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Steven Raichlen's Favorite Marinade

Thai Beef Salad
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Try Steven Raichlen's favorite marinade, a mix including soy sauce, garlic, and ginger that works great on beef, pork, chicken, fish—even tofu!
Course:
Marinades
Cuisine:
Asian
,
Southeastern Asian
difficulty scale

Makes:

About 1 cup
Servings: 48 1 teaspoon servings

Takes:

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

Equipment

  • Food processor or blender

Ingredients

  • 3 cloves garlic peeled and rough chopped
  • 3 tablespoons rough chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 inches fresh ginger peeled and rough chopped
  • 2 stalks lemongrass trimmed and rough chopped
  • 2 tablespoons sugar (white, brown, palm—your choice)
  • 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon curry powder
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
Metric conversion:

These recipes were created in US Customary measurements and the conversion to metric is being done by calculations. They should be accurate, but it is possible there could be an error. If you find one, please let us know in the comments at the bottom of the page

Method

  • Chop. Finely chop the solid ingredients (garlic, cilantro, ginger, lemongrass, sugar, black pepper, and curry powder) in a food processor or blender.
  • Puree. Add the liquid ingredients (vegetable oil, lime juice, soy sauce, and fish sauce) and puree until smooth.

Nutrition per Serving

Serving: 1teaspoon | Calories: 5kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.03g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 122mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.1mg