Stir fry marinade.
This is a basic stiry fry marinade for any meat. This is sourced from Kenji’s book The wok.
For every pound of meat:
- 1/2 teaspoon (1.5g) kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) light soy sauce or shoyu
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) shaoxing wine or dry sherry
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 g) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (1.5g) cornstarch
- small pinch of freshly ground white pepper
- small pinch of MSG
- 1/2 teaspoon (2g) baking soda
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) peanut, or other neutral oil
- Before marinating the meat using the ingredients wash the meat with cold water to tenderize the meat.
- Marinate the meat.