Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup craft beer (Recommended styles: brown ale, pale ale, dubbel, wit)
- ¼ cup kosher salt
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 Tbsp black peppercorn
- 1 Fresno chili split
- 1 cup ice cubes
Directions
- In a medium saucepot, combine all the ingredients except ice cubes and bring to a soft boil. Simmer for five minutes. Turn heat off transfer brine to a bowl and add ice cubes to cool.
- Pour the brine over the protein or into Ziploc bags with the proteins. Refrigerate and follow the guideline below for brine times. Discard brine when the protein is removed and pat dry the protein before cooking.
- How long to brine depends on the size of the protein; a whole turkey will take much longer than a few chicken thighs; a pork loin left whole for roasting will take longer than a pork loin cut into chops. Be careful not to over brine otherwise the dish will taste over salted.
- Bone in pork chops: 6-12 hours
Whole chicken: 4-8 hours
Chicken breast: 1-2 hours
Whole quail: 2-4 hours
Duck breast or legs: 4-6 hours
Whole pork loin: 8-12 hours
Pheasant breast: 4-6 hours
Chicken thighs: 4-6 hours - Yield: 5 cups or enough for up to 2 pounds of protein.
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