.

Wizarding World Beef and Guinness Stew Recipe

Wizarding World Beef and Guinness Stew
Beef slowly simmered with dark Guinness ale, carrots, potatoes, onions, and celery served in a sour dough bread bowl with a garden salad on the side.
Ingredients
- 2 lb chuck roast, cubed
- ⅓ cup flour
- 1 tbsp. seasoned salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1 clove garlic, diced
- 1 slice onion, diced
- 4 red potatoes, peeled and diced
- 3 large carrots, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 4 cups beef broth
- 2 tsp. paprika
- 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bottle Guinness Beer
- 1 bag frozen peas
- 6 sourdough bread bowls
Instructions
- Toss the beef in the flour, seasoned salt, and pepper. Brown in batches in a skillet with oil on high heat.
- In the same pan, cook garlic and onions until the onions are clear.
- In the crock pot, layer the potatoes, carrots, celery, beef and onion mixture. Pour in beef broth, paprika, and Worcestershire.
- Cover and cook on low for 7 hours and 30 minutes.
- While the stew is cooking, hollow out sourdough bread bowls.Save the hollowed out portion for another use (dipping in the stew broth is yummy!)
- Ten minutes before serving, stir in a bag of frozen peas.
- Serve in the prepared bread bowl.
Notes
Adapted from Tasty
Pin for later!

#EatTheWorld Challenge

This month’s #EatTheWorld challenge was to share a traditional English recipe. I thought a Harry Potter inspired recipe would be perfect for this challenge.
Check out all the wonderful English dishes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Click here to find out how to join and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!
- Britain’s Favorite Game Bird: Roasted Pheasant from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
- Cottage Pie with Mashed Cauliflower Topping from Reviews, Chews and How To’s
- Easy Fish and Chips and Mushy Peas by Kitchen Frau
- Lancashire Hotpot with Lamb from Pandemonium Noshery
- Toad in the Hole, a Taste of Great Britain from Sugar Loves Spices
- Venison Shepherd’s Pie from A Day in the Life on a Farm
- Wizarding World Beef and Guinness Stew from Simply Inspired Meals
Sign up for our Newsletter!
Want to get new recipes from Simply Inspired Meals directly to your email? Subscribe to our newsletter and you will be notified when more recipes are added.
If you like my recipes, follow me on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. It would make my day!
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission from sales made through those links. Thank you for supporting this blog at no additional cost to you. Please see my full disclosure policy for details.
I love that this stew is served in a bread bowl. Getting to those soft well flavored bread interiors is like a treasure hunt and stew is not stew without a good bread. The use of Guinness just deepens the richness of the sauce and has that perfect way of tenderizing whatever it touches. I can only imagine the richness and flavor of every spoonful!
Well done!
P.S. That Three Broomsticks Restaurant sounds so interesting, Love Harry Potter too!
Cheers!
This sounds delicious. How fun to work your way through Potter recipes. I have made stew before with Guinness for St. Pat’s day and it was wonderful.
Beef and Guinness are a match made in heaven. Thanks for reminding me to make a stew with them soon.
Having the stew in a bread bowl makes it seem so special! I’m sure it tastes fantastic just on its own, but you’ve turned it into a masterpiece. Who needs to go out to eat when you can have this at home?!