Red Wine Steak Marinade

I love a good marinade, it takes no time to prepare and adds a ton of flavor. This red wine steak marinade is our go to recipe during BBQ season.

Last summer we lived on our newly built deck. It was a great summer filled with a lot of sun and BBQ – more specifically steak. We had steak every Friday to help kick off the weekend and every weekend we made it the same way. This is our go to steak marinade. I wish I could take full credit, but it was my husband who came up with it over six years ago.

Red Wine Steak Marinade

This recipe (for years was always the same) a bit of red wine, a bit of soy sauce, and garlic. Today, I wanted to make it and update some of the old photos from the original post from 2013 and thought, hey? Why not switch it up a bit. So I added some oil and parsley and here we are.

Easy Red Wine Steak Marinade

I’m all about recipes that are quick and easy, and this is just that. For photo’s sake, I toss the marinade in a separate bowl, but I usually add the ingredients to resealable bag, shake it up and then add the steaks (or mix it in a bowl and add the steaks to it).

Side dishes for steak
Here are a few recipes on TBK that go well with this marinade to create a delicious steak dinner.

• Foil Packet Potatoes
• Broccoli Ranch Twice Baked Potatoes
• Garlic Balsamic Roasted Asparagus
• 3 Pepper Salad
• Pesto Pasta Salad
• Fajita Pasta Salad

Randa’s Tip: If I don’t have red wine on hand I substitute (and use a little less) with red wine vinegar. Vinegar helps it break down and makes it that much more tender.

Something I did this time around that was different than last was when I tossed the steaks on the grill, I took the marinade and reduced it over medium heat for a red wine sauce. The plan was to make a demi-glace, but it wasn’t thickening so I added a tiny bit of easy blend flour.

Note: the wine I used this time was a merlot, but it changes to whatever I have on hand. Each wine adds a different flavor.

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Yield: 1 batch

Red Wine Steak Marinade

Prep Time:1 minutes

Cook Time:0 minutes

Total Time:1 minutes

This red wine steak marinade is incredibly easy to throw together. It’s my favorite grilled steak marinade, so whip this up and fire up the BBQ!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1/4 cup soy sauce (I use low sodium)
• 1 1/2 tbsps olive oil
• 1 1/2 tbsps sesame oil
• 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2 tsps parsley
• 1 tsp pepper

Directions:

1. Combine the marinade ingredients in a bowl and add the steaks.
2. Marinade for as long as you can, the longer the better. I try to prepare it 24 hours in advance. The steak comes out tender and full of delicious flavor.
3. Then add to your grill and cook to desired internal temperature. We both take our steaks medium (medium-well at some restaurants).

All images and text ©Randa Derkson for The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

This marinade is super easy to put together.

My husband added BBQ sauce to the marinade at first but I found that the sugar burned onto the grill and the steaks came out charred. I put BBQ sauce directly to the steak in the last few minutes of cooking.

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Randa Derkson

I believe that the kitchen is the heart of the home. Whether it’s discussing your day, sharing the highlights of your trip, or just having quality time with a loved one; lives are brought together at the kitchen table.

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