Steak marinade recipe:

1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup olive oil
1 Tablespoon molasses (if you don’t have molasses, you can substitute honey)
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp ginger (fresh or ground, fresh is best)
3 cloves garlic, minced (or garlic powder in a pinch)

Combine all ingredients together and let meat marinate 1/2 hour to 1 day (refrigerated). This is a steak marinade, but you can also use it on pork and chicken. Give it a try!

This is a great sweet marinade and is excellent on ribs and chicken. It can also be used for most other meats. The most important ingredient is the coke, you have to use regular coke (or cherry coke), not diet. It is the sugar in the coke that gives this marinade the ability to caramelize the food.

Coke Marinade:

1 1/2 cups coke or cherry coke
2 TBSP olive oil
2 TBSP worcestershire sauce
2 TBSP ketchup
1 garlic clove crushed
1 TBSP prepared mild mustard
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients together and pour over the meat. Marinate for up to 4 hours. You can also score the meat with a sharp knife to allow the marinade to penetrate. A tasty and sweet coke marinade, certainly one of my favorites!