Coke as a marinade?

[crazyhornsfan]

Anybody ever use Coke as marinade? I've heard that it tenderizes meat really well. Any tips/recipes?

 

[Rusk]

my Mom used to bake ham in coca-cola.

always turned out really well. But I don't know the specific recipe.

 

[Pimp C Freed]

My dad used to use Dr Pepper with his briskets...I have never tried it though

 

[BNB]

Here's one for a steak I saw on Bobby Flay throwdown.


www.commandofthegrill.com/winner_recipes.html

It came out great.

 

[EDGAAA]

10oz of Barqs root beer makes for a great pot roast

 

[Lat22]

Absolutely. Use it on fajitas.

 

[Mack Tripper]

This is horrible this idea.

 

[mrteabiscuit]

I tried Dr. Pepper as a marinade for skirt steak once, but all it did was produce lots of Dr. Pepper scented smoke and some not very tasty meat. Coke I don't know about, though.

 

[jmrob93]

I had some chicken mole that has coke in it-- pretty good

 

[HornsN04]

I'm sure he has some great recipes using coke.

 

[shotgun427]

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[Super_Chachi]

Coke is used in a lot of Chinese recipes. A Chinaman once told me that they use it for the sugar - the sugar tenderizes the meat.

I've used soy and coke for some baked chicken - not bad.

 

[Mack Tripper]

Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

 

[TheFied]

the idea of the coke is to tenderize the meat with regards to the acid?

 

[Lat22]

The Chinaman is not the issue here.

 

[judgroybeanbag]

I wouldn't recommend it for pork:

yummy

 

[crazyhornsfan]

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[Mack Tripper]

I'm not saying the pork and coke thing is legit but that Snopes thing doesn't conclusively debunk the theory. They may have been lucky and bought a piece of pork without any parasites. I know that trichinosis, which is caused by worms, is not an urban legend. Whether coke stimulates worms or their larvae, I don't know.

 

[Brak]

The legend is that coke will cause worms to come out of pork. Not the .000001% of pork that has Trichinella. Any pork. Snopes does a good job of explaining why urban legends are believable. If you choose to pour coke on your pork, more power to you.