cooking with O'Douls the same as cooking with regular beer?

[Smoky Brisket]

I almost registered a new nickname for this post, but I'm too lazy.

Long story short, I've got 5 O'Douls sitting in my pantry and I can't just pour em out.

So my question is, for recipes where you add a beer (taco meat, marinades, chili, etc) can I just substitute O'Douls and drink my alcoholic beer?

Doesnt the alcohol just burn off anyway? And arent you really just adding beer for the malt and hop and sugars (which I assume is also in non-alcoholic beer)?

 

[NickDanger]

I'm going to bet on your theory about the alcohol burning off anyway. Maybe not with beans, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

 

[GakFoo]

you make taco meat with beer?

never heard of that before but it sounds interesting

 

[DallasCowpoke]

I'd say use it as normal.

In a marinade, the acid is what does the trick. And as you mentioned, in any other application, the hops/barley etc is the flavor component more so than the alcohol.

 

[scottsins]

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[UTinBigD]

I would probably use them as normal. One method of removing alcohol from beer is to just raise normal beer to 170-180F (boiling point of the alcohol) for 30 mins or so. volla, non-alky beer.

so when you are cooking, you are doing the same thing.

 

[Phil Hellmuth]

throw it away

 

[horn blooded]

Is sex with Rosie O'Donnell the same as sex with a Bud Girl?

Throw it out! Throw it as far as you can!