I’m gathering the best and most creative ways to cook with beer from around the web and collecting them all in one place. Below you’ll find 25+ recipes featuring beer—from beer-battered favorites and braises to breads, cakes, cocktails, and more. Grab a couple of bottles or a growler from your local brewery and get ready to cook, bake, and sip.
25+ Recipes Featuring Beer
Beer is one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen. It adds depth to marinades, lightness to batters, richness to braises, and character to cakes and breads. This handpicked collection includes beer-battered dishes, beer-braised mains, beer-based sauces and dips, boozy desserts, savory breads, and refreshing beer cocktails. Use lagers, ales, stouts, or whatever you have on hand—the recipes below will inspire your next beer-forward meal or snack.
OWYD Recipes
These recipes come straight from the Or Whatever You Do kitchen and grill—simple, crowd-pleasing dishes that put beer to good use.
Beer Battered Fish Bites
Homemade beer-battered fish nuggets—crispy, flavorful, and easy to make with any firm whitefish.
Beer Cheese Dip with Bacon
A quick, crowd-pleasing beer cheese dip enhanced with bacon—perfect for parties and game day.
Traeger Beer Can Chicken
An easy beer-can chicken recipe made on a Traeger smoker—juicy, flavorful, and simple to prepare.
Pressure Cooker Beer-Braised Steak with Onions
Quick and comforting: steak braised in beer with lots of onions, perfect for busy weeknights when using frozen steaks.
Recipes from Friends of OWYD
Not the only beer-lover here—these favorite recipes from bloggers across the web showcase the many ways beer can enhance food.
Beer Braised Honey Sriracha Wings
Smoked Pretzels and Beer Cheese
Chocolate Guinness Cake
Jalapeño Beer Baklava
Beer Margarita (Beergarita)
Beer Punch
Guinness Beef Stew
Beermosas
Beer Pizza Dough
Garlic Beer Bread
Beer-Battered Chicken with Creamy Chipotle Sauce
Baileys & Guinness Cake
Big Boys’ Beef Burger
Vegan Irish Stew with Guinness
Quick Easy Beer Bread
Slow Cooker Beer BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
The BEST Beer-Battered Onion Rings (with Aioli)
Easy 20-Minute Beer Cheese Soup
Beer-Marinated Steak
Beer-Braised Chipotle Chicken Tacos
Lemon Beer Cake with Honey and Figs
Caramel Ice Cream with Beer Brittle
Irish Stout Beer-Braised Lamb Pie
Beer Ranch Chicken Kabobs
Easy 3-Ingredient Beer Biscuits
Beer-Battered Zucchini Tacos
Beer Brat Bites
Michelada (with Homemade Clamato Juice)
