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Today: Having a bunch of leftover beer doesn’t need to turn into a drinking game.
Here’s how to put your leftover booze to work in the kitchen.
You just woke up, opening one eye slightly to assess the damage.
The partys long over, and everyones gone home.
You scratch your head, contemplating how best to put all this beer to use with your half-asleep brain.
Make amalty bread, anairy crust for fish, or adeep, stouty sauce for pan-seared steak.
Mixed drinks
Give your beer a second life and it to make another drink.
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3.Beer Can Chicken
First, dry-rub your chicken simply with salt and pepper or the spices of your choice.
The beer makes for extra-juicy chicken, and the rub makes for a flavorful skin.
Return the meat to the pan, coat with the sauce, and bring the sauce to a simmer.
If youre making chicken, let the chicken simmer on the stovetop until it cooks through.
The beer will ensure that the meat stays moist inside and out.
Braised greens
Soften onions in a pan, with diced bacon.
The carbonation in the beer will add body and lightness to the batter.
Pair it with a cold one.
Steamed shellfish
The easiest way to prepare shellfish is to steam it.
In a large saucepan, soften some aromatics, like onions, garlic, leeks, and fennel.
Add any vegetables, potatoes, or meats, and cook them almost all the way through.
it’s possible for you to tell clams are finished cooking when theyve opened up.
Crab is ready when its bright red and the meat is flaky.
Add all the Old Bay your heart desires, and dunk some crusty bread into the oceany beer broth.
More: Sand, be gone!Learn how to properly clean and cook shellfish.
After that, you could just roast it in the oven.
The brine does all the heavy lifting for you.
Bread
Create a sweet, malty loaf of bread in just a few easy steps.
Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
Makea heady chocolate cakeusing the heavenly black stuff: Guinness.
Add the herbs of your choice to the pan and deglaze with beer.
A chocolate stout works well withsteak, and a light lager is perfect for ahash.
Add a dark ale and caramelized onions to beefor vegetablestock to makeFrench onion soup.
Cover and cook it for a few hours, letting the beer do its flavor-infusing, meat-softening magic.
you’re able to makegumbowith beer, too.
Create a yeasty flavor for yourwafflesor pancakeswithout using yeast.
Heat butter, buttermilk, and stout until warm.
Separately, beat eggs and whisk with vanilla.
Pour a thin layer onto a buttered waffle iron to make waffles or onto a griddle to make pancakes.
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