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Suasoria · Chanel

Got a good sweet & sour marinade (not sauce)?

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

I don't know what I'd do for the sour (I tend to go sweet & spicy), but I'd probably use the pineapple juice left over from the rice for the sweet part of the marinade. Coconut milk might make it interesting too.

penguininaboat · BCBG

This marinade is asian inspired, and has sweet and sour elements, but I wouldn't describe it as sweet and sour. It is technically for flank steak, but it has worked on pork tenderloin. And having eaten Seitan before, I think it would work very well with that.

This amount of marinade is for a 2lb flank steak so adjust accordingly, or just have extra

1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup dry sherry (though i think you could easily sub more vinegar here if you don't cook with wine)
1 T. minced fresh ginger
1 T. finely minced fresh garlc
1 T. sesame oil
1 T. peanut oil
1 T. honey
1 T. rice vinegar
2 t. asian chili oil (I realize you said no spice, but I don't remember it being very spicy, you could always eliminate this or use the sweet kind)
Salt and pepper to taste

It recommends you marinate for 8hrs, but you would know best how long a marinade for Seitan should be done.

guzman · Nine West

do you have a wegmans near you? they have an already made one, thats really good and vegan (youre vegan right?)!

Suasoria · Chanel

Thanks y'all. Here's what I ended up doing - very simple because I had to put DH in charge:

1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup agave syrup (honey would do)
2 tablespoons nama shoyu/tamari/soy sauce
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried ginger

It was aiight. Nothing worth writing home about.