Friday, September 24, 2010

Mustard as a Marinade

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This is a plug for my favorite marinade and/or dressing: Trader Joe's Aoli Garlic Mustard Sauce. This mustard sauce is perfect with both vegetables and meat.

For example, I just made myself some excellent grilled vegetables using this mustard as a marinade. I had zucchini, red onion, and red pepper on hand for my recipe today, but the flavor is great with almost any vegetable.

Because we don't have a grill at our apartment, we're making do with an All-Clad stovetop grill pan (from Williams-Sonoma) and we're totally happy with it. It even gives the appearance of being grilled with the charred lines from the raise divets in the pan. Before putting the vegetables in the pan, I tossed them in the mustard, a little olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper, and then let them cook to perfection on high heat.

This mustard sauce is also excellent as a chicken or porkchop marinade. I should also mention of course that it has a really great flavor for any of your other mustard applications- I think it's smoother than most Dijon mustards and equally flavorful.

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