Best Belgian Beer Marinade Recipes

CARBONNADE FLAMANDE (BEEF AND BEER STEW)

Steps:

• Marinate the beef with the beer, the garlic, the bay leaves and a pinch of salt for at least two hours, or overnight.
• Drain the beef and reserve the marinade. Pat dry the beef with paper towels.
• In a dutch oven, heat the olive oil until pipping hot. Fry the beef in batches, until golden brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove the beef cubes and reserve.
• In the same dutch oven, fry the bacon until golden and crisp. Reserve with the beef.
• Add the onions, a pinch of salt and fry in the bacon grease, until caramelized (around 10 minutes).
• Add the flour and cook for about 2 minutes until the flour is cooked and the onions are coated.
• Add the beef broth and scrape the bits stuck in the bottom. Add the reserved marinade, the beef, the bacon and the thyme.
• Cook for 1.5 hours.
• Add the brown sugar, the parsley, some fresh pepper and the mustard. Cook for 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle some fresh parsley on top and serve with fries.

BEER MARINADE

Steps:

• To prepare the marinade, whisk together the oil, beer, and lemon juice. Add the garlic, salt, pepper, bay leaves, mustard, basil, oregano, and thyme. Mix well.

BELGIAN BEER MARINADE

Steps:

• Whisk beer, mustard, oil, salt and pepper together in a nonreactive bowl until salt dissolves.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• This will keep up to 3 days if covered and refrigerated.

BEER MARINADE FOR BEEF

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl.
• The beer will loose some of its foam but that's OK.
• Pour the marinade over your choice of meat in a shallow glass dish or heavy resealable plastic bag.
• Cover dish or seal bag and refrigerate for up to 6 hours while marinating.
• This recipe can be doubled or tripled.

BEER MARINADE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a shallow glass baking dish, large enough to hold meat in one layer.
• Cover and refrigerate.
• Marinade meat for at least 30 minutes, The longer you let it sit, the better!
• Recipe can be doubled for large quantities of meat.