How to prepare the meat for BBQ?

Question

For the Chinese, we will marinated the meat, be it chicken, lamb, beef or pork heavily for days (if possible) before we BBQ them.

But I notice my English friend did his BBQ without mariinating it with any soource or spice. How do the westerner marinate their meat?

Thank you for all the reply. Now I have hard time, as I do not know who I should as best answer.

Western style is really different from we chinese. Anyway, I love all kinds of food.

By the way, after the fall, God allows human to eat meat. In New Testament, it is also mentioned that all food is clean.

But, do not torture the animal. We only kill for food, not for fun. My and my family are also animal lovers, and volunteers to the local society to protect the animal.

Please, I need help. Many good replies here. Can someone help me? Is there a way where I can let the readers vote?

I am sorry, It is really hard to put my vote.

Please, I need help. Many good replies here. Can someone help me? Is there a way where I can let the readers vote?

I am sorry, It is really hard to put my vote.

Answer 1

Anyone who doesnt marinate their meat are lazy, i marinate just the same as you for one its more softer and juicier, and 2 better flavor. But thats me though

Answer 2

For steak, red wine is a great marinade. If the meat looks a little dry, marinate in a mix of red wine and olive oil.

For pork or chicken, italian or caesar salad dressing works well.

I would recommend marinating for at least four hours, preferably overnight.

Also, I would take the meat out of the refrigerator about one hour before cooking it ... let it warm up a little before putting it on the grill. This will allow it to loosen up and absorb flavor from the cooking process.

With any of the above, just before putting the meat on the grill, you can rub it with salt, pepper, celery seed, or fennel for some extra flavor.

Answer 3

LONDON BROIL
Servings: 8 (5 1/2 oz. each)

4 lbs (2 large) flank steaks
FOR THE MARINADE (makes about 5 1/2 cups):
16 oz (2 cups) salad oil
8 oz (1 cup) soy sauce
8 oz (1 cup) Worcestershire sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp dry mustard

MARINADE INSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients for marinade; blend together well. Place flank steak into marinade. Use small enough container to allow flank steak to be completely covered by marinade. Marinade 24 hours minimum and not more than 4 days or flavor of the meat will be overpowered by marinade

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat grill to 360 degrees F for 1/2 hour.

Drain marinade from meat. Reserve marinade up to two weeks if needed.

Grill flank steak to medium rare. This will take approximately 10 minutes cooking time total. Hold cooked flank steak in warmer if necessary.

Transfer the steak to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.

Slice cooked flank steak at 30 degree angle 1/8-inch thick slices: This is essential to keep flank steak tender.

Answer 4

I am from Missouri USA, and I marinate my meat before BBQing for at least a few hours if not the day before. It breaks down the meat and makes it much more tender than just slapping it on the grill! It always has either wine, juice or vinegar as an ingredient to tenderize and it also helps the marinade flavors to sink deeper into the meat, as well as a bit of olive oil if for fish or chicken. There are other ingredients as well, depending upon what flavors I want to bring out and what type of meat it is.

Answer 5

Westerners marinate meat too, but for a really good piece of beef (like New York Strip) we usually don't marinate because the meet has such a great flavor by itself. Serve it with nothing but some salt and maybe horseradish. Thin cuts of skirt steak or top sirloin are marinated (like in garlic oil, lime and pepper).

Answer 6

We have found that vinegar and mustard are great marinades, either together, or alone. They do not give the meat the sharp taste one might expect, and they are great natural tenderizers. They also prepare the meat to absorb any dry spices one may add before cooking. The marinade only needs a few hours to do it's magic, then flavor to suit, cook, and enjoy!

Answer 7

In the US, different parts of the country have their own type of BBQ. In many places BBQ is the meat and BBQ sauce of some type. In others, BBQ is meat that has been rubbed with a spices and smoked for long periods of time. Nothing wrong with any of these as long as you think its good.

Answer 8

Rub the meat with your favorite combo of a dry spice rub. let stand refrigerated for at least 2 hours,better over night. bring to room temp, sear meat in a hot skillet, then add some sort of liquid to pan, such as stock, beer, etc. cover and bake til meat becomes fork tender and falls apart easily. add favorite bbq sauce and heat

Answer 9

it depends on the cut of meat and the quality
top notch high quality meats DO NOT and SHOULD NOT be marinated, they only need to be seasoned with salt and pepper, or use a dry rub on them no more than an hour before grilling.

people marinate a cheeper cut and/or lower quality meat to give it flavor or to make a tough peice of meat tender

Answer 10

a good and an easy way is to clean the steak and then only put salt then spread all over the meat using your fingers then leave it cooking and dont turn the meat or else the flavor is lost when blood starts to buble out on the other side then you turn it and wait for the same resutl

Answer 11

Some people marinate, some people par boil it, some people use meat tenderizer spice or an actual tool called a meat tenderizer.