Brown Sugar & Bourbon Marinade for Steaks, Ribs, Chicken and Seafood

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 250 ml soy sauce
• 160 ml whiskey (bourbon)
• 160 ml sugar, brown or maple syrup
• possibly Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 2 tsp chili sauce or paste or Tabasco
• 2 garlic cloves
• possibly rosemary or coarse pepper
• 4 steaks (beef steaks, at least 280 g each) or 4 portions of seafood

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 5 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 12 minutes; Total time approx. 32 minutes

Brown sugar can be purchased online, or you can simply replace it with maple syrup. Dissolve the sugar in whiskey and soy sauce. Roughly chop the garlic cloves and puree with the remaining ingredients in a blender. Place the resulting mixture in a resealable bag with the four steaks and massage in lightly. Let it marinate for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator (preferably overnight), massaging, turning, and flipping occasionally. Seafood should only be left in the marinade for 2-3 hours at the most. Drain the steaks before grilling; do not pat them dry! Boil the remaining marinade from the bag in a small saucepan until it has the consistency of syrup. Grill the steaks for 3-4 minutes on each side over medium heat, then let them rest for 5 minutes (medium-rare). Brush the steaks repeatedly with the resulting sauce. The rest of the sauce can be served with the steaks. The basic recipe is from my dad, I always add a couple of splashes of Worcestershire sauce, sometimes rosemary or cracked pepper.