Coconut Aminos/Black Pepper Marinade

     With only two ingredients, coconut sap and sea salt, Coconut Secret coconut aminos is the kind of commercial food product that allergy sufferers would like to find more often. Note that coconut aminos is fermented, so it presumably contains some traces of yeast.   

     Coconut aminos tastes nothing like a coconut: instead it brings a certain intense, savory flavor to a dish. The label refers to it as "soy-free seasoning sauce," and indeed it is an excellent substitute for soy sauce. I find it is also an excellent corn-free substitute for steak sauce in recipes. Below is the recipe that has now replaced my old marinade that relied on steak sauce.

     1/2 c. coconut aminos

     1/4 c. oil (See Oil in the Glossary)

     1 tsp. black pepper (See Spices in the Glossary)

     salt to taste (The coconut aminos is already salted. See Salt in 

          the Glossary)

     Stir all ingredients together. Makes enough for several steaks.