Quick Tip - Seasoning for Cooking
When you’re grilling up food on the BBQ, nothing is better than setting the meat you’re about to cook in a well-crafted marinade for hours / overnight. But sometimes, it just doesn’t happen.
Of course, this doesn’t only apply to the grill - pan-frying as well, and even in the oven. And not just meats, but vegetables too.
So, what to do? Always, always season and use olive oil (and not extra-virgin olive oil). Take a separate plate, the piece of meat you will be cooking and drizzle with olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. It will really help to bring out the flavor.
Oh, and always remember to flip it over and catch the other side too. Why use a seperate plate? So you don’t waste any salt pepper. You obviously don’t want to over-season, but make sure it covers as much of the meat as possible; top, bottom, sides, etc…
Plus, when cooking with olive oil on a BBQ, it will really help to avoid sticking.
Use common sense as well. For example, if you are wrapping a piece of meat (for example a filet mignon, or a chicken breast) in something that’s already salty (e.g., parma ham) you definitely don’t want to use too much salt, or maybe even any salt at all.
2 years ago