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Dale's Seasoning is popular in the South as a marinade for pretty much any meat as well as a few other uses (some like to use it for vegetables to grill, for example). It's also pretty much just sodium in a bottle, but it does add a nice rich flavor. The nice part is that a little bit goes a long way: just a few drops will do wonders for the flavor of a chicken breast, for example.
There are a number of others who make essentially the same thing, and my personal preference has been Johnny Fleeman's for a long time. But for all practical purposes, it's really no different than Dale's.
There are two options when creating this marinade, like with Worcestershire: one is using fresh ingredients and the other is using powder equivalents.
Yield is 4 cups no matter which method is used. With a serving size of 1 tablespoon, sodium is about 367mg per serving. Still a lot, but much better than the 410mg/tbsp. for Johnny Fleeman’s or 700mg/tbsp. for Dale’s reduced sodium seasoning (the full-flavor Dale’s is 1220mg/tbsp!). And again, most of the time you're not going to use a tablespoon in a single serving of something; more like a quarter of that.
Powder method:
Ingredients:
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in small-medium saucepan. Simmer gently for about five minutes to ensure that all ingredients dissolve completely.
Allow sauce to cool and bottle as you choose. Will keep in the refrigerator for a long time.
Whole ingredients method:
Ingredients:
Same as powder method, except substitute:
Directions:
Essentially the same as the directions for Worcestershire for whole ingredients method.
There are a number of others who make essentially the same thing, and my personal preference has been Johnny Fleeman's for a long time. But for all practical purposes, it's really no different than Dale's.
There are two options when creating this marinade, like with Worcestershire: one is using fresh ingredients and the other is using powder equivalents.
Yield is 4 cups no matter which method is used. With a serving size of 1 tablespoon, sodium is about 367mg per serving. Still a lot, but much better than the 410mg/tbsp. for Johnny Fleeman’s or 700mg/tbsp. for Dale’s reduced sodium seasoning (the full-flavor Dale’s is 1220mg/tbsp!). And again, most of the time you're not going to use a tablespoon in a single serving of something; more like a quarter of that.
Powder method:
Ingredients:
- 3 cups reduced-sodium tamari sauce
- ⅓ cup Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in small-medium saucepan. Simmer gently for about five minutes to ensure that all ingredients dissolve completely.
Allow sauce to cool and bottle as you choose. Will keep in the refrigerator for a long time.
Whole ingredients method:
Ingredients:
Same as powder method, except substitute:
- ½ teaspoon ground or sliced ginger root
- 1 clove garlic, chopped or sliced into thin slices, or pressed through a garlic press
Directions:
Essentially the same as the directions for Worcestershire for whole ingredients method.