Recipe for Japanese marinade for meat, chicken, vegetables or fish
Here's a recipe for a quick Japanese marinade with a spicy option if you like that!
Ingredients
- 120 ml shoyu soy sauce
- 120 ml of mirin
- 50 g white sugar
- 4 garlic cloves you can replace with ginger
- 1 tbsp toasted white sesame seeds
- 15 ml toasted sesame oil
- 1/2 green onion finely chopped
- 7 ml liquid honey
- 1/2 grated apple take a sweet one like Fuji or Pink Lady
- 2 tbsp of gochujang Korean sauce, optional
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Use a garlic scraper to puree the garlic. You can also do the same with ginger.
- In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients.
- Here we have marinated chicken thighs. Place your chicken thighs in a glass dish and add your marinade. Ideally, it should cover the meat. Marinate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- To cook, on a griddle or barbecue, allow 20 to 30 minutes, turning the meat as you go.If you prefer to cook in the oven, preheat the oven to 200°C, then place your legs on an ovenproof tray for 45 minutes. Keep an eye on the meat as it cooks and eat straight away!
