The best and ONLY meat marinade you’ll ever need! This is a classic, simple combination of ingredients you likely have on hand, thrown together in minutes, and ready to embrace whatever you want to soak – chicken, pork, beef, fish, even vegetables!
This spring we took a trip to visit my in-law’s, in a relatively remote spot where you tend to bring in the food you want for the whole week. On the night we arrived, Juju (my mother in law) had pork tenderloins marinating in this magic sauce, and we had them simply grilled for dinner. It was DELICIOUS. So simple, it qualified for the lean kitchen trip, but was the most flavorful marinade I’d ever had.
The real recipe credit goes to Terri Leake, who shared the recipe with my mother in law, and it made me love this even more. These are the recipes you want to hear about – the special ones that were remembered from good times with good people, shared between friends, and then, generations. Thanks TL – you are a gem!
June 1st is this weekend, and I hope you try this one out soon, and put it on repeat all summer long. As I said, I’ve had it on just about anything you throw on a grill, and nothing doesn’t fit. I would recommend doing a shorter hang time for delicate fish or veggies (portabello’s) as the acid in the soy could break them down – it’s a quick enough marinade to work with just a 10 minute soak time. Beef, pork, and chicken can sit all day long before cooking.
Ultimate Grilling Marinade
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 4 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 bunch scallions, chopped
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Simply combine all the ingredients, and throw into a baking dish with whatever you want to marinate! This works with beef, chicken, pork, fish, even vegetables. Beef, pork and chicken can sit all day in this, but limit delicate fish and veggies to 10-15 minutes.
