Mix Italian Dressing With BBQ Sauce for the Perfect Marinade With Any Meat
To make a versatile marinade for any meat, fish, or other dish, you only need two things: a bottle of Italian salad dressing and a bottle of barbecue sauce.
Of course, you can make your own marinades with many of the ingredients from these prepackaged bottles, but this is a quick and easy solution. WonderHowTo explains why this works:
Marinade is defined as a “sauce,” usually oil, vinegar, spices and herbs, in which meat, fish, or other foods are soaked before cooking to add flavor and soften or “soften” them. These two ingredients serve both purposes:
- Softening: Salad dressings contain acids such as vinegar and lemon juice; these ingredients help to soften meat fibers, which is especially important for less expensive cuts of meat. Plus, the oil in the salad dressing also helps keep the meat moist and tender during cooking.
- Flavor: BBQ sauces come in a variety of seasonings, levels of smoke, sweetness, and warmth. If you let the protein marinate in the barbecue sauce before cooking, your results will be exponentially more flavorful than brushing on the sauce during or after cooking.
Plus, you get a sweet and sour combination that makes the food sing. However, the ratio of BBQ sauce to Italian dressing should be adjusted depending on what you are cooking. For example, beef and pork can withstand more barbecue sauce as opposed to more subtle tasting seafood.
Check out the link below for suggested proportions and how to use the marinade. And add Italian salad dressing and BBQ sauce to your pantry to-do list for easy cooking .
These two items make the only meat marinade you’ll ever need | WonderHowTo