BeerBorg

I know it has been spoken about every once in a great while, but I was wanting to start this thread to keep around for a long while. Borg Collective, I call upon thee to volunteer recipes for meals made with beer!

In particular, does anyone have any recipes for beef stew with a dark beer? I've got quite a bit of Chocolate Brown that I understand would be great for slow cooking a beef stew with.

Thanks!

For beef stew I usually follow the Pioneer Woman recipe but I use a much better lager, frequently it's the Sam Adams Boston Lager from there sampler packs. I don't usually add the sugar. I will also sometimes throw some other traditional stew spices like rosemary or pepper in as well.

I also make a chili that is based on Alton Brown Pressure Cooker Chili. I do it in a dutch oven instead of a pressure cooker and I usually do a large batch so I can freeze the leftovers. I have found that Irish Reds work the best. I usually add more of the chipotles and adobo sauce because I like the heat. I will also frequently add a couple of other fresh chilis if they look good at the store. Sometimes I also add some Hungarian smoked paprika as well.

I will sometimes soak polish sausage/brats in a nice porter or octoberfest and grill them or sometimes I just cook hem in a fry pan with the beer. I will also take onions and carmelize them in the same beer. The onions can go on the sausage or get some good saurkraut and put that on the sausage and have the onions on the side.

I never did get this done but it was from a segment on the local news that had a series of recipes for Octoberfest. Spaetzle, German Mustard Cabbage, Potatoe pancakes and these:


What goes best with Oktoberfest? Beer, of course! So tap the keg and turn up the oom-pah for a tasty celebration that includes this easy recipe for beer-basted sausage they'll love!

Serves: 3
Cooking Time: 25 min
What You'll Need:
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 onions, peeled, quartered and sliced very thin
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
1 (1-pound) package bratwurst (6 to 8 sausages)
1/2 cup beer
Make Beer & Bacon 'Mancakes' for Game Day
What To Do:
In a large skillet over medium-low heat, heat oil . Add onions and saute 10 minutes, or until tender and beginning to brown, stirring often. Season onions with salt and pepper then stir in mustard.

Add bratwurst and cook 10 to 12 minutes, or until sausages are no longer pink in center. Stir in the beer and simmer 2 to 3 minutes. Serve bratwurst with the onions.

Read more at http://www.mrfood.com/Pork/Beer-Basted- ... wkX5lvd.99

Love cooking with beer - my favorite stew recipe is based on this Guinness Lamb Stew. I've made it with lamb and beef, and it's delicious every time. Instead of Guinness, I use whatever homebrewed stout/porter/etc. I have on hand. I also season mine much more aggressively with a garlic/pepper spice mix.

Another favorite of mine is Stout Braised Beef Ribs - once again, I use whatever dark beer I have on hand. I use "petite beef ribs" for mine because I can get them from GFS for $2.99/lb, and they come out delicious! One substitution I make (and I believe it's critical) is to use fresh thyme - it makes a huge difference.

Mmm.... and of course Beer Bread!!! It's a super easy recipe and it's delicious!

All of this sounds delicious. I might try to make those beef ribs with the Choco Brown one of these days. There's a local store with an in-house butcher that can cut up any bit you want, and the prices are great. Can't say I've ever had beer bread, but it can't be bad, cuz it's got beer in it!

Beer Battered Fish!

I like to use cake flour and a bit of corn starch...

Or you can buy pretty much the same thing in a box at the supermarket...

For four large filets, probably a cup of dry mix and a half a bottle of homebrew.

If it needs more, add some cold water (drink the other half of the beer silly!)

Fry in 350*F canola oil 'till golden brown.

Drain Well and serve, yum!

What type of beer you say?

- Well, it varies...

I like lagers and pilsners, wheats too...

TONIGHT I used my Belgian IPA and the Amarillo came through nicely!

OOOH I do have a recipe for beer batter that I learned works GREAT with a fairly hoppy pale ale. The first time I made it with SweetWater's 420 Extra Pale Ale. Next time I might try with my own Bubs' Pale Ale.

Beer Batter Recipe
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2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup beer
1 egg
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, and wet ingredients in another, then mix together just before you are going to coat whatever you're going to fry with it.

Alright! I'll say it...

I cook everything with beer. Sometimes, if I'm not careful, I might spill a little of my beer into what I'm cooking.

Well, I'm more careful than you Chuck, I don't spill it.

Cooking the Mediterranean Beef Stew with Olives and Raisins, out of Draft magazine, right now. It's good!
2lbs stew beef
1 large onion, chopped
15oz fire roasted tomatoes
4 cloves garlic crushed
2 tbs ras al hanout (spice)
1tsp salt
1 bottle of beer (recipe calls for dark lager, I used Irish Red)
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 cup sliced green olives

Toss the meat in the salt and seasoning, brown in oil, brown the onion, then quickly the garlic. Add the beer, simmer. Put the meat back, add the other ingredients. The recipe calls for a slow cooker. I used an iron pot, brought to a boil, then put in the oven on low. Just tried it. Very good. Serve over rice or couscous.