| A steak marinade recipe can make the difference | | | | fibers and softening the steak. You can speed up this |
| between a tough, plain-tasting steak and a tender, | | | | process by pounding the beef with the sharp side of |
| flavorful one. Marinades work by breaking down | | | | a meat mallet before adding the sauce. |
| tough steaks to make them tender and succulent. | | | | More Tips for Delicious Steak |
| They also give the meat plenty of flavor and you | | | | You can marinate your beef in a Ziploc bag or in a |
| can choose from gentle aromatic recipes to rich, full | | | | glass dish in the refrigerator. Make sure the meat is |
| flavored ones featuring strong ingredients like red | | | | covered with the sauce. You might need to turn it a |
| wine, mustard or vinegar, to make your beef really | | | | few times if not. |
| delicious. | | | | Use the leftover liquid to baste the meat while it |
| Popular Marinade Ingredients | | | | cooks, if you want to, but do not do this in the final |
| Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, garlic, BBQ sauce, | | | | ten minutes of cooking time because there might be |
| onions, fruit juice, brown sugar, and oil are popular | | | | bacteria from the raw meat in the marinade and you |
| ingredients in marinated steak recipes although no | | | | will not want to brush this over the surface of |
| two recipes are alike. You can either follow recipes | | | | cooked meat. Another option is to boil the marinade |
| for marinating your meat or create your own | | | | for ten minutes. This will turn it in to a tasty sauce |
| marinades. | | | | that you can serve with the beef. |
| If you are marinating a good cut of steak to give it | | | | Cook your marinated steak recipes on the grill for |
| flavor, give it a relatively short time because the | | | | the very best results. A charcoal grill can give a |
| beef will take on the flavors in as little as twenty or | | | | mouthwatering smoky flavor to steaks but a gas grill |
| thirty minutes. Leaving a good quality piece of steak | | | | is also a good choice. Alternatively, you can broil or |
| such as a rib-eye or New York strip marinating for | | | | fry the steak if the weather is not good for cooking |
| hours will make the meat mushy. | | | | al fresco. Most chefs recommend a maximum |
| If you are marinating a tough cut of meat such as | | | | doneness of medium rare for steaks, in order to |
| skirt or flank steak, you will require a longer time - | | | | prevent them from drying out. |
| long enough for the ingredients in the marinade to | | | | Some people insist on cooking their steak until it is |
| break down the tough connective fibers in the meat. | | | | brown all the way through but this will result in dried |
| Marinades for tough steaks need an acidic ingredient | | | | out meat. Aim for red or pink in the center, and your |
| like lemon juice, lime juice, or vinegar, because the | | | | marinated steak should be delicious and juicy. |
| acid is responsible for breaking down the connective | | | | |