Can I use salad dressing as a replacement for vinegar in marinade?

Question

I am about to cook a steak. Olive oil + greek salad dressing + spices = a good marinade?

Let me know.

Answer 1

That should be fine

Answer 2

Absolutely
In fact I love Italian dressing as a marinade for steak before grilling. Most dressings have a vinegar base and emulsified or bound with oil, spices and herbs. Most marinades would be considered a vinegrate anyways. Try the Argentinian steak marinade Chimichurri one of my favorites red wine vinegar, olive oil, lots of fresh Parsley and Paprika. YUM
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Answer 3

Yes, you can use a vinegar based salad dressing. If the dressing you are using already has oil, then you probably do not need to add any more. Also, add salt conservatively since most prepared dressings contain quite a bit.

In addition to spices, you might want to add some fresh crushed garlic, freshly ground black pepper, fresh herbs (parsley or even celery leaves) or a bit of lemon juice to add a bright note.

Answer 4

Depends on personal taste, won't be too bad though. Just go easy on the spices and olive oil since both are already present in the salad dressing.

Answer 5

That would be a great marinade if it contains vinegar, the vinegar is what tenderizes your steak. You can read the ingredients on the salad dressing bottle and find out if it also contains vinegar.

Answer 6

I would say marinade in Italian dressing and then grill so that the chicken soaks up the flavor of the dressing and then add the BBQ sauce. Doing them together will make a strange coating on the chicken.

Answer 7

This should work, however, I would omit the olive oil since there will be plenty of oil in the dressing. You can add a bit for flavor if you want...

Answer 8

yes in fact I will soak my steak in some italian wishbone dressing and then let em get room temp and take em outside and throw em on the grill
raining? just throw em in a hot pan
good food dude!

Answer 9

well it truely depends on the spices you choose, but in general yes...

i would add some worchestershire sauce to that, as well as some garlic, ginger, onion and white pepper

marinade at least 1 hour then grill

Answer 10

should be fine, my husband uses italian dressing to marinate stuff.