Melt in Your Mouth Marinade

Rating: 4.31 stars
74 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 43
  • 4 star values: 21
  • 3 star values: 4
  • 2 star values: 2
  • 1 star values: 4

A wonderful marinade that makes even the toughest cuts of beef so tender you could cut them with a butter knife. Tastes great on pork chops and chicken, too. Play with the amounts of garlic and ginger to suit your taste. I tend to use more rather than less. Makes enough for four servings.

By TULSA11
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Ingredients

12
Original recipe yields 12 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

  • In a small, nonporous bowl, combine the soy sauce, olive oil, garlic, mustard powder and ginger. Mix well, cover and refrigerate until ready to use on your favorite meat.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
104.8 calories; 2 g protein; 3.4 g carbohydrates; 0 mg cholesterol; 1203.4 mg sodium. Full Nutrition

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Most helpful positive review

shelley
Rating: 5 stars
05/18/2003
This has a very strong flavour similar to the derby style marinade at Steak & Stein. It made lots perfect for big summer BBQ get togheters. Read More
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Most helpful critical review

JENNBOSS1
Rating: 3 stars
01/10/2006
This was yummy. I marinated sirloin steaks in it. However it was a bit salty. I'd take everyone else's advise next time and use half the soy sauce. I also added a couple cloves of fresh minced gahlic. I'll be making this again=) Read More
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(9)
74 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 43
  • 4 star values: 21
  • 3 star values: 4
  • 2 star values: 2
  • 1 star values: 4
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shelley
Rating: 5 stars
05/18/2003
This has a very strong flavour similar to the derby style marinade at Steak & Stein. It made lots perfect for big summer BBQ get togheters. Read More
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(39)
CARTHECOOK
Rating: 5 stars
09/18/2005
I used some of the suggestions that other reviewers had expressed.I used half the soy sauce that was advised it was also light soy(lower sodium). I used the 1/4 cup of brown sugar and let it marinate last night and all day today.It was to die for With the alterations made this is a 5 star marinade. Read More
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UNKDEFUNK
Rating: 5 stars
01/26/2004
When I served NY strip steaks using the "melt in your mouth" marinade one of my friends...a very discerning cook in his own right...said: "this is the best steak I've ever had". 'Nuff said... Read More
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Esmee Williams
Rating: 4 stars
01/24/2004
This is a great marinade for just about anything you throw on the grill. I double the recipe and save it in my fridge so that it's ready to go when I want to prepare something quick in the morning for that evening's dinner. Read More
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Jillian
Rating: 4 stars
05/19/2009
This did make sirloin so tender that it literally did fall apart. You didn't even need a knife to cut it. It reminded me of Chinese Beef Chow Mein. It was very salty even though I used low sodium soy sauce and I would definitely cut the ginger in half unless you want more of a Chinese restaurant quality. This would be good for marinating sirloin beef strips for any Chinese dish. Read More
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Navy_Mommy
Rating: 4 stars
07/27/2003
The taste was really good but this was a little too salty. I even used low sodium soy sauce. I used the full amount of garlic and ginger called for in the recipe and marinated a couple of tenderloin steaks. They were very tender but as I said too salt. Read More
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Saritah Helms
Rating: 5 stars
12/23/2011
I made this marinade but I 'beefed' it up a bit. I followed the recipe but I substituted 2 TBSP minced garlic from a jar and 3 TBSP prepared yellow mustard. On top of the recipe I added; 1/4 Worcestershire sauce 1 TBSP McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Steak seasoning 1 tsp Salt Free Garlic & Herb Mrs. Dash and 1/4 Cup Kraft Sweet'n Sour sauce. I bought a bulk pack of pork chops from the grocery store and used this marinade on them. I put the pork chops in Ziploc freezer bags and used 1/4 cup of marinade on each then I put them in the freezer. I use this technique for all kinds of meat. I put marinade in the bags with the meat and put them in the freezer. Then I have stuff ready and flavorful so I can just take them out the night before. I only had 7 pieces and I still had some marinade left over. 1/4 cup was enough to cover the chops plus some so if you used a little less per chop you could easily marinade 10 pieces of pork out of this recipe w/ my additions. I put a pair of them in the fridge right away and made them the next night. They were AMAZING!!! Sooo good. They weren't super chewy but not melt in your mouth either. Not too salty either. Great recipe. I'll save this one.:) Read More
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JENNBOSS1
Rating: 3 stars
01/10/2006
This was yummy. I marinated sirloin steaks in it. However it was a bit salty. I'd take everyone else's advise next time and use half the soy sauce. I also added a couple cloves of fresh minced gahlic. I'll be making this again=) Read More
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Connie D.
Rating: 5 stars
06/23/2007
This recipe is soooooooo good. I tried it on pork chops and marinated them for four hours only but they were still great. I did not think they were too salty but just right; however they may have been more salty had I marinated them longer. I believe a little water added to the recipe will probably make it just right for overnight marinating. I plan to use it for sirloin steak soon and will add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup water to the recipe for overnight marinating. Thanks for "a keeper" recipe. Read More
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