Marinades

While it’s true that marinade recipes can be used with most cooking methods, they are particularly fantastic when grilling. It’s because we tend to grill smaller cuts of meat, which is where marinades really shine. We have a whole bunch of useful information and great tips and tricks for you to use while marinating.

What Is A Marinade?

A marinade is a liquid that you soak foods in before cooking to add flavor and to make meats more tender. While a brine does similar things with a salt solution, a marinade uses acidic ingredients like vinegar or wine or uses enzymes found in foods such as pineapple.

How Long Should You Marinate Meats?

Since marinades only flavor the surface of meats, marinating for an extended time doesn’t actually do you any favors. In fact, if you’re using an enzyme marinade, you may end up with mushy meat.

For smaller pieces of meat, even 20 minutes will have a great result and you generally want to avoid more than 2 hours. Larger cuts can be marinated for 8 hours or overnight, but only with acidic marinades, not the enzymatic marinades.

What Foods Can I Marinate?

While meats like steak, chicken, and seafood are probably what immediately come to mind, there’s so many more possibilities! Try marinating portabella mushrooms or tofu, or even Brie cheese. Take a look at the recipes below and find something new and exciting to try.

Marinade Recipes

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The Best Chicken Wing Marinade

Move over buffalo wings, this is the only Chicken Wing Marinade you’ll ever need because these wings are so juicy and flavorful they’ll melt in your mouth!

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How To Make Ceviche

Find out the science behind ceviche and how to make it at home. Includes tips for type of fish, length of marinade time and doing make-ahead ceviche.

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Mint Sauce Recipe

This traditional English mint sauce recipe is easy to make and is delicious served with lamb and other meats too. It’s also a tasty marinade!

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The BEST Steak Marinade

My all-purpose Steak Marinade, not to be confused with a wet brine, adds a tangy, garlicky flavor to steak before grilling or pan-frying.

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How to Make Baked Brie Better Than Ever

Three great tips for making baked brie that is better than ever. Plus the hands down best baked brie recipe. We can’t wait for you to try it!

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Greek Chicken Marinade

This Greek Chicken Marinade is THE BEST because of a secret ingredient, and a technique that really gets the flavor into the chicken.

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Pork Loin Injected with Apple Marinade

Take your marinating game up. Way up. Inject an apple cider marinade into a pork loin and prepare to be wowed.

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The Best Chicken Thigh Marinade

The best chicken thigh marinade uses ingredients that really bring out the rich meatiness of chicken thighs.

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Should You Put Soy Sauce in Marinades?

Looking to marinade steak with soy sauce? Check out the results of my testing first – it may surprise you.

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Tri-Tip Marinade

Use this tri-tip marinade recipe for wonderful flavor and juicy meat. I’ve got suggestions for how to cook the tri-tip too!

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Tzatziki (Greek Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce)

Authentic tzatziki is a rich and creamy Greek sauce made from cucumber, yogurt, dill, and garlic. It’s wonderful as a marinade or dipping sauce for all kinds of savory foods.

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