Kabob Marinade

  4.7 – 369 reviews  • Marinade Recipes

For beef or chicken kabobs, this flavorful, simple-to-make marinade is perfect. The yield from this recipe is sufficient for two pounds of meat.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 3 cups

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup vegetable oil
  2. ¾ cup soy sauce
  3. ½ cup lemon juice
  4. ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
  5. ¼ cup prepared mustard
  6. 2 cloves garlic, minced
  7. 1 ½ teaspoons coarsely cracked black pepper
  8. 1 teaspoon meat tenderizer (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Whisk oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, garlic, black pepper, and meat tenderizer together in a bowl until well combined.
  2. Combine marinade and 2 pounds of your favorite meat in a resealable plastic bag; coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator for 4 to 24 hours.

Reviews

Michael Berger
Great recipe, just as it is! Nothing in it that isn’t for a purpose. Adding or omitting major ingredients, that’s just a different recipe. I would suggest, do it if it must, but keep it to yourself.
Glenn Maldonado
Oh my gosh, this is excellent! Marinated the meat for 24 hours and omitted the meat tenderizer!! Thanks for this keeper!!
Scott Rivas
I did it just the way it was written but even with only a couple of hours marinate time, I found it to be too salty. Great flavor for sure and to clarify, I used dijon mustard, but next time I’ll probably drop the soy to 1/2 a cup or even 1/4.
Douglas Smith
Made the recipe exactly as written, only I halved it for 1lb meat. I used stew meat and threw it in a plastic ziploc bag with all the marinade ingredients. I squeezed a lemon fresh. The only difference was I used Bragg’s aminos instead of soy sauce (tastes the same, just a healthier version), and Montreal steak seasoning instead of plain black pepper. I left out the meat tenderizer (it was optional) and Marinated in the fridge for 6 hours. I brushed my veggies with the marinade before cooking the kabobs. Everything was very flavorful!
Gregory Ramirez
It works. I cut everything by one half, because I did not have 2 pounds of beef.
Steven Choi
My husband, who isn’t a cook, made snd used with chicken he then grilled. We both loved it snd will be putting under our Favorites!!
Richard Ochoa
My wife changed some of the ingredients to “healthier“ alternatives but I didn’t think it was as good as a result
Tony Lester
This was easy and I had all the ingredients on hand. I marinated the beef for an hour or two. I had more beef than skewers, so I froze the leftover raw beef in the marinade. I’ll let you know how that turns out.
Natalie Malone
I did not use the tenderizer from this recipe but otherwise I followed it as written. I marinated the vegetables separately from the meat. My husband liked it and so did I until the indigestion set in but that is my stomach. My husband would recommend this.
Catherine Johnson
Great marinade and flavor! We are printing the recipe to go into “the binder”. Here’s how we used it: We made sirloin (prime) kabobs with onions, peppers, mushrooms and squash. I halved the recipe and used olive oil. I also added some pepper paste (sembal oelek) to the tune of about 1/2 TBSP for a full recipe. I reserved about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of marinade to brush on the veggies and meat while grilling/turning. The meat marinated about 3-4 hours, that was enough time IMHO. Imagine 24 hours…
Ryan Haney
Excellent marinade for chicken and vegetables. I used is recipe save for the meat tenderizer and even with only a 2 hour marinade time the chicken came out super tender and excellent flavor. Dijon mustard with large seeds really works well and adds a great level of tang to the dish.
Nichole Ramirez
Very good. A little sweetener like brown sugar or honey would have made it taste even better, and helped give the meat a little ‘char’ which I personally like.
Devin Hernandez
this recipe was easy and a hit.
Alexa Noble
Family loved it!
Carrie Barrett
This is a keeper. Delicious marinade on beef kabobs
Brian Zimmerman
I’ve used this recipe about ten times now—always a huge hit with friends and family! My four year old calls it “steak on a stick” and she asks for this at least once a week. Let the steak marinate for a day (or two!) and you will not be disappointed.
Savannah Roberts
I used this marinade for 24 hours on some tough cubed beef, & it definitely helped tenderize it. BTW, I did not use meat tenderizer.
Tina Lowe
This was amazing! My whole family enjoyed it and has already requested that I make it again!
Nichole Davies
Absolutely delicious! I just halved the recipe.
Brian Benton
So easy and it came out great! Everyone has been requesting the recipe!
Thomas Chandler
Really good! Used dijon mustard, skipped the meat tenderizer. Great on steak, shrimp and chicken.

 

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