Recipe for "meat-marinade"

NAME

     MEAT-MARINADE - Broiled beef in a Chinese marinade
     After frequenting a local Chinese restraunt, I finally asked
     for  the  recipe  for the marinade for the meat that came on
     skewers on the pu  pu  platter.   I  was  given  a  list  of
     ingredients with instructions like ``heavy on this, light on
     this''.  I devised my own amounts from this list.  I  served
     it  to  my  family  and they enjoyed it, so I feel confident
     sending it to mod.recipes.

INGREDIENTS (about 250 ml)

          MARINADE
     60 ml     dry sherry (cooking sherry will do)
     30 ml     light soy sauce
     60 ml     dark soy sauce
     25 g      sugar
     60 ml     hoisin sauce
     60 ml     unsweetened pineapple juice (or use the juice from
               the can of pineapple chunks listed below)
     5 ml      curry powder
     2.5 ml    white pepper
     20 g      ginger root, cut into thin (3-mm) slices.
          MEAT SKEWERS
     650 g     sirloin tip
     300 g     pineapple chunks

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Combine the ingredients  for  the  marinade;  stir
               well.
          (2)  Cut meat  into  bite-size  chunks,  and  place  on
               skewers with 2 or 3 chunks of pineapple in between
               the meat pieces.
          (3)  Marinate the skewers overnight, in a covered  con-
               tainer, in the refrigerator.
          (4)  To cook, broil  the  meat  for  about  10  minutes
               (depends  on  the  size  of the chunks).  When the
               weather permits, grilling it outdoors  on  skewers
               is even better.

NOTES

     You may need to double the marinade recipe.  I  use  a  tup-
     perware  container  made especially for marinating. Any con-
     tainer will do, but it's tough having to turn over all those
     skewers.
     The hoisin sauce, ginger root, and light soy sauce should be
     available  in  any good grocery store.  Comments, revisions,
     and/or additions will be appreciated.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 5  minutes  preparation,  12  hours
     marinating,  10  minutes  cooking.   Precision:  Approximate
     measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Sandy Swier
     AT&T Technologies, New Jersey
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