Good Question: What Can I Cook with Pale Ale?

Faith Durand
Faith DurandSenior Vice President of Content at AT Media
Faith is the SVP of Content at Apartment Therapy Media and former Editor-in-Chief of The Kitchn. She is the author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning, The Kitchn Cookbook. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
updated Jun 4, 2019
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The other day we had a question about beer cheese soup; now here’s one on cooking with pale ale. In our most recent Open Thread, reggiesoang asks:

Is there any dish that could be cooked with pale ale? Brown ale is usually the choice for cooking, but since I have a lot of pale ale left that needs to be used (or drank), I wonder if I can use pale ale the same way I use brown ale in like BBQ sauce or chili (best time for a nice pot of chili). Help!

reggiesoang, we did a little searching around, and we think that pale ale would be just fine – if not as robust – in all those usual dishes.

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But we also found a couple recipes that call specifically for pale ale – and one is from Jacques Pépin, one of our favorite chefs.

• Beef Stew with Belgian-Style Pale Ale at Food & Wine, by Jacques Pépin
• Creamy Potato Soup with caraway, at The Daily Green.

Do you have any other suggestions for cooking with pale ale?

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