Marinating Beef in Beer or Wine Slashes Carcinogens
New Scientist says marinating steak in beer or wine cuts down the amount of cancer-causing compounds formed after cooking by about 90 percent. Related: How do you season and marinate your steak?
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8 Comments:
Unfortunately, it also cuts down on the amount of beer you can drink with your steak by about 100%. Unless you have more than one beer.
shoneyjoe at 2:22PM on 01/12/09
They've got it all backwards - after you compounded a few beers, then its time to cook the steak.
JudgeFudge at 2:24PM on 01/12/09
this is great, i love beer marinated foods
GrabTrees at 2:54PM on 01/12/09
As if we needed another reason to pair liquor with beef?
juliebugsmama at 3:25PM on 01/12/09
what about tequila?
Tenbucc2 at 5:47PM on 01/12/09
I marinate my streak with beer quite often. Nornally I let the steaks soak between 20 and 30 minutes, no longer. Dump out the beer, then use the rub of my choice for that evening, and let it sit while I get the grill ready. I use a charcoal smoker grill, and cook other sides along with the steak. That means the steak sits around half an hour to fourtyfive minutes before being placed over the coals. (sometimes I may sear the steak in a cast iron pan before taking it out to the grill. It just depends on what I am useing as my rub. If you do this, the grill doesn't have to be super hot, and the steak need not stay on long, or you'll end up witih it being overcooked)
Gotta have that charcoal flavor though. A gas grill is just not true grillin' for me.
Raiders757 at 7:55PM on 01/12/09
Marinating steak in wine also makes the exterior of the meat mushy and stringy. Don't do it!
BTW, @mngmt: the link above doesn't work.
GoodEaterKenji at 9:42AM on 01/13/09
What kind of beer/wine would you recommend? Also, what other spices would you add to the marinade?
jumpyfroggy at 11:04AM on 01/13/09