Culinary Disasters

Tamarind is another one of those culinary adventures I have not experimented with but want to learn.  It really adds a great sour flavor to any dish and the first thing I think of when I think of sour is hot and sour soup.  So in order to balance that sourness I chose to add in a couple jalapenos.  The jalapenos added some great heat but next time I am going to use a habanero instead.

I of course went with pork chops since I have them on hand at all times.  However, chicken would be another awesome protein for this.  Fishwise I think this marinade is going to be way to strong and kill the fish.

For this marinade you will need:

• 1 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup of tamarind paste
• 1 onion
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 2 jalapenos or 1 habanero pepper depending on how spicy you want it
• 1 TB of fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• Kosher salt and black pepper
• 2 TB of cilantro

Combine all the ingredients in your food processor and pulse till combined.  Add in your chicken or pork and let it sit in the marinade overnight.

Fire up your grill or oven and throw the meat on.  Make sure to baste every now and then with the excess marinade.

Tags: pork, All //