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The Boozy Ingredient Your Steak Marinade Needs
by NICK PISANO
Beer is the boozy ingredient that will perfect your steak marinate. Beer serves as the tenderizer due to its alcohol and acidic content, which also provides additional flavor.
Beer also provides extra moisture to the steak, helping it stay juicy. Steaks marinated in beer have some of the best crusts when cooked, due to the Maillard reaction.
You can use beer as the main ingredient in different types of marinates; for a spice kick, make a marinate with beer and hot sauce. For a sweet glaze, mix beer and brown sugar.