Recipe of the week: Carnitas braised in wheat beer

Beer can be substituted cup-for-cup for stock or water whenever you’re making a sauce or soup.

Substituting beer for water when you’re cooking often makes sense, said Mark Bittman in The New York Times. “Beer’s flavors are arguably more varied and complex than any ready-made liquid besides wine,” and you can swap it cup-for-cup for stock or water whenever you’re making a sauce or soup. Certain beers complement particular ingredients better than others do. For the carnitas below, try Allagash White or a similar Belgian-style wheat beer. The hint of sourness “lends the meat a nice complexity.”

Carnitas braised in wheat beer

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