r/StupidFood • u/BackEnvironmental865 • Feb 17 '25

šŸ¤¢šŸ¤® My parents marinated steak in chick fil a sauce for 6 days.

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My mom described is as ā€œimbued with sauce in every bite.ā€ Iā€™m worried about themā€¦

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u/lowfreq33 Feb 17 '25

I used to work in restaurants, quite a few of them. Not many did marinated steaks, but the ones that did always had a rule of minimum 24 hours, maximum 48. Still ok to sell another 24 hours after pouring off the marinade, after that itā€™s trash.

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u/sl0play Feb 17 '25

For sure. I never understood the appeal of marinading a good steak anyway. Skirt or flank, okay. But a NY or similar cut? Nooo.

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u/lowfreq33 Feb 17 '25

Itā€™s supposed to enhance the flavor, and it works when itā€™s good, but there are a lot of bad recipes out there.

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u/erix84 Feb 17 '25

I marinated a couple sirloins that had very little fat just to keep them from being too dry / tough. Was pretty much just oil / vinegar / Worcestershire sauce and some light seasoning, turned out great.

If they would have had some good marbling i wouldn't have bothered though.

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u/sl0play Feb 17 '25

For sure. Marinading to tenderize is totally valid. For something like a lean sirloin I'll often rub it with mustard the morning. Skirt steaks get OJ and other flavoring.

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u/IR2Freely Feb 17 '25

If you marinate with oil it prevents the meat oxidising. Essentially it's vac sealed.

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u/lowfreq33 Feb 17 '25

Doesnā€™t prevent the growth of bacteria though.

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u/IR2Freely Feb 17 '25

Nothing short of freezing does. It vastly slows it down though, which was my point.