Marinating Seafood Too Long
When cooking a nice piece of red meat, most people know that more time in the marinade generally results in a better meal. A nice marinade ups the flavor of your dish, and red meats need a while to soak in all those delicious tastes. However, seafood doesn’t need to marinate as long as red meat. In fact, fish, shrimp, and other seafood shouldn’t sit in a marinade for more than 2 hours. If the marinade is especially acidic, you should take your seafood out within 20 minutes.
When seafood sits in a marinade too long, the juices will essentially “cook” the seafood, leaving it soft, mushy, and not that pleasant to eat. A short marinade time works for seafood, so don’t feel that you need to prep your shrimp 24 hours in advance.
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