Beer Recipes

Learn how to make beer can chicken. Tender, fall-off-the-bone grilled chicken that's moist on the inside, crispy on the outside.

A nice appetizer, though very caloric. The dipping sauce is great for other things as well.

Corn chili: a vegetarian Mexican-style chili built on rehydrated ancho chiles, fresh corn, and beer. Deep smoky heat balanced by sweet corn puree and finished with lime. Meatless chili that tastes serious.

Crawfish Kowalski tosses wagon wheel pasta with crawfish tails, kielbasa, and a beer-spiked cream sauce with cayenne. A bold Cajun-Polish mashup ready in 40 minutes.

Five-alarm slow cooker beef chili with cubed chuck, jalapenos, beer, and a bold hit of chili powder and cumin. No beans, no tomatoes, all heat. Texas-style.

Flash un Kas are flaky Pennsylvania Dutch appetizer turnovers: a tender three-ingredient cream cheese pastry folded over savory fillings like liver paste, ham, anchovy or caviar, then baked golden. Great party bites.

Flemish carbonades is a Belgian beef stew braised in beer with onions and garlic in the slow cooker. Fork-tender beef chuck in a thick, malty gravy.

Beer battered fried shrimp with paprika, white pepper, and Italian seasoning. A Southern-style golden crunchy shrimp fry classic for po-boys and shrimp baskets.

Beer-battered fried shrimp with a sweet and tangy apricot dipping sauce. The paprika-spiced batter rests for 30 minutes to create an extra crispy, golden crust.

Frijoles borrachos simmer pinto beans in beer with jalapeños, garlic, tomato, and cumin. The cantina-style side dish that pulls together in 30 minutes from canned beans.

Gateaux piments, Mauritian chilli cakes made from soaked chana dal, green chilies, turmeric, and fresh herbs. Deep-fried into crispy golden fritters.

Crispy General Tso's chicken double-fried in a beer batter with a sweet-spicy glaze of soy sauce, vinegar, orange zest, and crushed chilies. Better than takeout.

It's hard to go wrong with a combination of beef roast, hot green chile and beer. The beef was falling-apart tender with a hint of spiciness. Of course make sure to have enough beer to serve with the roast :)

Beer-battered halibut coated in potato flakes and deep fried golden. Curry powder and marjoram in the batter add unexpected warmth to this crispy fish fry.

German beer-braised carrots (Karotten in Bier Gedunstet) with butter, a pinch of sugar, and salt. A simple 5-ingredient side that turns humble carrots into a malty, glossy vegetable.

German potato salad with beer marinade (Kartoffelsalat mit Biermarinade): warm sliced potatoes tossed with a tangy beer-mustard sauce, crisp bacon, celery, and onion. A Bavarian beer-garden classic.