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All About Koji With A Shio Koji Marinade Recipe

Shio Koji liquid bottles.

This recipe is excerpted from the book “The Meathead Method” Koji is a fungus, Aspergillus oryzae. It is used in making sake, miso, tamari, soy sauce, bean pastes, and even some yogurts. It can be used on meats, vegetables, and even butter with exquisite results. Its enzymes can transform a wide range of foods, both […]

Mrs. Meathead’s Basic Italian Vinaigrette Recipe

oil and vinegar

Here’s is a great all-purpose Italian vinaigrette with lots of herbs that my wife, LT, makes. We use it on salads, as a base for marinades, and on all manner of meats and veggies. For marinating ribs, I make a few minor additions.

Grilled Chuck Steak With Red Wine Marinade Recipe

chuck eye steak

Discover truly delicious chuck steak thanks to this simple, but flavor rich, recipe. Chuck steak is a relatively cheap solution to a weeknight family meal and adding a delicious red wine based marinade makes it extra tasty. Finish the chuck on the grill for that true BBQ flavor and dive into the delicious results!

Garam Masala Recipe: Cornerstone Rub Of India

garam masala spices on a black board, waiting to be combined

Based on the popular Indian spice blend, this Garam Masala recipe is a complex blend of flavors including sweet, pungent, spicy hot, and savory. Garam Masala is found in numerous Indian foods including chicken, marinades, and more; but it’s most often used as a final sprinkling before serving, a sort of dry sauce.

Chinatown Char Siu Ribs Recipe

Char siu ribs in takeout container

Everybody loves Chinese restaurant “BBQ” ribs. They have a distinct pork flavor, a glossy sheen that implies the sweet glaze beneath, and a glowing red-pink color that penetrates the surface. Here’s a simple recipe for making Chinatown char siu ribs at home on your grill or in the oven featuring a flavorful marinade.

This Spiedies Recipe Will Have You Kicking Kebabs To The Curb

Grilled lamb cubes, a.k.a. spiedies

In Binghamton NY they make spiedies rather than kebabs, and for good reason. They’re better. Typically they are marinated and grilled hunks of lamb or beef. These spiedies are not cooked on skewers, but grilled with onions and peppers. Served rare to medium, the marinade flavor is almost as strong as the meat flavor.

Hoisin Makes A Sinfully Good Marinade

kalbi marinade

Add a flavorful Asian twist to pork, chicken, steak, or shrimp with this recipe for an all-purpose Asian style marinade with hoisin sauce. The best thing about Asian style marinades is that soy sauce is salty, so the marinade also works like a brine, and flavors penetrate better than with most marinades.

Tuscan Marinated Ribs Griglia Recipe

Cooked Tuscan pork ribs

Ribs have never tasted better than with this tested recipe for Tuscan Marinated Ribs. In Italy pork on the grill, carne di maiale alla griglia, is extremely popular as are fresh herbs. This recipe features a flavorful herbed oil and vinegar marinade and roasting without smoke. The results are complex and exotic.

Chinese Five Spice Ribs Recipe

A plate of ribs garnished with chopped scallions

Perfectly flavored with five spice powder then smoked until tender, these Asian inspired pork ribs are a sure fire hit for dinner or cut into smaller riblets for a mouthwatering party appetizer. In this recipe, the Chinese five spice riblets are marinated and grilled but they can also be cooked in the deep fryer for extra crunch.