Method of freezing meat in a marinade
AssigneeWinterlab Limited
InventorBarnet L. Liberman
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Abstract
A method of freezing meat in a marinade includes coating a piece of meat in a marinade, placing the coated meat in a bag which can be vacuum sealed, vacuum sealing the meat and the marinade in the bag, and freezing the meat by immersing the sealed bag in a brine solution containing between 0.05% and 1.0% by weight of cruciferous oil, the brine solution being at a temperature between −22 and −43.6° F. The meat is preferably sealed and frozen without allowing any substantial time for marination, whereby the meat can be thawed and marinated according to the time for a piece of fresh meat placed in the marinade.
Claims24
A method of freezing meat in a marinade, said method comprising
- placing said meat and said marinade in a bag which can be vacuum sealed, wherein said marinade is acidic,
- vacuum sealing said meat and said marinade in said bag,
- preparing a brine solution containing between 0.05% and 1.0% by weight of cruciferous oil, and
- freezing said meat and said marinade by immersing the vacuum sealed bag in said brine solution at a temperature between about −22 and −43.6° F. within two minutes after said placing step is completed to limit cell damage to said meat by said marinade,
- wherein said frozen meat is properly marinated upon thawing in the same amount of time as fresh meat placed in said marinade.
A method of preparing a marinated meat, said method comprising
- placing a meat and a an acidic-based marinade in a bag which can be vacuum sealed,
- vacuum sealing said meat and said marinade in said bag,
- preparing a brine solution containing between 0.05% and 1.0% by weight of cruciferous oil,
- immersing the vacuum sealed bag in said brine solution at a temperature between about −22 and −43.6° F. until said meat and said marinade are frozen, wherein said immersing step commences within two minutes after the placing step is completed to limit cell damage to said meat by said marinade
- thawing said meat and said marinade, and
- marinating said meat in said marinade prior to cooking.
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