Marinades
Marinades are usually liquids you use on meats and vegetables before the cooking process. Many times this is done some time in advance up to a few days before the meal. Other times it is prepared just half an hour before you prepare one of your Chinese cooking recipes.
Flavoring Marinades
There are a few types of marinades you can use that do one of a few things. The flavoring marinade is to add flavor to the meat. In many Chinese cooking recipes this can be soy sauce, teriyaki sauce or other sauce such as fish, oyster or Hunan. Placing the meat in the liquid for anywhere from half an hour to overnight will flavor the meat. You can then add the meat and liquid all at once or take out the meat and just add it.
Quick Thick Marinade
One of my Chinese cooking recipes calls for a marinade that creates its own type of breading on the meat. It is one of the Chinese cooking recipes I use quite a bit. It coats the meat with a thick sauce that when cooked in a pan with a little oil creates a tasty skin on the meat.
Chinese Cooking Recipes Quick Marinade
It is suggested that this be done overnight or about 8 hours before you use it. It will still come out good if done only 30 minutes before cooking.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of teriyaki sauce
- 2tablespoons of corn starch
Mix the ingredients together well and place the chicken in a zip top bag with it coating the chicken. It works best with cubed chicken rather than whole chicken breasts.
Cooking
Once you are ready to cook, heat a pan on medium high heat with a tablespoon or two of oil and pull the meat out of the marinade and place in the pan. Be careful as oil will splash a little burning you if it gets on you. Stir often until the chicken is cook all the way through.
Other Dishes
This marinade is great on meat and I have used it on vegetables from time to time as well. It is used in the Chinese cooking recipes I was taught as a child. There are many other ways to find recipes such as this one for Chinese dishes so visit http://www.squidoo.com/chinese-cooking-recipes-the-best-places-for-recipes-of-chinese-cooking for other tasty dishes you would like.
