Beer Recipes

Carroll Shelby's legendary Texas chili with coarse-ground beef, beer, ground dried chiles, and Monterey Jack cheese melted right in. No beans, no apologies. Just bold, beefy heat simmered for 2.5 hours.

Not a good picture but any pic.is better than none. My beer bread comes out light and very tasty not dark like this.

Texas-style all-beef chili with cubed chuck, beer, toasted cumin seeds, and no beans. Simmered low for 90 minutes and thickened with masa harina the authentic way.

This is an authentic family recipe that my mother taught me in 1950 in New Orleans. It makes a great dinner party main dish. Like chinese food, it is long on chopping and assembling, but goes together and cooks rather quickly.

Chopped beef simmers with tomatoes, jalapeños, and beer for robust Southwestern chili that's better after resting an hour off the heat.

Spice up your shrimp with this savory recipe your whole family will enjoy.

C.V. Woods' legendary three-meat chili: chicken, pork, and flank steak slow-simmered with beer, green chilies, and Monterey Jack. Rests overnight for deep, layered heat.

Sausage, herb, and onion bread for the bread machine with Italian sausage, rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, Parmesan, and bran. A savory, herbed loaf with bits of sausage baked right in.

Beef and sausage chili built on a scratch-made ancho chile sauce, with green chiles, tomato, cumin and Mexican oregano. Rehydrated dried anchos give it deep, smoky flavor you can dial up to taste. No beans.

Posole Don Federico: a soul-warming Mexican pork and hominy stew, built on pig's feet and pork shanks for a rich broth, with green chiles, garlic, and beer. Garnished with cilantro and scallions.

Nuevo Laredo chicken-fried steak marinated in beer with garlic, breaded in masa harina and cumin-spiced flour, then deep-fried. A Tex-Mex twist on a Texas classic.

Authentic Texas beef chili with no beans, toasted cumin, and beer-braised chuck. Bold, chunky chili simmered low and slow until fork-tender in rich tomato broth.

Stageline chili is a no-bean, big-batch Texas-style chili with chopped brisket, ground pork, green chiles, beer, and a shot of tequila. Simmered low for 2 to 3 hours and feeds 20.

Vegetable-packed beer chili with kidney beans, chickpeas, zucchini, and carrots simmered in a cumin-chili spice base. Topped with cheese, sour cream, and sunflower seeds.

Louisiana shrimp simmered in spicy beer broth with garlic, thyme, oregano, red pepper flakes, and cayenne. Peel-and-eat heaven, served hot or chilled with lemon wedges. Cajun shrimp boil for two.

Smoky chicken chili built on toasted ancho and chipotle peppers, dark beer, and a whisper of cinnamon. No beans, no tomatoes, just bold, complex heat over rice. Ready in under an hour.