Lemon Herb Marinade
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This is an excellent, family-friendly, all-purpose marinade. It contains no weird or icky spices to gross out your kids, and can be used with practically anything you might want to cook: chicken, beef, lamb, pork, fish or vegetables.
Ingredients
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1/4 cup
lemon juice
, (the juice of one large lemon)
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1/2 cup
olive oil
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1/2 tsp
coarsely ground
black pepper
-
1/2 tsp
salt
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3
garlic cloves
, squished
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1/4 cup
chopped
parsley
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1/4 cup
chopped
dill
, or basil (or some of each)
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strips
lemon zest
, (from lemon, above)
Instructions
- First, with a sharp knife, peel the zest from the lemon in several strips. Make sure you remove the yellow part only – this is where the flavour is. Set aside. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
- In a bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, black pepper, salt, garlic, parsley, and basil or dill. Toss in the lemon zest.
- Add the meat or vegetables. Let meats marinate for at least one hour, or overnight. Fish and vegetables won’t need more than about an hour.