Cooking Marinade into a Gravy...

[Tikitoi]

Can this be done? Is it ok to be done? My flank steak is marinading right now as we speak w/a Bourbon sauce and I would like to turn that into a gravy? Is that OK to do? If so, how? Thanks for any...

 

[lovesmurfs]

I discard used marinade. If you do use it, you should boil the marinade at least a minute or 2 to remove the bacteria from the meat.

A lot of marinades are salty, and might make a salty gravy. If you do boil it, you can mix cornstarch with cold water, dissolve it completely. Flour works, too, but it tends to clump on me...I've had luck with flour if I add some of the hot gravy into the dissolved flour, mix, then back into the gravy pan.

 

[*pixie*dust*]

Not sure. I know many marinades say to drain it off before cooking. I would be curious too know too. Although wouldn't it be really salty gravy that way?

 

[MosMom]

You can but since the marinade is sitting in raw meat, it would be smart to boil it before making it into gravy.

Boil it for 5 minutes and then reduce it down to a simmer to let it reduce and thicken. Then you will have a sauce.

 

[Tikitoi]

Thanks for all the quick ideas and replies. Also wondering, since I never cooked with Bourbon, is it flamable? If I'm mixing it a small amount of it with sugar, water, and soy sauce it should be "safe"? Thanks