What's a good Marinade

[qwertyMike]

For beef/pork?

[KitchenWitch]

1. Here

1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/2 shallot - minced
3-4 cloves garlic - minced
1 Tbsp freshly grated ginger root
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste

[qwertyMike]

2. Thanks

I knew vinegar was in there somewhere

[davsand]

3. Depends on how much flavor you want.

Don't laugh, but butterfly pork chops marinate quite well in some OJ, Soy Sauce, Olive oil, Garlic and Basil. Works great on the gill, but it is not a terribly heavy marinade for the darker meats. (I would not say to use it on beef, for instance.)

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Generally, for any marinade you want to do, I'd suggest that you incorporate something sour (the acid breaks down the meat fibers) something sweet, whatever herbs you typically like on that type of meat, and some kind of oil to bind it all together and make it cling to the meat.

You marinade for at least an hour and less than a couple of days. The more intense the flavor you want the longer you leave it soak.

That is how my mom taught me.

Good luck!


Laura

[tjdee]

5. Ooh....could I do OJ, Vinegar, Olive oil... and some spice for chicken?

Thanks for your post, you made marinating sound a lot less troublesome than I've thought it was. I was going to bake some chicken later but was feeling kind of bored about it. If I can throw that in some oj/vinegar/oil mix, yay!

[davsand]

6. The OJ is acidic enough without the vinegar.

OJ (or any citrus) works just fine without that added vinegar--unless you WANT the bite. For chicken you can get by with a mix of olive oil and some herbs because you really don't have to tenderize it a whole lot...

Don't ever feel intimidated with marinades. the only problem I have ever had with it was using too much really strong spice. (I was doing a Mexican thing with chicken.) The spice overpowered the natural taste of the chicken.

Have fun!



Laura

[Bemis]

4. Here are 2+

For Fajitas

2Tbs - Soy Sauce
2Tbs - Worcester
1/4 cup - Red wine vinegar
1/4 cup - lime juice
1Tsp - Red Chili powder
1Tsp - Cumin powder

For flank steak

2Tbs - Soy Sauce
2Tbs - Worcester
2Tbs - Rosemary
1Tsp - Coriander
dash - salt
Garlic - as much as you want/need
ground pepper - same as above

for pork chops I just like to use the following
olive oil
paprika
cumin
salt & pepper