One of the few recipes my husband has passed on to me has been for crazy delicious steaks. He learned it from a friend and it couldn’t be simpler. Just steaks left to marinate in a bottle of Dale’s Seasoning (a blend of soy sauce, sugar and seasonings) for a few hours and tossed on the grill. The dark soy sauce just soaks into the meat and every bite is perfectly seasoned all the way through.
When I saw Kookie’s The Best Steak Marinade in Existence, I knew I had to give it a try with some strip steaks. It’s got the same soy sauce base, but no added sugar. The lemon and the hot sauce also give it a spicy tang. I’ve slightly adapted the ingredients to accommodate finishing the steaks in the oven like The Kitchen Whisperer’s Better-Than-Restaurant-Quality New York Strip Steaks.
You’ll need:
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp dried parsley flakes
- 1 tsp ground white pepper
- 3 tbsp dried basil
- 1/4 tsp Frank’s hot sauce
- 2 1-inch strip steaks, trimmed
- 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 2 tbsp butter, divided
Grab your strip steaks…
and trim off all the fat from the edges.
Get out your soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, dried basil, dried parsley flakes, white pepper, and hot sauce.
Put your steaks in a large ziploc bag and pour the marinade ingredients into the bag and seal.
Let the steaks marinate for at least 30 minutes, but no more than 24 hours.
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Get out a cast iron skillet orΒ any other oven-safe pan and put it on the stove top at high heat.
Once the skillet is hot, remove your steaks from the marinade and place them in the hot skillet. Discard the marinade.
Do not move them for 4 minutes. This will allow a nice sear to develop on the steaks.
Get out your fresh thyme and your 2 tbsp of butter, divided into a tbsp each.
Flip your steaks over in the skillet and turn off the stove top.
Place a sprig of thyme and a tbsp of butter on top of each steak.
Put the skillet with the steaks in the oven and cook for 6 minutes. Remove the skillet from the oven and put the steaks on a plate to rest for at least 10 minutes.
Slice thinly and serve.
This is wonderful with scrambled eggs for breakfast, on top of a spinach salad for lunch, or even just with a little drizzle of chimichurri sauce (pictured below).
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- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- ⅓ cup oil
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp dried parsley flakes
- 1 tsp ground white pepper
- 3 tbsp dried basil
- ¼ tsp Frank's hot sauce
- 2 1-inch strip steaks, trimmed
- 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 2 tbsp butter, divided
- Trim all the fat from around your strip steak.
- Place steaks in a large ziploc bag.
- Pour the soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, dried basil, dried parsley flakes, white pepper, and hot sauce into the bag with the steaks and seal the bag.
- Let the steaks marinate for at least 30 minutes, but no more than 24 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Get out a cast iron skillet or any other oven-safe pan and put it on the stove top at high heat.
- Once the skillet is hot, remove your steaks from the marinade and place them in the hot skillet. Discard the marinade.
- Do not move them for 4 minutes. This will allow a nice sear to develop on the steaks.
- Get out your fresh thyme and your 2 tbsp of butter, divided into a tbsp each.
- Flip your steaks over in the skillet and turn off the stove top.
- Place a sprig of thyme and a tbsp of butter on top of each steak.
- Put the skillet with the steaks in the oven and cook for 6 minutes.
- Remove the skillet from the oven and put the steaks on a plate to rest for at least 10 minutes.
- Slice thinly and serve.
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Yummm I have been dying for a steak lately! I love finishing off a steak with a little butter in the oven, it’s the only way I make steaks now! This marinade looks beyond delicious – definitely trying this soon!
Yay! π
Your Dad and I will be trying this recipe very soon. We love steaks and this looks yummy!
We want to congratulate you on ALL your recipe presentations. Every step is laid out in a clean, spotless
appearance. Obviously you take great pride in your presentation and we thoroughly enjoy it. Great job!!
Thanks!! π
YUM!!! Looks awesome! Thank you so much for linking back to my recipe! Great job!
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Thank you! And thanks for the awesome recipe!! π