The Best Steak Marinade For Summer Grilling
Despite a short vegetarian stint in my youth, today I think there’s not much better than a perfectly cooked medium-rare steak. For grilling season this year, I decided to develop an all-purpose marinade that would work great for all those cuts of steak that just beg for a marinade, like this flank steak! It'd also be great for grilling chicken, too. Serve your marinated steak up with a big twice-baked potato or an easy green salad and dinner is complete!
What types of steak should you marinade?
When it comes to marinating steaks, not all cuts of steak are equal. Some steaks do better with a marinade while some don't need it at all. Tougher cuts of steak like skirt steak, flank steak, or strip steak benefit from a marinade because it makes them much more tender. Steaks like rib-eyes, filets, and t-bones are super flavorful and tender on their own, so they do better with just a hefty dose of salt and pepper or a spice rub instead of a marinade.
How long should you marinate steak?
Depending on how much time you have you can marinate steak for as little as 30 minutes to up to 24 hours. After 24 hours the marinade will start to break down the meat too much, so I don't recommend any longer than that. The ideal amount of marinating time in my opinion is 4 to 6 hours.
What are the three main ingredients in a marinade?
A marinade needs three things: a fat, an acid, and seasonings. In the case of this marinade that's olive oil (fat), balsamic vinegar (acid), and the garlic, mustard, sugar, and soy sauce (seasonings).
Yields: 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
1/4 c.
balsamic vinegar
1/4 c.
low-sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp.
packed light brown sugar
1 tsp.
dijon mustard
2
garlic cloves, minced
1/4 c.
olive oil
Directions
Whisk together the vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, mustard and garlic in a large bowl. Slowly whisk in the olive oil.
Add up to 2 pounds steak to the marinade and let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes or refrigerate for up to 2 hours. Bring the steak to room temperature and wipe off any excess marinade before cooking.
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