marinade

UK/ˌmaɹɪˈneɪd/US/ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd/

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Other forms: marinades

A marinade is the flavoured liquid meat is left to sit in before cooking. A yoghurt marinade, leave it in the marinade, discard the marinade.

The noun is the liquid and the verb is marinate, which is the distinction most people miss. It should never be reused as a sauce without boiling, since it has been in contact with raw meat.

Definitions of marinade

1nounmarinadeThe flavoured liquid meat is left to sit in before cooking.B2+
“The chicken sat in a marinade of lemon, garlic and olive oil.”
- Said"Save the marinade; we'll boil it down into a glaze after."
- WrittenMarinades were soy, ginger and honey in that house, and the chicken sat in them overnight.
- UsedDiscard any marinade that touched raw meat unless you cook it first.
- ContrastA marinade, not a sauce. A sauce is poured over food at the end; a marinade is what food sits in before. sauce →
- Not thisA dry rub is not a marinade. A marinade is liquid.
- SimplyThe meat is in the marinade. Wait one night.
Patterna marinade of + ingredients · leave sth in a marinade · marinade for + time · marinate

marinade is a liquid.

Remember it

It is from the same word as marine, the sea: the marinade is the salty bath the meat lies in before cooking, like a little sea.

hooks ontomarine

Where it comes from

French marinade comes from mariner, to pickle in brine, from mer, the sea.

French
marinade
English, today
marinade

Borrowed from French marinade. by surface analysis, marine + -ade.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in In the Kitchen

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marinade in the wild

In addition to these ingredients, a marinade often contains oil, salt, herbs, and spices to further flavor the food items.
Marination
The traditional method involves serving freshly prepared cubes of lamb, chicken, or beef on soft Italian bread or a submarine roll, occasionally drizzled with fresh marinade.
Spiedie
The marinade recipe varies, usually involving olive oil, vinegar, and a variety of Italian spices and fresh mint.
Spiedie
As well as vinegar, the marinade might contain cider, wine or tea, sugar, herbs (usually bay leaf), spices (usually mace), and chopped onion.
Soused herring
The herring is usually baked in the marinade, although it is sometimes instead fried and then soaked in the marinade.
Soused herring

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Definitions of marinade

1nounmarinadeThe flavoured liquid meat is left to sit in before cooking.B2+

“The chicken sat in a marinade of lemon, garlic and olive oil.”

Said"Save the marinade; we'll boil it down into a glaze after."
WrittenMarinades were soy, ginger and honey in that house, and the chicken sat in them overnight.
UsedDiscard any marinade that touched raw meat unless you cook it first.
ContrastA marinade, not a sauce. A sauce is poured over food at the end; a marinade is what food sits in before. sauce →
Not thisA dry rub is not a marinade. A marinade is liquid.
SimplyThe meat is in the marinade. Wait one night.

Patterna marinade of + ingredients · leave sth in a marinade · marinade for + time · marinate

marinade is a liquid.