Is it possible to over marinate salmon

This got my husband to love salmon! Salmon marinade is a funny thing in our house. Scroll to the bottom to read the whole ridiculous story! Try it alongside some oven roasted cauliflower , stir fry noodles , and peanut butter chocolate balls for dessert. Um, how about this one! This is the best salmon marinade!

It comes together so quickly and is super simple. I like to use a shallow container or a ziploc baggy. That said, our Soy Ginger Salmon Marinade is not acid based, so you can marinate overnight if you like.

On the contrary, you can do a short marinade and then baste while the fish is cooking. If your salmon marinade is acid based, try not to marinate it longer than thirty minutes.

If your marinade for the salmon is not acid based like this one! If you marinate salmon in an acid based marinade for longer than 24 hours, it will begin to break done the fish and make it mushy. Mmmmm — definitely roasted asparagus with an easy hollandaise sauce! I also like to serve a starch on the side like this yummy slow cooker risotto. Low Country Crab Boil. Baked Coconut Shrimp. Tilapia with Bruschetta Topping.

See all our easy seafood recipes! Have I ever told you about my salmon marinade story from college? Ohhhh, boy. Way back in college when I was twenty, my husband and I started dating we met in Spanish class! The first dinner I cooked for him was salmon with a super super sweet marinade on it. He ate it and said he loved it.

So, I made it about a billion more times. You guys. I was floored. I had been making this salmon recipe for three years. You have to think and plan ahead. If you are just marinating the fish for half an hour, you can probably do this while preparing other vegetables.

However, if you want to marinate it for an extended period of time, you need to start doing so around lunchtime. You will also cut down on what you have to do at the last minute, which is certainly attractive. So, can you do it? The answer is that you can, in some circumstances. If, for example, you were to make the marinade just before going to bed at , and then take the marinated fish out of the fridge for supper at , it would be marinating for a total of eighteen hours — which should be okay if your sauce is not acidic.

You should aim to marinate for less than 24 hours in a non-acidic sauce, and less than six hours in an acidic sauce. Leaving the fish in its sauce for too long will result in poorer texture. Long before the hour mark, the fish will have absorbed as much flavor and moisture as it is going to, so increasing the time will not add any further advantages.

The proteins in the fish will also start breaking down, and you might notice that the fish becomes mushy and unpleasant. You may also find that if there is a lot of salt in the marinade, it actually makes the fish dry after a while, because it will be constantly drawing out the moisture. An acidic sauce will start to affect the texture of the fish after a while, so avoid leaving it for too long for the same reasons as stated — it may become mushy, or tough and dry.

How long you leave it for will depend a bit on the kind of marinade. If your marinade recipe only recommends letting it sit for an hour, you will probably find that 24 hours is too long.

If it suggests a full six hour soak, you will probably get away with it. Newsletter Shop Help Center. Home Cooking. Log In Sign Up. Marinating Salmon. Want to stay up to date with this post? Log In or Sign Up to comment. Entertaining The Ultimate Guide to Thanksgiving by Kristin Donnelly The best way to cook a stress-free dinner is to think ahead, which is why we've created this comprehensive