We’ve all been there. It’s approaching 6 pm, and all you want is a nice juicy steak. However, the lack of foresight means no steak has been happily marinating overnight. Some steak purists might be okay with throwing an un-marinated steak on the grill, but for me, that’s not gonna cut it. Here’s where nitrogen cavitation comes in handy.

The method of nitrogen cavitation (as discussed previously to create infused vodka) can be used to rapidly marinate meat. All you need to do is create your favorite marinade, throw it in your nitrogen bomb with your steak, and presto! Deliciously marinated steak!

To try out this method I decided to use two of my favorite marinades. The result was a battle of east versus west. The western “Italian” style marinade squaring off against the eastern “Asian” style marinade.

For my Italian style marinade I prepared pressed garlic, fresh rosemary, thyme, extra virgin olive oil, and fig balsamic vinegar.

For my Asian style marinade I prepared grated ginger, soy sauce, chili oil, and rice vinegar.

East versus West marinades:

I sliced the steak to insure better flavor absorption.

After that, I added the steak and the marinade to the bomb and was left with two delicious looking marinated raw steaks.

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After that, it was time to cook the steak!

In the end, the battle of east versus west was won…by me. Both turned out great and tasted like they had been marinated overnight, not for 5 minutes.

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