Best Spicy Ginger Beer Recipes

SWEET AND SPICY GINGER BEER PULLED PORK

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This is a relaxed slow cooker recipe. I've never really measured ingredients out as I've gone, but the end result is absolutely amazing. I never even use BBQ sauce, but you can if you want. Feel free to play with the ingredients, more or less here and there, to suit the tastes of your family. And get ready for a whole lot of mmmmmmm.

Provided by Christie Biggers

Categories Main Dish Recipes Pork 100+ Pulled Pork Recipes

Time 10h10m

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 sweet onions, peeled and quartered
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 ½ teaspoons dark brown sugar, or more to taste
1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder, or more to taste
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (6 pound) Boston pork butt roast
13 fluid ounces ginger beer

Steps:

Arrange sweet onions in the bottom of a slow cooker.
Mix salt, brown sugar, paprika, black pepper, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes together in a bowl until seasonings are well mixed; rub all over pork roast. Place roast in the slow cooker, fat-side up. Brush any leftover seasonings mixture from the work surface into the slow cooker.
Cook on Low for 1 hour. Pour ginger beer into slow cooker. Continue cooking until roast is tender and pulls apart easily with a fork, 9 to 11 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 190.1 calories, Carbohydrate 3.1 g, Cholesterol 64.8 mg, Fat 11.8 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 17 g, SaturatedFat 4.4 g, Sodium 253 mg, Sugar 1.5 g

SPICY GINGER BEER

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Ginger beer is often made as a live fermented brew, a time-consuming and messy process-our method shortcuts time, but not flavor. For a controlled version of premade ginger beer, use a soda siphon to provide carbonation.

Yield makes about 4 quarts

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh gingerroot, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 english cucumber, unpeeled and coarsely chopped
2 fresh red chiles, chopped
1 cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup turbinado sugar
3/4 cup acacia honey
2 cups water
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
Chilled club soda, or water if using a soda siphon

Steps:

Place the ginger and cucumber in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Pour them along with any juice into a large saucepan over medium heat and add the chilies, mint leaves, sugar, honey, water, juice, peppercorns, and soda. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes until the liquid becomes syrupy enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and let cool overnight. Strain the ginger beer through a fine-mesh sieve into a food-safe container and refrigerate; it will keep for 4 days, refrigerated.
The ratio of syrup to club soda is 1:3 when made to order. If using a soda siphon, pour 1 cup syrup and 3 cups water into a 1-liter soda siphon.