Spicy Chinese Marinade Food

SPICY ASIAN MARINADE

Steps:

• Mix together all the ingredients in a bowl and use as directed in the recipe or for other foods.

CHINESE MARINADE

Steps:

• Finely grate the ginger, collect it up into a ball and squeeze out the juice into a bowl.
• Stir in the other ingredients and use as required.

PEACH MARINATED LAMB POPS WITH SPICY CHINESE BASIL AIOLI

Steps:

• Coat a sheet pan with olive oil. Combine 1/8 cup of olive oil, garlic, sea salt, pepper and peaches in a shallow bowl. Coat each lamb pop the peach mixture, arrange them on the sheet pan and let marinate for 1 hour. Put the lamb into the oven and roast for about 8 to 12 minutes.
• In a small mixing bowl, add the roasted garlic. Using the back of a metal spoon, smash the garlic until soft. Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice, basil, and sea salt. Mix together with a small spoon or a small whisk until fully incorporated. Arrange the lamb pops on a serving platter and serve with the aioli.

SPICY CHINESE TAKEOUT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Chicken: Slice chicken into bite-sized pieces and season with salt. In a zip-top bag, add cornstarch, followed by the chicken. Close the bag and shake to coat chicken pieces evenly; then set aside. (This can be done several hours ahead and up to overnight; the longer the chicken is in the cornstarch, the thicker the crust.)
• Sauce: Into a bowl, add hoisin sauce, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, tomato paste, and chile-garlic sauce. Stir to combine. Set aside.
• Chinese mirepoix: Thinly slice scallions on the bias, using the white and pale green sections, and just a bit of the dark green. (Reserve remaining scallion greens for another use.) Set aside ¼ of the sliced scallions for garnish. Peel, then smash garlic with the flat side of a knife, and coarsely chop. Scrape off ginger skin using a spoon, then grate using a Microplane.
• Heat oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, cut the yellow pepper: remove the white inner ribs and discard; cut the rest of the pepper into a large dice. Check oil temperature with a wooden chopstick: it should bubble immediately. Remove chicken from the bag, shaking off excess cornstarch, and carefully place into the hot oil in a single layer. Let fry undisturbed until cooked through and very crisp for a total of 4-5 minutes, flipping halfway through. Meanwhile, zest the orange and lemon.
• When chicken is cooked and crispy, remove with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Pour off and discard all but 2 tablespoons oil; rinse out and dry the pan. Reheat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Add dried chiles and sauté until they darken and begin to smoke, about 1 minute. Add scallions, ginger, and garlic, and stir to combine. Add yellow peppers and cook 1 minute, tossing to combine, then add the sauce. Stir and cook 1 more minute, adding 1-2 tablespoons water as needed if the sauce is too thick. Add chicken and toss to coat and combine. Finally, shower with lemon and orange zest and give the contents a final stir. Taste for seasoning.
• Assembly: Place rice in a bowl. Spoon chicken and sauce over rice, including a good mix of vegetables and chiles along with the chicken. Garnish with reserved sliced scallions, and serve immediately.

ASIAN CHICKEN (ASIAN MARINADE)

Steps:

• Mix Marinade ingredients together. Add chicken and mix to coat. Marinade in the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Heat oil in a large non stick skillet or BBQ over medium high heat. (See notes for other cooking methods) Add chicken and cook until each side is dark golden brown and chicken is cooked through (about 3 minutes each side). Transfer to plate, cover loosely with foil and rest for 3 minutes.
• Garnish with chillies, shallots and sesame seeds if desired. Serve with white rice and slices of cucumber.

CHINESE PORK MARINADE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except pork, in a bowl and mix well.
• Coat pork in mixture. I store mine in quart sized zipper bags, 2-3 chops per bag.
• Let pork marinade in refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour. I marinate for 24 hours.
• Cook outdoors on grill until done. On my grill that's 4-5 minutes per side.
• They also cook well indoors on a contact type grill. I generally cook for 5-6 minutes indoors.
• Pork filled bags may be frozen with marinade and thawed to cook later.
• **Note - Marinating time is not included in my "time to Make".

SPICY SWEET CHICKEN MARINATED WITH SOY SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk together soy sauce and sugar until sugar dissolves.
• Add sesame oil, garlic, and scallion. Stir well.
• Poke several holes in each chicken breast so they can soak up the marinade.
• Place marinade and chicken in large plastic baggie, remove air, and shake to coat chicken in marinade.
• Refrigerate 3 1/2 hours, turning the bag about every half hour to redistribute the marinade.
• Prepare an indirect fire on a charcoal or gas grill (this is when you grill the meat, but not directly over the heat source, I used the 2nd rack near the top of my gas grill).
• Grill chicken, turning about every 5 minutes, until cooked through. Cooking times will vary depending on your cooking conditions. It took me about 25 minutes.
• ENJOY.

HOT AND SPICY CHINESE CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Wash the chicken wings in cold water and pat them dry. With a sharp knife, trim off each wing tip right at the joint.
• Combine all the marinade ingredients in a nonreactive container and mix well. Add the wings, cover, and refrigerate for 4-6 hours, or overnight if desired.
• Preheat the grill for 10-15 minutes, with all the burners on high.
• While the grill is preheating, drain the marinade from its container into a nonreactive saucepan. Bring the liquid to a boil for a minute or two, remove pan from heat, and reserve for basting.
• Once the grill is hot, turn one burner off and turn the other(s) to medium. Place the wings over the burner that is off. Close the grill's lid and cook the chicken for 30-35 minutes, or until the skin is crispy and brown. Turn the wings once during the cooking process, basting with the boiled marinade.
• Transfer the wings to a serving platter, and garnish with sesame seeds and cilantro, if desired.

CHINESE GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, and chilis. Cook, stirring constantly until fragrant, about 15 seconds.
• Stir in the soy sauce, chicken broth, vinegar, brown sugar, sesame oil, red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir the water and cornstarch together until fully dissolved and pour it into the sauce. Cook, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.
• Allow the sauce to cool for 1 hour then transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 4 days. Reheat the sauce by warming it over low heat.

SPICY CHINESE MARINADE

Steps:

• In heavy duty freezer bag, mix soy sauce, hoisin sauce, oil, garlic, sugar and red pepper flakes.
• Add meat and stir stir to coat all over.
• Seal and refrigerate for at least 1 to 3 hours, turning bag over occasionally.
• Remove meat, reserving marinade, and cook meat until desired doneness.
• Meanwhile pour marinade from bag into saucepan.
• Rinse bag with the 1/2 cup of water.
• Add water to saucepan.
• Bring to a low boil.
• Boil slowly for 5 to 6 minutes.
• Right before meat is ready to serve, add butter to saucepan.
• Heat through.
• Slice meat thinly, and pour sauce over meat.
• Top with green onions.
• Serve over rice or noodles.

SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a food processor, place all ingredients except only half the water into the processor and blend until smooth. Add more water and some oil to thin out the sauce when necessary. Taste the sauce, if it is too thick or potent, add more water and more honey. Process until smooth and enjoy as another great dipping sauce for dumplings, wontons and Shu-mai!

SWEET AND SPICY CHINESE PORK

Steps:

• For the pork marinade, place the diced pork into an ovenproof dish. Finely chop the coriander, spring onions, red chillies, garlic and ginger and add to the pork. Pour over the honey, soy sauce and oil, add the chinese 5 spice and give it a good mix, so the pork is fully coated. Cover with foil and put in the fridge for 4-6 hours.
• When the pork has finished marinating, preheat the oven to 220C/200C fan assisted.
• When the oven has reached the right temperature, put the foil covered pork on a middle shelf. The pork should take 30 mins to cook, stir it halfway through and remove the foil for the last 10 mins.
• Meanwhile, slice the vegetables and boil the noodles according to the pack instructions. Once the noodles have cooked and are being strained, heat the oil in a wok. It is important that the noodles dry out as much as possible. When the oil is hot add the vegetables, you do not want them to fry to quickly so put them on a low heat. Test the vegetables after 7 mins, they should still slightly crunchy.
• Next, add the soy sauce, the noodles and the pork with the juice from the oven dish, carry on frying that for 1 min, garnish with the chopped coriander and it is ready to serve!