Fantastic Korean-Style Marinade for Beef Pork or Chicken

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

There should be enough marinade for about 2-1/2 pounds of beef or chicken you may double the marinade ingredients but keep the fresh garlic and green onion at the same amount --- the meat needs to come down to almost room temperature before grilling so plan well ahead, also there is a marinating time of 8-24 hours, you may omit the cayenne completely if desired or adjust to suit heat level.

• Total Time: 24 hrs
• Prep Time: 24 hrs
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1.75 cups (a ...

• ¾ cup soy sauce
• ¾ cup water
• 3 tablespoons white vinegar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey (or use white sugar)
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 3 -4 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
• 2 green onions , chopped
• ½ teaspoon coarsley ground black pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper (or to taste adjust to suit heat level)

Directions:

1. In a bowl whisk together all marinade ingredients together until the sugar granules are completely dissolved.
2. Pour the marinade over the meat and turn to coat.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8-24 hours.
4. Remove the meat and shake off excess marinade.
5. Place the meat in a pan and allow to come down to room temperature (this will take a few hours).
6. Grill as desired.

Reviews

[vieux,loup]

Excellent. First made it as is but I also tried it by adding ground peanuts and Sriracha chili sauce to the marinade, scored (defatted) strip loins and marinated them for 12 hours. Cut the steaks into 1/4" strips and threaded them onto skewers a la satay sticks. Grilled over high heat to desired doneness these were heaven. Cook the marinade down and reduce if you want a very nice dipping sauce. Thank you kitten for a keeper

[flygirlprincess]

Delicious. Baked the beef (wafer steaks) with extra marinade and served over rice. The marinade actually makes a great sauce, but be sure to cook it! ;-)

[TattooedMamaof2]

DH liked it, but the flavor seemed off to me, tasted kind of dirty. I know it's not my quality of ingredients, and I let it marinate for 10-hours... I don't know what went wrong.