marinade recipes

Magpye

Very tasty asian-style marinade:

Equal parts soy and oyster sauces, half again sweet chilli, clove or two of crushed garlic, half tsp ground ginger. Mix well, marinade for half an hour. Especially tasty with thinly beef for a stir fry.

Nix143

Thanks for all those lovely suggestions - question - is it possible to marinade things for too long? If I put chicken in a lemon juice marinade what's the maximum time I can leave it in it in a fridge?

Thanks

boo81

The length of time is relevant to the amount of flavour basically. Different meats need marinading for different amounts of time and fish for the minimum.

Generally the denser the meat the longer you can leave it in.

You could safely marinade for a few hours and I doubt you could actually do any harm with leaving it in too long. I wouldnt leave for days though as might affect it

lynzpower

Another good one I did the other day with streaky slices ( thanks Pen- penguin for the tip!) was soy sauce & honey.

Just wacked it all over, left for a few hours, grilled. scoffed. they were fab.

Nix143

boo81 wrote: »

The length of time is relevant to the amount of flavour basically. Different meats need marinading for different amounts of time and fish for the minimum.

Generally the denser the meat the longer you can leave it in.

You could safely marinade for a few hours and I doubt you could actually do any harm with leaving it in too long. I wouldnt leave for days though as might affect it

Thanks boo - I went home at lunch and whacked my chicken legs in a lemon juice and oil marinade - a bit like boaties :T - and stuck them in the fridge, got back to work and thought wait a mo, doesn't lemon juice kinda start to 'cook' the meat IYKWIM......but figured they should be ok til 7ish.

Gonna have them with a lovely big salad and olive bread - yuuuuuum, cant wait for tea time now.

xx

davetaylor

I am throwing a bit of a party at my flat next weekend. I am wanting to cook mainly finger food.

One thing I know I will be doing is chicken wings marinaded in a special marinade. The recipe was given to me by a mate of mine. It consists of soy sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger and sherry.

I bought the wings today as they were on special and was planning to freeze them until next week.

Here is my question..

Should I make up the marinade now pop the whole lot into a freezer bag and freeze the chicken in the marinade, or should I just freeze the chicken on it's own and soak it in the marinade after defrosting?

thriftlady_2

I remember seeing Nigella Lawson do exactly that -freeze in the marinade that is. I'd do it that way

redruby

I would freeze it in the marinade too, I think I remember reading somewhere that it marinades better this way, is it bring a bottle, what time shall I come

morwenna

redruby wrote: »

I would freeze it in the marinade too, I think I remember reading somewhere that it marinades better this way, is it bring a bottle, what time shall I come

Freeze in the marinade - it marinades while you defrost. I'm right behind thriftlady & redruby at the door by the way Special MSE knock

davetaylor

Thanks for the advice. Now, if you can give me some more ideas on some tasty, but easy to prepare finger food I amy be extending invites!!!

I have a slow cooker I could use...

I was considering making homemade pizzas and letting guests choose their own toppings but have no idea how to make the dough?