Cooking with a beer ??

zooey1 · October 2014

I found this awesome recipe online but one of the ingredients was a 12oz beer , I cooked this amazing dish (rice,beef,veggies) but now I feel worry about eating it since I used a can in beer .. Please help !!

Irishcurls · October 2014

zooey1 said:

I found this awesome recipe online but one of the ingredients was a 12oz beer , I cooked this amazing dish (rice,beef,veggies) but now I feel worry about eating it since I used a can in beer .. Please help !!

1) alcohol dissipates with heat. It's just for flavor.

2) it's fine.

kefttsc · October 2014

Eat it. Sounds yummy.

Angeldcf · October 2014

I cooked pasta tonight while drinking a glass of red wine.

You're fine.

elephantsonpatrol · October 2014

Short answer: You should be fine

Long answer: It depends how you feel about drinking while pregnant, and the recipe.

It is a common myth that all of the alcohol will boil away. It never all goes away. That being said, most of the time there is so little left it doesn't make a difference.

Here is a chart:

Time/Process           Remaining
Immediate Consumption     100%
 Boil & Remove             85%
   Flamed                  75%
    15 Min.                40%
    30 Min.                35%
     1 Hour                25%
   2.5 Hours                5%

Izzy0927 · October 2014

I follow this rule: if it was served in a restaurant, could someone under 21 order it? Sounds like yes for your recipe. Eat it, enjoy it, share the recipe please.

HerHighness · October 2014

Id eat it!

bhjones1980 · October 2014

elephantsonpatrol said:
Short answer: You should be fine

Long answer: It depends how you feel about drinking while pregnant, and the recipe.

It is a common myth that all of the alcohol will boil away. It never all goes away. That being said, most of the time there is so little left it doesn't make a difference.

Here is a chart:
Time/Process           Remaining
Immediate Consumption     100%
 Boil & Remove             85%
   Flamed                  75%
    15 Min.                40%
    30 Min.                35%
     1 Hour                25%
   2.5 Hours                5%

Hmmmm, I did not know this, I was under the "false" impression I guess that simmering burns off all the alcohol and just leaves the flavor.

Not that I can for myself, but now I am second guessing the chocolate cake with a rum glaze (that has over a cup of rum in it) that I make and I share with DS (he DOES seem to sleep better those nights), ha ha!

Irishcurls · October 2014

bhjones1980 said:
elephantsonpatrol said:
Short answer: You should be fine

Long answer: It depends how you feel about drinking while pregnant, and the recipe.

It is a common myth that all of the alcohol will boil away. It never all goes away. That being said, most of the time there is so little left it doesn't make a difference.

Here is a chart:
Time/Process           Remaining
Immediate Consumption     100%
 Boil & Remove             85%
   Flamed                  75%
    15 Min.                40%
    30 Min.                35%
     1 Hour                25%
   2.5 Hours                5%
Hmmmm, I did not know this, I was under the "false" impression I guess that simmering burns off all the alcohol and just leaves the flavor.

Not that I can for myself, but now I am second guessing the chocolate cake with a rum glaze (that has over a cup of rum in it) that I make and I share with DS (he DOES seem to sleep better those nights), ha ha!

No shame in that game, lady.

elephantsonpatrol · October 2014

ChickenOnSunday said:

Also take into account that you are probably not eating the entire dish so you are not consuming the entire amount of alcohol remaining in the dish. All bets are off though if you are making bananas foster.

Exactly - in most recipes there isn't enough left to matter. Take OPs recipe.

There is one beer. Given that it has rice and veggies it has to cook for a while - say an hour. And she will eat a quarter of the whole recipe.

1 beer x 25% / 4 people = 6.25% of a beer.

A gulp of beer. No worries.

MapleMomma · October 2014

And here I was hoping for a whole slew of great recipes using beer. MOTY right here!

Seriously though OP, I think you're fine. Eat up. Enjoy, share the recipe.

zooey1 · October 2014

Thank u very much ladies !!! You are so helpful

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