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Thai Beef Salad.

Steven Raichlen's Favorite Marinade

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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!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 48 1 teaspoon servings
Course: Marinades
Cuisine: Asian, Southeastern Asian
Difficulty: Easy
Special Tools Ingredients Method Approximate Nutrition

Makes

About 1 cup

Special Tools

  • 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

Method
 

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

Approximate Nutrition

Serving: 1teaspoonCalories: 5kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 0.2gFat: 0.03gSaturated Fat: 0.01gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 122mgPotassium: 15mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 4IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.1mg

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