Cooking with Beer: 21 Tasty Recipes Using Ale, Lager, or Stout

If juiciness is your goal, pop open a frosty one, set your chicken on top of the can, and then leave the pair alone in the privacy of your oven. The stout makes the meat incredibly moist and gives it a subtle sweet-and-malty flavor. A little leftover beer blended with a couple of tablespoons of fig jam transforms the pan drippings into a rich, tasty gravy.

Recipe: Beer-Can Roasted Chicken with Fig-Jam Pan Sauce

Adding the ingredients in the right order is the secret to this recipe's success; the ones that take longest to cook go in first. The optional layer of seaweed (available from most fishmongers) imparts a salty ocean essence and keeps the potatoes off the bottom of the pot.

Recipe: Stove-Top Clambake

You can stuff anything into a poblano chile and fry it, and it will taste good. Serve this rendition with sour cream as a side dish or as a vegetarian main dish.

Recipe: Poblano Chiles Stuffed with Corn and Monterey Jack Cheese

This beer batter can also be used for chicken tenders, onion rings, and zucchini slices.

Recipe: Beer-Battered Fish

This stew has a zesty New Orleans feel. Ice down the beer and crank up the music!

Recipe: Chicken with Cornmeal Dumplings

Long, slow, moist cooking (we use beer for the liquid) makes brisket extraordinarily tender. A simple, four-ingredient spice rub adds a little sass.

Recipe: Chili-Braised Brisket

Slow-roasting the pork with liquid (a mix of ale and water) in the pan makes the meat fall-apart tender. A blast of heat at the end crisps the skin.

Recipe: Slow-Roasted Pork with Kumquats

These white beans are baked in ale for ultimate flavor. A pale ale, such as Blue Moon or Hoegaarden, works best for this recipe.

Recipe: Beer-Baked White Beans

This recipe makes eight one-cup servings, which along with a hearty side like homemade cornbread or cheesy potatoes, makes enough for another stick-to-your-ribs meal for later in the week.

Recipe: 30-Minute Chili

Make an irresistible dinner (or three!) with a slow-cooked pork shoulder that has the perfect flavors for a cool evening. Use this recipe to make open-faced porchetta sandwiches or ribbon pasta with pork ragu. Use the pork skin to make roasted baby potatoes with cracklings and chives.

Recipe: Braised Pork Shoulder

Beer, sausage, and potatoes are a classic combination. Simmer everything together to make a satisfying one-pot meal.

Recipe: Beer-Braised Sausages with Warm Potato Salad

The buttermilk-beer batter, seasoned with cayenne, yields a golden coating on the fried rings that gets even better when spritzed with lemon juice.

Recipe: Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Garlic and sage, rubbed into the pork ahead of time, impart an earthy, aromatic flavor. The meat is then moistened by a beer marinade and basted on the grill with a thick, tangy tomato-based sauce.

Recipe: Barbecued Pork-Shoulder Chops

This satisfying stew, filled with tender lamb and vegetables simmered in a beer-based broth, is just the cure for a chilly evening.

Recipe: Irish Lamb Stew

Warm your belly with a comforting bowl of this easy freezer-friendly beef stew.

Recipe: Irish Beef and Stout Stew

Sautéed apples and onion are a classic combination that never disappoints. Serve atop juicy pork chops for a wholesome autumn dinner.

Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

Beer — is there anything it can't do!? In this recipe from Emeril Lagasse's Emeril at the Grill, it makes turkey extra juicy. Let's just say this recipe gives you a great excuse to use your grill all year round.

Recipe: "Beer Can" Turkey Breast with BBQ Gravy

Grab a beer to make these potatoes; it will steam them while imparting a yeasty flavor. You can drink the leftovers as dinner cooks! Making this a perfect easy-going beer-infused recipe.

Recipe: Beer-Steamed Potato Hobo Pack

This recipe for homemade chewy pretzels comes from Sigmund Pretzelshop owner Lina Kulchinsky. Each pretzel is boiled in beer making them extra-yeasty and 100 percent irresistible!

Recipe: Soft Pretzels

Chili con carne, a Texan creation, is a traditional one-dish dinner. Toppings — avocado, scallions, tortilla chips, and cheese — are up to each guest. If you are feeling festive make a big batch of this beer-based chili and set out a topping bar for a casual, yet impressive, dinner party.

Recipe: Chili Con Carne