Best Steak Marinade

How to grill the most delicious, juicy, and tender steak! Plus, an insanely good steak marinade recipe. The boys have been playing outside pretty much nonstop. We don’t have our yard in yet and they are LOVING that. They go out with little buckets and miniature shovels and can play for hours on end. The baths that follow are epic to say the least. I’m talking we drain the water twice and it’s finally not completely brown with dirt by the third time. ? The other day I decided to vacuum out my car while they played in our “dirt bed” by the garage. It started getting pretty warm outside so I asked the toddler to go grab sunscreen so I could put it on them.After explaining exactly where it is, (and telling him NOT to put any of it on himself) he nodded and went inside. When he didn’t come out for a bit, I knew there would be trouble.

Easy Steak Marinade

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

20 mins

This easy steak marinade takes minutes to whip together and takes a value/budget steak from good to AMAZING! 

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 large steaks

Ingredients

1/2 cup olive oil

1/3 cup low-sodium soy sauce

2 large lemons (1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest)

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

3 tablespoons dried basil

1 and 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder

1 and 1/2 tablespoons dried parsley

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon ground white pepper

Coarse sea salt, optional

Steaks of your choice

Canola oil, for grill grates

Instructions

In a medium-sized bowl, add in the olive oil, soy sauce, lemon juice and lemon zest, minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, dried basil, garlic powder, dried parsley, dried oregano, and white pepper.

Whisk until ingredients are combined and incorporated.

Pour the mixture over steaks of your choice (the pictures show a NY Strip Steak; read the post for the "best grilling steaks")

Cover (or seal the bag) and place in the fridge for up to 6 hours (too much longer than that and the acidity starts to "cook" the meat).

About 20 minutes before grilling, remove the steaks and let sit (still covered) at room temperature (not outside).

Heat the grill to high heat. Once the grill is hot, clean it with a wire brush. Roll up a few paper towels and drench them in canola oil. Using tongs, rub the paper towel wad along the grill grates generously.

Remove the steaks from the marinade and sprinkle coarse salt over the top (Optional. Don't add salt if you didn't use a low sodium soy sauce or are sensitive to salt). 

Place the steaks on the grill and cook about 4-5 minutes (rotate 90 degrees at 2 and 1/2 minutes for diamond grill marks)

Using tongs, flip the steak over and continue to grill for 3-5 minutes for medium-rare (internal temperature of 135 degrees F).*

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