Recipes

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for visiting our Recipes page! We’ll be adding to this page regularly so please check in for updates. Also, we’d sure love to hear about your recipe creations using our products, so if you’re willing to share, please send them to recipes@coconutsecret.com and we’ll proudly display them. Bon a petit!

Coconut Aminos and Vinegar recipes

1. Best Ever 30 Second Dressing/Marinade

For a super quick, incredibly yummy dressing or marinade ~ simply mix together equal portions of our Coconut Aminos and Coconut Vinegar and drizzle over salads, steamed veggies, or marinate with your protein of choice and bake, grill, or sauté.

2. For a zesty, spicy Asian Dipping Sauce, Marinade, or Dressing try this traditional Vietnamese “Nuoc Cham”.

Yields: 1/3C

2 Tbsp Coconut Vinegar
1Tbsp Lime Juice
½ tsp Coconut Aminos
1 Tbsp Water
2 ½ tsp Coconut Nectar or Agave Syrup
1 tsp Fish Sauce
½ tsp finely grated Lime Zest (outer peel)
1 minced Garlic Clove
½ to 1 minced Chili Pepper (Serrano, Jalapeno, Bird's Beak - depending on desired heat)

Grate lime peel and finely mince garlic and chili. Whisk together with rest of ingredients. This delicious and healthful dressing/dipping sauce/marinade can be kept air tight and refrigerated for several weeks. It is fabulous for dipping with spring rolls or can be drizzled over rice noodle salads topped with grilled shrimp, chicken, pork or beef. Excellent as a marinade for all seafood and meats prior to grilling.

Raw Vegan version

2 Tbsp Coconut Vinegar
1 tsp Lime Juice
1 tsp Coconut Aminos
1 Tbsp Water
½ tsp finely grated Lime Zest (outer peel)
1 minced Garlic Clove
½ - 1 minced Chili Pepper
¼ tsp Sea Salt

3. Crispy Broiled Mochi Cakes (Mochi is a tasty rice snack that is available in the freezer section of most health food stores.)

Yields: 8

8 Fresh or Dried Mochi, cut into 2x3 rectangles
2 Toasted Nori sheets (Nori is a seaweed most commonly recognized as the deep green/black outer wrapping in sushi making.)
¼ cup Coconut Aminos
Olive oil
Cookie sheet

Preheat the broiler element in the oven to low with the rack in the center of the oven. Cut each toasted nori sheet into four equal strips. Pour Coconut Aminos into a shallow bowl.

Cover each piece of mochi in olive oil and lay on the cookie sheet. Broil until puffy, toasted and brown. Turn over mochi and broil other side till evenly browned. Remove from oven and cool mochi for a minute, then dip both sides of each mochi piece in the Coconut Aminos, and wrap with a strip of nori. Eat immediately.

4. Coconut Secret Adobo
(A traditional Philippine dish consisting of braised chicken, fish, or pork)

1 Organic Free Range Chicken
½ Cup Coconut Vinegar
¼ Cup Coconut Aminos
2" Ginger Root Finger (the small offshoots of the main body of the ginger root)
6-8 Garlic Cloves
½ tsp Sea Salt
2 Tbsp Coconut Crystals

Cut chicken into wings, thighs, drumsticks and breasts. Slice breasts in half. Put chicken skin side down into a heavy pot. Mix remaining ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Cover with lid and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. After 30 minutes, turn over chicken pieces. Cover and simmer for another 30 minutes until the chicken is tender and sauce is thickened.

Drizzle with a little extra coconut vinegar and some slivered scallions if desired. Serve over steamed rice.