Does Worcestershire tenderize meat?
Chef's answer
As it turns out, Worcestershire sauce already contains many of the components of a good marinade! It has vinegar to tenderize the meat, sugar for sweetness and shine, and deliciously savory flavors including onion, garlic, tamarind, and anchovies.
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Best Worcestershire sauce substitute: a genius hack! Here's what you need for a small batch (multiply as needed): 1 tablespoon ketchup. 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar. 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce (or tamari or coconut aminos).
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As it turns out, Worcestershire sauce already contains many of the components of a good marinade! It has vinegar to tenderize the meat, sugar for sweetness and shine, and deliciously savory flavors including onion, garlic, tamarind, and anchovies.
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1 Answer. Worcestershire sauce is fairly sweet, it's the sugar that's blackening. There's nothing you can do about it - if you add it to your pan it's going to char.
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Sauces. Worcestershire sauce is most popularly used as a seasoning for Caesar salad dressing and shrimp cocktail sauce, and with good reason. It's an easy way to add deep flavor to uncooked sauces, but it can also be cooked into barbecue sauces to cut through some of the inherent sweetness.
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For your steak, you could put it in the marinade, absolutely, but I wouldn't suggest using only Worcestershire.
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Liberally and often. You can marinade in it, but I think it's best as a sauce after the food is cooked. I do add it to meatloaf before cooking though. It is fantastic on cheese toast or as something to dip grilled cheese sandwiches into.
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A-1 Steak Sauce It's a little thicker than Worcestershire sauce but will taste very similar. A-1 Steak Sauce It's made with ingredients like tomato paste, raisin paste, vinegar, corn syrup, crushed orange puree, garlic, onions, and other flavorings and will definitely work as a Worcestershire sauce substitute.
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