This is the best keto steak marinade recipe. It's made with simple ingredients including coconut aminos, lime juice, balsamic vinegar, and spices and you will love how easy it is to make. This low carb marinade is great for any cut of steak including flank steak, skirt steak and more.
I love steak of all kinds including bavette steak, Denver steak and tenderloin, and today I am sharing my favourite steak marinade recipe with you. I can't wait for you to try it!
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Why you will love this marinade:
- This low carb steak marinade is full of flavour and will make your steaks so juicy and tender.
- It's really quick and easy to make and is made without soy sauce.
- You can use this marinade for any type of steak including flank steak, ribeye, skirt steak, flat iron steak, sirloin steak and more
- Besides being keto, this marinade is also healthy, sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, paleo and Whole30 compliant.
- It's cheaper to make your own steak marinade rather than using store-bought marinades so this recipe is a great way to help you save money on groceries.
If you love using marinades you will also love my Mexican chicken marinade.
How to make keto steak marinade:
- Step 1: Place all the marinade ingredient into a bowl or large glass measuring cup and stir everything well to combine.
- Step 2: Place the steaks in the marinade (either in a glass dish or ziplock bag) and marinade in the fridge for 2-24 hours before cooking. When you are ready to cook the steaks, take them out of the fridge and let them warm for 20-30 minutes to get them closer to room temperature, then cook the steaks how you prefer.
Recipe variations and add ins:
- Instead of avocado oil you can use olive oil.
- You can swap the coconut aminos for soy sauce.
- To give this marinade a different flavour: add other ingredients such as minced garlic or garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, or dijon mustard.
- Feel free to substitute the balsamic vinegar with another type of vinegar such as red wine vinegar.
Top Tips:
- This keto steak marinade recipe is good for 4-6 steaks. If you are serving a crowd or want to have extra marinade to use later, double or triple the recipe.
- You can marinade steaks anywhere from 2-24 hours before cooking them.
- You can make this marinade ahead of time and store it in the fridge. Just don't add the steaks to the marinade until 2-24 hours before you want to cook them.
- For best results take the marinaded steaks out of the fridge about 30 minutes before you want to cook them, this will help them warm up a bit and cook more evenly.
Keto steak marinade FAQs:
Any type or cut of steak is great for keto. Beef steaks are a naturally low carb meat that is perfect for a keto diet.
Marinades are best for tougher cuts of meat, so they are especially good for cheaper steak cuts like flank steak, skirt stake, and hanger steaks but you can marinade all cuts of steak. You'll see the biggest difference in texture and flavour working with smaller steaks or steaks that have been cut into bite-sized pieces.
There is a total of 5 grams of carbs per serving of this marinade with 1 gram of fiber and 1 gram of sugar. However, that carb count assumes that you consume ALL the marinade when you eat the steak which in reality doesn't happen. Much of the marinade will get cooked off, and some gets discarded when you transfer the steaks to the grill so in reality the carb count would actually be much lower.
Yes, balsamic vinegar is great for marinades because not only does the acid in it help tenderize the meat, but it adds a delicious, sweet flavour while still being sugar free.
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Recipe
Keto Steak Marinade
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup avocado oil
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 3 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon herbes de provence spice blend
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a glass measuring cup or bowl, combine all the marinade ingredients and stir well.
- Place the steaks in the marinade (either in a glass dish or ziploc bag) and marinade in the fridge for 2-24 hours before cooking.
- Cook the steaks however you prefer.
Notes
- This marinade recipe is good for 4-6 steaks. If you are cooking more meat feel free to double or triple the recipe.
- Take your marinated steaks out of the fridge ~30 minutes before cooking or grilling to allow them to warm slightly.
- The nutritional values are just an estimate. In reality the carb count of this marinade will be much lower as much of the marinade will not be consumed as it will be lost in the cooking process.
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