Dead Easy Steak Marinade
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It’s always nice when dead easy produces damn delicious. This little marinade — equal parts Worcestershire sauce and olive oil combined with a healthy sprinkling of lemon pepper — is a good one to have on hand this time of year. While you’re busy scraping off your grill grates, refueling your propane tank, perusing your various grill-time-cooking guides, worry not about how you’re going to add flavor to those steaks. This marinade is it. What’s more, it produces just about the best tasting leftovers, though I can’t promise there will be any.
Dead Easy Steak Marinade
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1/2 cup; enough for 2 steaks
Description
Note: Adjust the quantities based on how many steaks you are cooking. The below quantities yield enough marinade roughly for 2 t-bones, ribeyes, New York strips, etc. or for a large flank steak or for a couple of skirt steaks.
Ingredients
for the marinade:
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- salt-free lemon pepper*
just before grilling:
- kosher salt
Instructions
- Whisk together Worcestershire sauce and olive oil in a bowl or in a vessel in which you plan on using to marinate the steaks. (Alternatively, pour ingredients into a ziplock bag.) Liberally sprinkle steaks on both sides with salt-free lemon pepper. (Note: If you are using lemon-pepper containing salt, do not add any during the marinating process.) Place steaks into bowl with marinade or into ziplock bag and submerge with marinade. Let sit for 20 minutes and up to 24 hours.
- Just before grilling, remove steaks from marinade and place on a plate. Discard marinade. Season steaks on both sides lightly with kosher salt — Worcestershire sauce is salty, so you just need a light sprinkling here. (Note: If you are using the lemon-pepper containing salt, season steaks with it on both sides in this step and don’t add any kosher salt.)
- That’s it. Fire up that grill.
Notes
- Salt-free lemon pepper can be hard to find. If you only can find the lemon-pepper containing salt, don’t add it to the steaks until just before grilling. And omit the kosher salt (see steps below).
- You can always make your own lemon pepper, too: For 1 teaspoon lemon pepper substitute 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest + 1/8 teaspoon fine ground pepper
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Marinade
- Method: Whisk
- Cuisine: American
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33 Comments on “Dead Easy Steak Marinade”
I have been using this marinade when I cook steaks ever since you showed me years ago (has it really been years???) and it never fails to please!!!
Katykat! This makes me so happy.
Here’s dinner tonight! Another delicious entry! And we women can use some iron in our blood.
You may be “cowpooling,” but there is no way that steak was from a cow. It was most likely a steer. Cows are for hamburger, at best.
S — you are correct. The meat was definitely from a steer not a cow. I’ll make a note above.
It looks wonderful Alexandra! Please tell me more exactly what are the ingredients ( is it lemon zest and pepper? ) of which lemon-pepper is made of because I cannot find this product here in Romania.
Thanks,Cosmin
Hi Cosmin — I just responded to Paula, as well, but you could definitely substitute lemon zest and fresh ground pepper for the lemon pepper. Here’s a little formula: for 1 teaspoon lemon pepper substitute 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest + 1/8 tsp fine ground pepper
This is an easy dinner! I really dig marinades for meat, but can I throw in some pepper and lemon peel instead of the lemon-pepper? We don´t have it here.
PAula — absolutely. Just found this little formula on gourmetsleuth.com: For 1 teaspoon lemon pepper substitute 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest + 1/8 tsp fine ground pepper + 1/4 tsp salt — I would omit the salt and season the steaks with salt just before grilling. HOmemade lemon pepper will probably be even tastier!
Two days ago I made this for dinner with some rump steak. It was gooooood! Love the difference the lemon does. I might post about it linking to your recipe. Please let me know if you´re ok with that.
Paula — this makes me so happy! Of course you can post about it. Thanks so much!
Your opening sentence is probably the best introductory line I have ever read in a food blog, ever. Love it! Can’t wait to try this one!
Thanks, Phon and Margherita!
I absolutely adore easy marinades – such as this one – that are also delicious!
This is going to make our barbecue on Sunday, can’t wait to try it.
Thank you, this was great. Super fast and such great flavour for the 3 ingredients!
Ellie — so happy to hear this!
Making steaks for Christmas and wondered if you can use regular olive oil? Stores are closed today:) merry christmas!! Can’t wait to try this!
Ahk — Kimberly! so sorry I am just getting to this now. Yes, regular olive oil would be just fine. Hope it turned out well for you!
I made this last night and it was fabulous! I used it with/on Ribeyes and they were “melt in your mouth” perfect.
Our baby girl had been sick for the past week and just picking at her food; not a fun way to spend her 1st Birthday! I could not keep the meat on her plate! She was gobbling the steak down- a first for any food in a couple of weeks. It was so good that we’re making it again tonight. It’s fast, easy, and now that we’re sick… we need something that takes less time and effort than Chinese takeout.
Thank you!
Oh this is the best news ever! There is nothing worse than when your little dollies are sick and not eating for you; and there is nothing better when they start feeling better and regaining their appetite. I’m so happy your daughter liked the steak. Hope it was as successful tonight 🙂
Thank you so much for the recipe. My wife and kids loved it. Helped me saved a lot of money at at steak house. I posted a picture on my Instagram and all friends complimented my cooking. Again all thanks to you.
Wonderful to hear this! Isn’t it fun when recipes are easy AND delicious?!
I love all your pictures! Have you ever tried bbqing with this marinade?
Yes! It is wonderful on the grill! I do it all the time in the summer.
I really liked this recipe, my Friend said it was probably the best steak I’ve made. It was a little on this grill side, but very flavorful. It is wonderful on the grill. Thanks.
So happy to hear this!
Hye there just wondering how much of tht Worcestershire sauce to used when marinade the beef ???
I just eye it so that the meat is covered!
Hi Alexandra,
I write for SparkPeople.com, and I’m currently working on a compilation of recipes from around the web. Would it be okay for us to include your recipes with images, as long as we credit your site and include a link back to the recipe?
Thanks!
Melissa
Since i don’t own a grill and will be cooking this in a cast iron skillet, and/or then in the oven, do you have any suggestions on the tempatures and cooking times?
What kind of steak are you planning on cooking? And how thick about is the steak?
Great marinade. For what it’s worth, Penzey’s Sunny Spain spice mix is a salt free lemon pepper.
Great to know, Jane! Thanks so much for writing 🙂