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Home Collections 15 Minute Meals

12 Easy Essential Marinades

By Nagi Maehashi
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Published9 Jun '14 Updated11 Dec '18

Quite often on a Sunday I’ll marinate a bunch of meat for the coming week (or two), most of which I freeze. For such occasions I would refer to various scraps of paper (and even napkins) I had stuck on my fridge with various marinade recipes on them – ranging from a classic steak marinade, an Italian chicken one, a Mexican marinade, simple marinades for fish, and  various Asian marinades.

I finally decided to condense them into one easy “quick reference” image.

I hope you find this easy reference handy too!

12 Essential Marinades, condensed into one handy summary!

This is a photo of chicken I made using the Sticky & Hot marinade – I call it Sticky Pantry Chicken with Rice and Broccolini, and because I used the marinade as a glaze instead of marinade, it’s on the table in 15 minutes!

A whole meal in 15 min! The glaze is made using pantry ingredients, and there's a nifty tip to steam the broccolini with the resting rice!

 

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94 Comments

  1. Teri Donald says

    April 12, 2020 at 4:12 am

    Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply
  2. John hayes says

    March 25, 2020 at 3:46 pm

    Hi,charlie marinade just brillant,so versatile with a few stir fri dishes,thanks again jh in Melbourne. (

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      March 26, 2020 at 10:33 am

      I’m so glad you love it John!

      Reply
  3. Justine says

    December 31, 2019 at 11:06 am

    Hi Nagi, Thank you so much for all your fantastic recipes. Do you know which of these marinades would work best for grilling hard/firm tofu? I’ve recently discovered it really *is* possible to make delicious grilled tofu at home! (I’m a tofu lover but had my doubts about grilled tofu). Is it simply a matter of personal taste, or are there some that would work better with tofu than others? Thanks again for this excellent site.

    Reply
  4. Anele says

    November 15, 2019 at 12:00 am

    I am passionate with cooking

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      November 15, 2019 at 8:43 am

      That’s great to hear Anele!

      Reply
  5. Teresa M says

    October 2, 2019 at 5:56 am

    Really useful and handy post! Will printout and stick somewhere on my already full fridge door!
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      October 2, 2019 at 2:21 pm

      Great Teresa!

      Reply
  6. lorenzo says

    September 19, 2019 at 2:53 pm

    had tried three and the family enjoyed them.
    Just to b clear on the amount of garlic to use.
    the Italian recipe calls for three garlic minced…whole garlics? not cloves.
    I follow recipes to the dot the first time.

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    • Nagi says

      September 20, 2019 at 8:47 am

      Hi Lorenzo – 3 cloves 🙂

      Reply
  7. Jannene says

    August 22, 2019 at 6:42 am

    Hi. Great recipes. Just wondering can these recipes be bottled and used later as a gift. Thank you.

    Reply
  8. Helen says

    July 5, 2019 at 2:35 am

    Thank you so much! I will definitely be trying these out!

    Reply
  9. Danna says

    June 1, 2019 at 3:35 am

    What an amazing reference sheet! I believe I will be using this a great deal. Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      June 2, 2019 at 5:12 pm

      Thanks Danna!

      Reply
  10. maria RADCHENKO says

    April 3, 2019 at 2:26 am

    This is wonderful. Looking forward to exploring your recipes further. Thanks

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      April 3, 2019 at 2:45 pm

      Great Maria!

      Reply
  11. Vickie B Wells says

    April 1, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      April 1, 2019 at 5:30 pm

      You’re so welcome!

      Reply
  12. Alex Walsh says

    March 24, 2019 at 5:34 am

    I try all is so good thank you..xx

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      March 25, 2019 at 8:13 am

      Thanks Alex!

      Reply
  13. Jeff says

    February 3, 2019 at 6:44 am

    Hi! What is your favorite brand of Sake please?

    Reply
  14. Jasmine says

    October 25, 2018 at 7:21 am

    Hi Nagi,

    Can you please tell me the measurements for the middle eastern marinade if I’m marinating 2 kg of chicken?

    Love your recipes!!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      October 26, 2018 at 8:54 pm

      Hi Jasmine! I’d increase by about 50% 🙂

      Reply
  15. Jessica says

    June 6, 2018 at 11:52 pm

    I made the sticky hot chicken and it was fantastic! are there any other marinades that can be used as a GLAZE in this list?

    The only one with a glaze is the sticky hot one. I like my chicken saucy 🙂

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      June 8, 2018 at 9:48 pm

      That’s so great to hear Jessica! I’m so happy to hear that! Hmm – glaze… not in this list, sorry. Plenty in other recipes though!! N x ❤️

      Reply
  16. Andrea says

    September 28, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Looking forward to trying these! The Greek recipe…oregano and thyme are those the measurements for dried herbs or fresh? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 28, 2017 at 10:35 am

      Dried! 🙂 Hope you love them!

      Reply
      • jennie says

        November 7, 2017 at 12:21 am

        thank you Nagi for making life a little easier!

        Reply
        • Nagi says

          November 7, 2017 at 5:41 pm

          You’re dos welcome Jennie! N x

          Reply
  17. Ivy says

    August 23, 2017 at 5:43 pm

    Your post is very helpful and I can’t wait to try them all… Some of the items listed like “all spices” in the middle eastern marinade which ingredients are in the “all spices” combination, I hope you can list them all and how to make it also the “mixed herbs” in Italian marinade which herbs am I to combine to create the mixed herbs? The spices like mustard, dried rosemary, cumin, cardamon are the ground powder to be used or the seeds?

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      August 23, 2017 at 8:01 pm

      Hi Ivy! All Spice is a type of spice sold in the spice section of supermarkets, and same as Mixed Herbs 🙂 Can I ask which country you live in? I’m in Australia 🙂 N x

      Reply
  18. Catherine says

    August 8, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Wow!! I am excited to try all your recipes. I love eating and every time I tried new dish, I am always curious what it was made of. I love to cook too. I love marinades too =)

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      August 8, 2017 at 3:44 pm

      ME TOO! 🙂 N xx

      Reply
      • Catherine says

        August 8, 2017 at 3:47 pm

        Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge =)

        Reply
  19. Theresa F says

    July 28, 2017 at 2:30 am

    These look yummy! Can’t wait to try some to make evening prep time so much quicker on busy evenings after work.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      July 30, 2017 at 5:14 pm

      Hope you do Theresa! N xx

      Reply
  20. Barbara l WOOD says

    May 19, 2017 at 11:56 pm

    I am really enjoying your recipes !!!! I am having trouble printing some recipes from the free cookbook I received when I joined the email for your site. Any suggestions, I have tried copying and pasting, you name it, I’ve tried it. Thanks

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    • Nagi says

      May 21, 2017 at 7:58 pm

      How strange Barbara! They are just in an ordinary PDF format so there is no reason why they shouldn’t be ale to be printed. There are links for the books in every new recipe email I send out so you could try redownloading??

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