Sometimes they are oil-based. Although it takes hours to marinate meats, it hardly takes any time at all to stir up a tasty marinade. Take a few minutes to make the delicious marinades in our recipe section. It's safest to refrigerate your meats while they are marinating. Never reuse marinade once you've soaked meat in it.
Soy sauce is an ancient Chinese seasoning.
Today it is made of fermented soybeans and barley or wheat. Originally, the Chinese used meat or seafood to make it. When Buddhism spread, they began to use soybeans instead. Dark Soy is thick, dark and not as salty as Light Soy. Chinese Black Soy is so thick and dark it resembles molasses.