The Skirt steak marinade is easy to prepare and full of tasty ingredients. Use to marinate skirt steaks for any skirt steak recipe.

Easy Skirt Steak Marinade
Elevate steak night at your home by marinating skirt steak in this easy skirt steak marinade. It adds great flavor to the steak without overpowering the natural steak flavors. This marinade also keeps the beef juicy and tasty.
Be sure to check out our skirt steak recipe for an idea for a full meal!
Why should I marinate skirt steak?
tenderize: Marinating skirt steak is a must. It’s a tougher cut of beef that benefits from being marinated in citrus and/or a vinegar-based product.
Add toS Taste: This marinade imparts tons of juicy flavors to the skirt steak that complement the steak’s natural flavor.

Selected ingredients
Worcester sauce: Worcestershire is a vinegar-based sauce that includes ingredients like anchovies, garlic, tamarind, and other ingredients that create a salty sauce that pairs perfectly with skirt steak.
Garlic: Adding fresh garlic to any marinade adds so much flavor. We do not recommend substituting garlic powder.
lime juice: some citric acid gives balance to this marinade.
Fresh Black Pepper: We highly recommend using freshly ground black pepper in this marinade to infuse it with pepper flavor.
Kosher Salt: Salt enhances the flavor of each ingredient, but also helps tenderize the skirt steak.
Brown sugar: a little sweet to balance out all the salty ingredients.
Coriander: This seasoning adds a bit of earthiness and a boost of flavor to this skirt steak.
Tools for skirt steak marinade
Here are a few tools that will make this recipe a little easier.

Marinate skirt steak (3 steps)
- Combine: Simply combine all ingredients in a bowl or jar and stir to combine.
- Marinate: Place the skirt steak in a bowl or large gallon-sized bag and pour in the marinade. Make sure all sides are nice and coated.
- Let’s sit: Allow steak to marinate for at least 30 minutes or up to overnight.
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Skirt Steak Marinade 101
We recommend marinating the skirt steak for at least two hours or overnight for best results.
Tenderize a skirt steak with a meat tenderizer, then let it marinate. The salt and acid will help tenderize the meat.
Yes, skirt steaks do not need to be marinated for more than 24 hours. Make sure you never reuse the marinade.
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How to prepare a marinated skirt steak
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Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 Lb. skirt steak ~2 long thin steaks
marinade
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1.5 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 5 cloves Garlic peeled chopped
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1.5 teaspoon light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoon Worcester sauce
- 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- ¼ Cup olive oil +more for searing
instructions
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Place the rump steak on a cutting board and pound the rump steak with a meat mallet so the steak is the same thickness, about 1/4″ to 1″ thick. Season the meat with salt and rub the salt into the meat with your hands. Place the steak in a plastic bag or casserole dish.
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Next, grind black peppercorns in a mortar, pestle, or in a coffee grinder. Make sure the peppercorns are ground into small pieces and are not powder. Place the black peppercorns in a bowl. Add the garlic, cilantro, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, and olive oil to the peppercorns and whisk all of these ingredients together.
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Pour the mixture over the beef and massage the marinade into the beef. Leave the beef in the marinade overnight.
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Remove the steak from the refrigerator and allow the beef to come to room temperature. Follow this skirt steak recipe for the rest of the instructions.
Tips & Hints
- If you like a well-done steak, be sure to cook the steak longer on each side.
- This steak would be delicious served with chimichurri.
- You can chop this meat and make steak tacos.
nutritional information
Calories: 333kcal Carbohydrates: 6G Protein: 33G Fat: 20G Fiber: 1G Sugar: 2G
Photography: The photos captured in this post are by Ashley McGlaughlin of The Edible Perspective.