Published 3/7/2023 • Updated 3/22/2024
The Best Steak Marinade
Before cooking your steak, try marinating it in this savory blend of Worcestershire, balsamic vinegar, garlic, olive oil, and lemon. Marinate your steak for at least 30 minutes, and then grill or broil to your liking. This flavorful marinade will enhance the natural juiciness of your steak and leave your taste buds wanting more. The secret to this steak marinade recipe is a combination of sugar, salt, and a little citrus that leaves you with tender, flavorful, and juicy steak. So, whip up this steak marinade and serve your juicy steaks next our grilled potatoes or slice up your steaks and serve it in our famous steak salad recipe!
How long should I marinate my steak?
We recommend marinating steak for at least 30 minutes or up to 12 hours. The longer you marinate steak the more tender your steak will be. Unlike salmon, you can marinate steak for a bit longer without lemon juice cooking the steak.
Steak Marinade Ingredients
Worcestershire sauce– many steak marinades have Worcestershire in them because it is a vinegar-based sauce that has ingredients like anchovies, garlic, tamarind, and other ingredients that make a salty sauce that goes perfectly with steak. Balsamic vinegar– a little sugar to balance out the saltiness of this marinade comes from the balsamic vinegar. Minced garlic– adding fresh garlic to any marinade adds so much flavor. We don’t recommend subbing garlic powder. Olive oil– the olive oil binds all of the steak marinade ingredients together. Lemon juice– a bit of lemon juice lightens up this marinade and aids in tenderizing the steak before you cook it. Lemon pepper– adding some lemon pepper to this marinade brings out the lemon flavor in the marinade.
What is the best cut of beef for marinating?
There are many different cuts of steak out there and you can marinate any cut of steak in the marinade. We have personally used this steak marinade with the following cuts of meat:
Flank steak New York strip steak
Here are other cuts of beef you can use with this steak marinade
This steak marinade will tenderize any of the steaks below.
Sirloin Ribeye New York Strip Filet mignon Skirt steak Skirt T-Bone Porterhouse
How to Marinate Steak (3 Steps)
What should I marinate my steak in?
When you make this steak marinade you add big flavor to your steak, but you don’t need many tools for this recipe. We recommend a gallon-size plastic bag or large container with a lid — nothing creazy.
Ways to Cook Marinated Steak
Sous Vide Steak
Sous vide steak is the ONLY way to eat steak. We are obsessed with the perfectly cooked goodness of sous vide steak. It’s as easy as 1-2-3.
Grilled Steak
Add our Grilled Flank Steak to the menu this summer! You can serve this flank steak by itself, in tacos, or even in fajitas. Try our Grilled New York Strip (what we used in these photos). We love the fat to protein ratio of this cut of meat and the marinade is so good with this recipe.
Pan-Seared
If you don’t have a grill, you can easily use a cast-iron skillet or grill pan to sear your steak on high heat and then bake it until it reaches a safe eating temp. Try our cast iron steak recipe.
How to store cooked steak
You can store cooked steak in the refrigerator for up to 7 days as long as it is stored in an airtight container. Rare: 130ºF Medium Rare: 140ºF Medium: 155ºF Well Done: 165ºF Remember, as your steak rests after it’s done cooking, the internal temperature will continue to raise around 5ºF.
Steak Recipes
How to Grill Steak Sous Vide Steak Grilled Flank Steak Healthy Philly Cheesesteak Bowls Pepper Steak Steak Tacos
Marinade Recipes
Salmon MarinadeChicken MarinadeShrimp MarinadeGrilled Chicken MarinadePork Chop MarinadePork Tenderloin MarinadeSteak Marinade
