Good afternoon, savvy savers! Here’s another way I find to stretch a dollar in my home kitchen! I used tea to create an awesome-tasting meat tenderizer, which can be used on lesser expensive cuts of beef and pork, which make these cuts melt-in-your-mouth good! All of the ingredients can be purchased at your local Dollar Tree, and each usage will cost only $0.05! This recipe can be used as either a dry-rub tenderizer or as a marinade.
Here how I make the blend:
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons of loose leaf black tea
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Instructions for dry rub tenderizing:
1) combine all ingredients, rub on meat, wrap in cling wrap, and refrigerate 4 hours.
Instructions for use as a marinade:
1) Boil a pot of water, then allow the water to cool until just warm.
2) Put in the above spices and tea, and steep for 5 minutes.
3) Strain the marinade.
4) Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves.
5) Marinade beef 3-4 hours, pork for 3 hours, and seafood and poultry for 1 hour.
6) Enjoy!
2 Comments
Saving money on meat is one the best ways I stretch my grocery budget. I buy pretty exclusively from the markdown bin. I can’t wait to try this marinade on a tough cut of meat. Yum!
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