Mason Jar Marinades – Minimal Cleanup & No Plastic

Say goodbye to excess cleanup and wasting plastic baggies…

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This post is a method/hack post more than an actual recipe. This is how I often prep quick dinners for myself and wanted to share it with the rest of you. This method eliminates the need to clean a food processor or a blender, and also eliminates the need to use a ziplock bag that would otherwise just end up in a landfill. Washing an immersion blender under a faucet and soaking a mason jar is about as easy as it gets. If you don’t have an immersion blender or large wide-mouth mason jars yet, consider this the gateway post that will change your kitchen. 

What you need:

How you do it (this is so easy):

1) Roughly chop larger items such as onions to fit into the jar, and juice citrus directly into your jar if called for…

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2. Really, just put all of the ingredients you would normally blend or food process right into the jar…

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3. Stick your immersion blender down into your jar and pulse until your marinade is liquified to an even consistency…

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5. Add your meat to the jar. Typically about a pound to a pound and a half will fit. Cover your jar tightly, shake to coat the meat, and stick in the fridge until ready!

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It really is that easy. I cook this way at least twice a week, and feel good about skipping the plastic.

In case you were wondering, this in the throw-together marinade I used in the picture to marinate a pound and a half of chicken tenderloins for grilling:

  • Juice of one small lime
  • Juice of half of a medium orange
  • Handful of cilantro, leaves and stems
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/3 cup of olive oil

I hope you enjoy this premise. Would you like to see more mason jar marinades as recipe posts here?

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