16 Cooking With Beer Recipes

A red Dutch oven filled with beer-braised chicken with root vegetables on a wooden surface.

Beer-Braised Chicken Thighs1/16

Chicken thighs are coaxed to incredible taste and tenderness in this stew that sneaks in root vegetables bathed in beer. Simple to make. Complex in taste. Unforgettable all around.

Two cowboy steaks in a cast-iron skillet with a Guinness sauce.

Cowboy Steaks with Guinness Sauce2/16

If you thought steak could get no better than a gorgeous bone in rib eye seared to perfection, you need to try this Guinness pan sauce.

A copper pot filled with beef and Guinness pie topped with puff pastry on a towel on a cooking rack with a bottle behind it.

Beef and Guinness Pie3/16

Essentially Irish stew with some lovely store-bought puff pastry plopped on top. Easy peasy. And actually, quite elegant.

Three slow cooker French dip sandwiches on a cutting board

Slow Cooker French Dip4/16

Slow cooker roast beef au jus. Perhaps the first slow cooker recipe yet that'll keep everyone at the table uber satisfied—including the person making and cleaning up after the meal.

White plate with steamed mussels in beer, topped with parsley, nearby lemon wedges and a bottle of beer

Steamed Mussels in Beer5/16

This simple summer crowd-pleaser has "easy entertaining" scrawled all over it. Just don't forget the bottle opener.

A beer battered chicken sandwich topped with slaw on a white plate on top of a paper napkin on a wooden table with a glass of beer in the background.

Beer-Battered Chicken Sandwich6/16

This sandwich is chicken's answer to the pulled pork sandwich thanks to its ethereally crisp, airy beer batter and sassy slaw.

Two beer can chickens sitting on cans of beer in aluminum tray, a tray of smolder wood chips nearby

Beer Can Chicken7/16

A whole hen plunked unceremoniously on a can and cooked on the grill or in the oven. A tailgating classic that's simple and perfect—even when you're not tailgating.

A stack of grilled beer braised bratwurst covered in sauerkraut.

Grilled Beer Braised Bratwurst8/16

We can almost see the smoke from these brats on the grill shape-shifting into a come-hither motion like in those old-time cartoons.

A beer braised lamb shank in a red Dutch oven, and another shank on a surface next to tortillas, sliced avocado, and an open beer.

Beer Braised Lamb Shank9/16

Because you really can't go wrong tossing meat in a pot with beer.

Pieces of Peruvian chicken on a platter with a cup of aji verde in the background.

Peruvian Chicken10/16

Tastes just like the terrific pollo a la brasa with the insane green sauce at the local Peruvian joint—minus the long wait in line.

A silver platter filled with asparagus tempura with some pieces of asparagus and a glass of beer on a wooden table.

Asparagus Tempura11/16

Easy and shatteringly crisp and light and perfect. That's what folks are saying about this delicate beer-battered asparagus tempura.

A whole cooked wheat beer roasted chicken in a deep oval baking dish.

Beer Roasted Chicken12/16

A crisp-skinned bird that's inflected with orange and coriander for a very unique flair. And it comes together in a single pot, making it a cinch to prep as well as clean up afterward.

A loaf of beer bread with a slice cut off on a wooden surface.

Beer bread just got fancy. Well, sorta. It’s still quick and easy and incredibly difficult to stop noshing. This one just seems a little more lovely than most. And we betcha already have everything you need to make it.