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Different ways to brine for tender meat

Make brining your meat a constant procedure to have a unique twist to your meat dishes (Shutterstock)

You are allowed to go to extreme extents to get the perfect flavour for your meats. Instead of cooking plain meat, opt to soak it up in a solution - brining. Brining works magic and can incorporate other spices. The basics are soaking the meat in a liquid.

For seafood, you should brine for thirty minutes, poultry, 3-4 hours, pork and turkey 12 hours.

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