Barbecue marinades

What is a marinade?

It's a sauce full of flavor, spices, aromatic herbs and of course a liquid base like vinegar, soy sauce, oil, lemon juice. Everything must be well seasoned so that your meat can be pleasantly flavored.

There are several benefits to marinating meat; tenderizing it, preventing drying during cooking, giving it a balanced taste through seasoning, and finally caramelizing it if you use a suitable marinade.

Why can marinating change everything?

It will be like being at a restaurant. You have a marinade and meat?

Perfect, you can then rival a restaurant dish as this is a technique particularly used by chefs. There is also a very wide choice of marinade sauces that are intended only for sale to professionals (restaurants, butcher shops). On our site, you can buy quality marinades without artificial coloring or flavors whether you are an individual or a professional.

The current culinary trend is marinating, so why not give it a try by choosing a sauce? No need to be a chef to make a delicious dish easily and at a lower cost!

How to make meat tender?

Vinegar releases meat collagen more effectively than bases like oil. The longer the meat marinates, the more tender and juicy it will be. The purpose of marinating meat is of course to tenderize it but also to give it a delicious aroma and even preserve it a little longer (do not exceed the expiration date especially if you choose an oil-based marinade).

The different types of marinades

There are 4 distinct types of marinades that are used depending on what you want to cook over flame or otherwise: 

- Oil-based marinade: widely used in France, this allows to preserve the sapidity (taste) of foods whether for your meats or vegetables. The taste of the marinade will change depending on the oil used (olive oil, sunflower, sesame...). We recommend this type of sauce for long cooking times at temperatures not exceeding 190°.

- Acid marinade: this technique is probably the favorite of professional barbecues in America because the vinegar or lemon base particularly tenderizes your grilled foods. 

- Dry marinade: also called "rubs" in the USA, it's a mixture of spices, salt and sugar. Simply rub your food and place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes so that these can infuse your dishes while flavoring them.

- Caramelizing marinade: This sauce contains honey or brown sugar to caramelize your food. It is therefore important to use thin cuts of meat so that they don't blacken during cooking. Fast cooking is needed for all foods that you will combine with a syrupy sauce.

Ideas for marinating according to your dishes

This is our culinary routine, you can of course adapt the sauces as you wish:

- Teriyaki yuzu marinade ideal for your white meats, fish and vegetables

- Stonewall Kitchen Maple Syrup and Chipotle perfect for tofu and red meat

- Stubb's chicken marinade contains ginger which is delicious with chicken

- Rufus Teague Liquid Smoke for your grilled foods needing a good smoky taste

- Hawaiian grill for your gourmet barbecues (be careful to use thinly cut foods)

- Jerk BBQ sauce Walkerswood to taste the flavors of Jamaica

Tips for flavorful marinades

 Whether you choose chicken, red meat, fish or vegetables, the important thing will always be the time your meat spends marinating in the refrigerator. We recommend a minimum of 3 hours of rest so that the marinade properly infuses your food. Of course, the longer you leave it in the fridge, the better it will be (do not exceed the expiration date).

You can also choose to extend your marinade with oil or vinegar if you have a large piece to cook. 

Vegetarians can also use marinade sauces

Indeed, there is a real interest for vegetarians or vegans to marinate their tofu (or tempeh, mushrooms and vegetables) as it can take on a whole new taste dimension thanks to a chipotle marinade for example. The tofu will be pleasantly spiced with a most agreeable smoky chili taste.

Mushrooms, carrots, cabbages also marinate very well. You can vary the pleasures by using different marinades such as yuzu and teriyaki for your mushrooms, another for your Hawaiian-influenced meal cravings, and a chipotle and maple syrup marinade for your tofu.

What is the best marinade for barbecue?

You will find on our site a wide selection of quality barbecue marinade sauces that will enhance the flavors of your meats and vegetables. The best marinade sauce will be the one adapted to your palate.

For example: 

- if you like pleasantly spicy mouthwatering flavors, the teriyaki sriracha sauce from Stonewall Kitchen will be perfect

- if you want to make buffalo chicken wings, use Stonewall Kitchen's authentic buffalo wings sauce

- Hellicious Teriyaki Yuzu sauce will allow you to enjoy a delicious Japanese-style aroma 

- for a smoky taste, use Stubb's liquid smoke

- the horseradish marinade, wasabi and chicken broth is superb on chicken and pork

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