A Surprising Reason to Use Fresh Ginger in Homemade Marinade

Ginger is a great meat tenderizer and this recipe shows how to use it.
A Surprising Reason to Use Fresh Ginger in Homemade Marinade
Ginger is a wonderful ingredients for marinades. Alina Lebed/Shutterstock
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The nicest thing happened to me one day as I rifled through the mail. I got a letter from Dr. C. Eugene Allen, a professor and food scientist at the University of Minnesota who just happened to be a fan of this column. He was responding to a teriyaki marinade recipe for venison I'd offered to a reader who asked about how to prepare that particular cut of meat that can be tough but delicious.

Bottom line, said Dr. Allen, ground ginger will add flavor to the meat, but it’s not going to do much to tenderize that venison. Fresh ginger, on the other hand, not only adds flavor but is also a very effective meat tenderizer.

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