Asian Marinades for Meat and Seafood

This Chinese-style pork marinade combines soy sauce, garlic, rice wine, and seasonings to create tender, flavorful pork that's perfect for stir fries. It works especially well with sliced pork loin, pork shoulder, or pork tenderloin.

Shrimp cooks quickly, which means it doesn't need a long marinade. This simple Chinese-style shrimp marinade helps the shrimp stay juicy and flavorful while creating that restaurant-style texture often found in stir fries.

If you've ever wondered how Chinese restaurants make beef so tender, this marinade is a great place to start. It uses a combination of soy sauce, seasonings, and cornstarch to help create silky, tender beef for stir fry dishes.

This versatile chicken marinade works for everything from broccoli chicken stir fry to mixed vegetable stir fries. The simple combination of soy sauce, garlic, rice wine, and seasonings helps keep chicken moist while adding plenty of flavor.

One of my favorite steak marinades, this recipe combines soy sauce and garlic for a savory, flavorful steak that's perfect for grilling, pan searing, or broiling. The flavors are simple but incredibly satisfying.

Looking for steak specifically for Asian stir fry recipes? This marinade helps create tender slices of beef that cook quickly and absorb sauces beautifully. It's especially good with flank steak, sirloin, or skirt steak.

Inspired by Japanese steakhouse flavors, this marinade brings together soy sauce, garlic, and other seasonings for a savory steak that tastes like your favorite hibachi restaurant meal.

These Asian flanken beef ribs are marinated until flavorful, then cooked for a deliciously savory and satisfying meal. They’re great for grilling, pan searing, or serving with rice and veggies.

This air fryer soy garlic chicken is an easy way to get juicy, flavorful chicken with minimal effort. The soy garlic flavor makes it perfect for a quick dinner.

If you love a little heat, this gochujang chicken is a must-try. The marinade is savory, slightly sweet, spicy, and packed with Korean-inspired flavor.

This garlic soy sauce chicken is savory, garlicky, and full of flavor. It’s a great option for an easy weeknight dinner and pairs perfectly with rice and vegetables.

This Korean beef bulgogi is marinated in a sweet and savory sauce, then cooked until tender and flavorful. It’s delicious served with rice, lettuce wraps, kimchi, or vegetables.

This easy char siu style pork tenderloin is inspired by the sweet and savory flavors of traditional Cantonese barbecue pork. The marinade combines hoisin sauce, soy sauce, honey, garlic, and Chinese five spice for a delicious oven-baked version that's perfect for weeknight dinners.

These teriyaki beef tenderloin medallions are tender, flavorful, and perfect for a special dinner. The teriyaki-style marinade adds sweet and savory flavor to the beef.

These Sichuan peppercorn chicken thighs are bold, flavorful, and slightly numbing from the Sichuan peppercorns. They’re perfect when you want something with a little extra kick.

Okay, this one isn't exactly Asian. But if you're already looking for ways to marinate steak, this fajita marinade deserves a spot on the list. It features bold flavors with citrus, spices, and seasonings that make it perfect for fajitas, tacos, burrito bowls, and grilled steak.