This secret ingredient gives you the best, most flavorful marinade

This secret ingredient gives you the best, most flavorful marinade

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesThis secret ingredient gives you the best, most flavorful marinade

It takes chicken pork and even seafood to the next level!

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The Only 3 Meat Marinades You'll Ever Need

A marinade really has the ability to change the course of a meal. It can go from bland and boring to flavorful and tender. So when it comes to adding ingredients to your meat marinade you want the best flavors and the best tenderizers to create that game-changing experience. That’s why you should always have a can of ginger ale on hand.

That's right the carbonated drink you probably associate with mule cocktails is the secret ingredient you've been missing to making the perfect marinade.

"Ginger ale has this intense spicy flavor not spicy like heat but spicy in a way that ginger can be" food blogger Dan Pelosi aka GrossyPelosi said in an interview with Allrecipes. "It adds a lot of flavor to the meat but because it's carbonated it tenderizes it. A little bit of the bubbles tenderize the meat so it's a win-win."