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Marinade- How do you add it to your diary

italysharon
italysharon Posts: 195 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I made grilled turkey breast marinated in a bottled italian dressing (not a light one…Kraft Tuscan Italian or something like that). How should I add it in? I feel like most of it is drained or burned off. Thanks.

…It was delicious BTW ;-)

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  • isa75
    isa75 Posts: 156 Member
    I generally assume there is residual on the meat or turkey or whatever, that's why it has the flavor. Maybe a Tbsp since most probably did grill off... that's just my thought. It's a good question though, I'd be interested in hearing what others do as well.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Depends on how much dressing there is left after it's marinated, and how much of the meat you eat... but yeah, just one or two tbsp worth.
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    You can estimate or next time weight the meat again after you finish marinating it before cooking if you want to get a better idea of the amount absorbed.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    If you want to be really accurate, you can measure how much you put on when you marinate, and then measure again how much you pour out afterwards.

    I usually find it amounts to around a tbsp per serving so I use that on average. If it's really calorie-dense marinade, I'll try to be more specific, but if not, that tends to work.
  • CarrieCans
    CarrieCans Posts: 381 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    If you want to be really accurate, you can measure how much you put on when you marinate, and then measure again how much you pour out afterwards.

    I usually find it amounts to around a tbsp per serving so I use that on average. If it's really calorie-dense marinade, I'll try to be more specific, but if not, that tends to work.

    This is how i do it. I have to do the same thing for some of my home canned veggies because a lot are pickled in sugar and vinegar. Once i come up with a number i add to it so i overestimate rather than underestimate.
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