can marinades be frozen?

[origamicrane]

hi there

very simple question

can marinades be frozen?

I mean can i pre make a large patch of marrinade and freeze it

and then thaw it and use it the same? ie: like stock

I always find that when i make marinades for BBQ season

i always have too much marinde for the amount of a specific meat

usually i end up chucking the leftovers but seems wastful.

and opinions?

[Soup]

It may depend on the ingredients. I do a lot of marinade with either vinegar/olive oil or soy based. I make a big batch of what ever meat I'm grilling and freeze the portions in a zip lock bag. I always have well marinaded food that can be cooked or grilled.

[Jason Perlow]

There's no reason why marinades can't be frozen.

[origamicrane]

cool!

[Corinna Dunne]

It may depend on the ingredients.

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I agree. I'm not sure that a marinade with garlic would respond well to freezing, but I've never tried it. Has anyone tried it?

[ellencho]

I've frozen both a chimmichurri sauce and pesto and they still tasted garlicky after being frozen.

Incidentally, char siu marinade freezes very well. Sometimes I'll even freeze some boneless pork butt in then marinade and by the time it's defrosted it's perfectly ready to go.