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Easy Marinade

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This is my go-to marinade for steaks and chicken. Kabobs, too. The vinegar helps tenderize while the oil helps keep the meat moist.

Ingredients

  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • ¼ cups Soy Sauce
  • ¼ cups Olive Oil
  • ¼ cups Red Wine Vinegar
  • ½ teaspoons Sea Salt
  • ¼ teaspoons Fresh Ground Pepper

Preparation

Cut garlic cloves in half and combine all ingredients in a large Ziploc. Add meat of your choice. Refrigerate one hour to overnight, turning the bag periodically. Cook steak or chicken as desired.

*Note: I use red wine vinegar for steaks and balsamic vinegar for chicken.

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mamafeelgood on 9.1.2009

Definitely a keeper. The steaks were scrumptious and I love this marinade. How dare companies try to sell us premade marinades when we have something this awesome in our arsenal.

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whodunitrdr on 8.15.2009

Yummmmm! I used red wine vinegar but I cut back on the olive oil since I was using it on chicken thighs and I planned to bake them. I let them marinate for about 4 hours, then baked on a foil lined jelly roll pan at 350 for about 45 minutes. I drained off the fat and then ran them under the broiler to crisp up the skin a bit. Delicious, I will be using this recipe again. Thanks for sharing.

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jneuman88 on 5.2.2013

Love the red wine version for steak, but not as crazy about the balsamic on chicken. Going to try the red wine on the chicken next time, and maybe apple cider vinegar, too, just to see.

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meech on 1.31.2011

This is so simple but I wasn’t expecting how great it would be. We had steak (with the red wine) and chicken (with the balsamic). The chicken was fantastic and the steak was great too. This will definitely be a recipe we use again and again.

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emilymarie4 on 6.20.2010

This was fantastic on our ribeye steaks tonight! I had to change it a little based on what we had – minced garlic instead of halved cloves (and more of it, personal preference), apple cider vinegar, and added a squeeze of BBQ sauce. We absolutely loved it. My husband poured it over the asparagus before he grilled them and that was also awesome. We’ll use this again for sure!

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rebalist on 6.17.2010

I made this for my daughter’s birthday party and everyone raved over it! I used minced garlic, garlic salt (instead of sea salt) and balsamic vinegar since it’s what we had. I put the marinade on frozen chicken that we let thaw overnight in the fridge, turning periodically before grilling about 24 hours later.
The chicken was so juicy and tender! I gave out the recipe and used it again a week later.
This will go in the recipe box!

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whodunitrdr on 5.18.2010

Yummmmm! I used red wine vinegar but I cut back on the olive oil since I was using it on chicken thighs and I planned to bake them. I let them marinate for about 4 hours, then baked on a foil lined jelly roll pan at 350 for about 45 minutes. I drained off the fat and then ran them under the broiler to crisp up the skin a bit. Delicious, I will be using this recipe again. Thanks for sharing.

I have since used it on steaks and man, is it good. Thanks again.

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