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Main Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: Ben on November 10, 2019, 02:31:57 PM
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So I got hooked up to some Venison and Elk, and I made some of the venison today. I was looking for some interesting recipes and stumbled upon one where they used Italian salad dressing. I was like, "Wut?", but reading the reviews, it got a lot of thumbs up, so I gave it a try, altered to my tastes.
Pierced steak all over with a fork. Salt and peppered both sides of the steak like I usually do, added a tad of Kansas City rub, then very lightly dribbled some Italian dressing on both sides and rubbed it in really well. I let it sit for a couple of hours, then put it in a good and hot carbon steel pan with a little olive oil and butter. Three minutes per side to a medium rare.
It was REALLY good. Some of the best venison I remember having. I'm gonna try this dressing trick on other steaks as well.
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I've done that before with beef. Italian dressing does a very good job of seasoning the meat.
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It's a quick and easy chicken recipe for me. I'll have to try it on steak as well.
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I remember in the 80s, used to be recipes on the bottle for marinating meat with Italian dressing.
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Sign me up also with using this with chicken. I used to also buy the Paul Newman's Lime Dressing as a chicken marinade, until I read the bottle and thought I could make this from scratch for cheaper. I like to marinade chicken thighs and then grill them. Delicious.
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Yep Italian dressing makes a great universal meat marinade. As for chicken though, I slightly prefer balsamic over Italian.