Filipino BBQ Marinade for Pork Skewers

Name: Filipino Barbecue Marinade for Pork Skewers
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 30 Skewers
Cuisine: Filipino , Fusion
Ingredients: 4 TB Dark Brown Sugar; 4 TB Banana Ketchup (or regular)*Banana ketchup is a specialty ingredient that makes this more authentic, but regular ketchup is close enough as a substitute when used in this marinade.; 4 tsp Sea Salt; 1 tsp Gochugaru flakes (or crushed red pepper flakes); 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper; 1 Cup Garlic, finely minced (or 2 to 3 Tbsp. granulated garlic, if the texture of the granules don't annoy you); 1 Cup Soy Sauce; 1 Cup Lemon Juice (About 3 juicy lemons); 1.5 Cups Citrus Seltzer (lemon, lime, grapefruit, or you can use 7-Up or Sprite)

Jul 14, 2023

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Filipino Barbecue Marinade for Pork Skewers

by Holly Ess

There is a Filipino restaurant in our area that makes amazing grilled pork and chicken skewers, as well as chicken adobo and garlic rice. The pork is addictive not only because of the sauce but because the skewers are perfectly grilled. This sauce is my attempt to get close to what they make.

There are some elements in this sauce that show up in most recipes for this style of sauce, such as banana ketchup, soy sauce, 7-Up and lots of garlic. The rest will largely depend on your tastes. If you like it sweeter, add more brown sugar or ketchup. I like my sauces not so sweet, so I use lemon seltzer instead of 7-Up and I use a smaller amount of dark brown sugar, which is reflected in this recipe. I like to serve these skewers with a simple garlic rice.

Servings: 30 Skewers

Keywords: BBQ Sauce, BBQ Marinade, Pork marinade, chicken marinade, BBQ Skewers

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hours 0 mins

Ingredients

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Ingredients

4 TB Dark Brown Sugar
4 TB Banana Ketchup (or regular)*Banana ketchup is a specialty ingredient that makes this more authentic, but regular ketchup is close enough as a substitute when used in this marinade.
4 tsp Sea Salt
1 tsp Gochugaru flakes (or crushed red pepper flakes)
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 Cup Garlic, finely minced (or 2 to 3 Tbsp. granulated garlic, if the texture of the granules don't annoy you)
1 Cup Soy Sauce
1 Cup Lemon Juice (About 3 juicy lemons)
1 ½ Cups Citrus Seltzer (lemon, lime, grapefruit, or you can use 7-Up or Sprite)

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together, in order, except the seltzer/soda. If using fresh garlic, use a blender or food processor to make it easier. After blending, stir in the seltzer/soda and pour this mixture in a bowl or container large enough to hold about 5 pounds or so of cut up pork butt or shoulder pieces. (Cut the pieces as small as you like, just make sure to cut against the grain whenever you can. That is sometimes a challenge if you're breaking down certain pork roasts.) Marinate the meat for at least 3 or 4 hours, but not much longer as you don't want the meat to start breaking down from the acids.Skewer the meat pieces and grill them until done to your liking. (If using wooden skewers, soak them in hot water for 30 minutes, first, to reduce the amount they burn up while grilling.) Heat about a cup or so of the leftover marinade, bringing it to boil for a minimum of 5 minutes to kill potential bacteria, then drop it to a Medium simmer. Add a tablespoon of banana ketchup and a teaspoon or so of black sweet soy sauce, if you have any, and simmer an additional 10 minutes or until it's the consistency of a light glaze. (The sweet black soy sauce is not traditional to this dish, it's just a nice way to give this sauce some body without making it too much sweeter.) When the skewers have been grilled, drizzle a bit of this glaze over them.View insights161 post reachAll reactions:17You, Robyn Flanery, Mark Granath and 14 others

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