Is this safe?!
Is this safe?
I have steaks in the fridge that have been marinating since this morning. When I throw the steaks on the BBQ I thicken the marinade with cornstarch. It boils for about 3 or 4 minutes. Then I use the sauce to baste the steaks.
Anyways, I always end up with a ton of sauce left over so I throw it out.
After I boil the sauce but before I dip my basting brush in there, can I take half of it and save it for dipping the cooked steak in?
Is 3 or 4 minutes enough to kill any that would make my kids sick?
Answers:
I wouldn't risk it! It's just not worth making somebody sick over some leftover sauce, I would never use something that has touched raw meat again for anything, even if it has been boiled. Food poisoning is not fun, so if I were you, I'd just toss it.
If you bring it to a boil and boil it for a min. or two it should not make any one sick. Pour it over the steaks right after you take them off the grill.
is the sauce something you made from scratch i suppose as long as you cook the sauce and meat properly it should be ok
as long as you have brought it to a boil/simmer you should be right, all the juices are cooked, so if the steaks don't make them sick, the sauce won't either.
3-4 minutes of boiling should take care of any of the nasty stuff. Another posibble way would be to reserve part of the marinade before you put the steaks in and treat it the same way as the marinade/basting sauce. That way the raw meat hasn't been in it at all.