Chinese Marinade Recipes

ASIAN CHICKEN MARINADE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Whisk well to combine.
• Transfer the marinade to a ziptop freezer bag. Add the chicken pieces and store in the refrigerator on a tray to catch the drips.
• Allow the chicken to marinate for 2 to 24 hours.
• When ready to serve, remove the chicken from the marinade and cook on a hot grill.
• Discard the marinade or boil it in a saucepan to use as a sauce. (See post note.)

CHAR SIU (CHINESE BBQ PORK)

Steps:

• Cut pork with the grain into strips 1 1/2- to 2-inches long; put into a large resealable plastic bag.
• Stir soy sauce, honey, ketchup, brown sugar, rice wine, hoisin sauce, red food coloring or red bean curd (see Cook's Note), and Chinese five-spice powder together in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until just combined and slightly warm, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the marinade into the bag with the pork, squeeze air from the bag, and seal. Turn bag a few times to coat all pork pieces in marinade.
• Marinate pork in refrigerator, 2 hours to overnight.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Remove pork from marinade and shake to remove excess liquid. Discard remaining marinade.
• Cook pork on preheated grill for 20 minutes. Put a small container of water onto the grill and continue cooking, turning the pork regularly, until cooked through, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

CHINESE MARINATED FISH

Steps:

• Turn on broiler in oven or toaster oven.
• Combine the sherry and sesame oil. Grate the ginger, and add.
• Wash and dry fish. Coat it with marinade, until it's time to cook it -- just a few minutes.
• Remove the fish from the marinade, and broil it according to the Canadian rule: measure the fish at its thickest part, and cook it 8 to 10 minutes to the inch. Scrod will take about 5 minutes. Brush once with marinade.

CHINESE MARINADE

Steps:

• Finely grate the ginger, collect it up into a ball and squeeze out the juice into a bowl.
• Stir in the other ingredients and use as required.

ASIAN GINGER GRILL MARINADE

Steps:

• Whisk together soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, green onion, sesame seeds, and pepper until the honey has dissolved.