This flank steak marinade is a sweet and savory blend of olive oil, garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar and spices. It produces tender and juicy marinated flank steak every time!
When the weather is nice I fire up the grill and make some marinated salmon, chicken tenders, or this fabulous and easy flank steak. This marinade will work on all cuts of steak, so feel free to get creative!
I love a tender and juicy grilled steak, and one of the best ways to add flavor to your meat is with a marinade. This flank steak marinade takes just 5 minutes to put together, yet imparts so much flavor. I love to serve this flank steak when I’m entertaining, everyone always asks me for the recipe!
How do you make flank steak marinade?
This marinade is a salty-sweet mixture of olive oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, garlic and Worcestershire sauce. Everything gets whisked together, then you can place the meat in a bowl with the marinade, or instead make the marinade in a gallon sized freezer bag and add the meat to the bag. Using a freezer bag saves on clean up time later on!
Can you marinate flank steak overnight?
Flank steak can absolutely be marinated overnight. I recommend marinating your steak for a minimum of 2 hours, or up to 24 hours.
HOW LONG DO YOU COOK STEAK?
I typically cook my flank steak for about 5-6 minutes per side, which leads to meat that’s cooked on the outside yet still pink in the center. The best way to gauge for doneness is to use a meat thermometer. I recommend cooking your flank steak to medium, which is an internal temperature of 145 degrees F. If you don’t want your meat to be pink, you can cook it to 150 degrees F for medium well, or 160 degrees F for well done.
HOW DO YOU SLICE FLANK STEAK?
It’s important to slice your flank steak against the grain so that it’s as tender as possible. You can find the direction of the grain by looking at your meat and seeing which way the muscle fibers run. Make sure to cut across those fibers rather than parallel to them.
Flank steak marinade tips
- I typically grill my marinated flank steak, either outdoors on a charcoal grill or inside on a grill pan. You can also bake, pan sear or broil your meat if you prefer.
- This recipe makes enough marinade for about 1 1/2 – 2 pounds of meat. If you’re cooking for a larger crowd, simply double the marinade amount.
- You’ll want to scrape the pieces of garlic off the meat before you cook it so that the garlic doesn’t burn on the grill.
- I like to reserve a few tablespoons of marinade before the meat goes in, then drizzle that marinade over the top of the cooked steak for added flavor.
- Serve your flank steak over mashed potatoes or rice with a steamed vegetable on the side. This steak is also great for salads or as a taco filling!
- A cut of meat similar to flank steak is skirt steak. If you want to use skirt steak, try checking out my delicious skirt steak marinade recipe!
- Looking for a Mexican inspired steak dinner? Give my steak fajita marinade a try!
While this marinade pairs perfectly with flank steak, it’s also fabulous when used with New York strip steak, sirloin, filet mignon or ribeye steak. It’s a recipe you’ll find yourself using all summer long!
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Flank Steak Marinade
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons garlic chopped
- 1 1/2 pounds flank steak
Instructions
- Combine the soy sauce, olive oil, brown sugar, cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and pepper in a resealable bag; seal and shake to combine.
- Reserve 2 tablespoons of the marinade for later use. Stir the garlic into the bag of marinade.
- Add the steak and marinate for 2-24 hours.
- Heat an outdoor grill or stove top grill pan to medium-high. Place the steak on the grill and cook for 5-6 minutes per side, depending on the thickness of your meat and the desired level of doneness.
- Remove the meat from grill and cover with foil. Let stand for 5-10 minutes and then slice thinly against the grain with a very sharp knife. Drizzle with reserved marinade, then serve.
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This post was originally published on August 3, 2015 and was updated on March 28, 2019 with new content.
This marinade looks amazing! I love flank steak so I can’t wait to try!
This couldn’t look any more perfect! This is seriously making me hungry!
Such a fantastic recipe!! I a must try!
After seeing this, guess who has got to go buy Steak for dinner? This looks amazing!!
That marinade looks fantastic and now that’s all I want for dinner tonight!!
What an awesome marinade recipe! I am so excited it’s warming up outside and my husband can get to grilling! I’ll definitely be trying this out!
Love this steak. It came out great. I ate mine with some roasted potatoes, but the steak was perfect. Oh, I made the cucumber relish. Totally worth it!
Definitely blog-worthy! Can’t wait to try it. 🙂
This whole recipe is blog-worthy! I love the marinade and I’m crazy about cucumber relish, so can’t wait to try it! Great recipe, Sara!
I love the idea of the cucumber relish on top and also the sesame noodles. You gave this flank steak a great flavor. 🙂 Really blog-worthy!! 🙂
What a gorgeous looking steak dish!
Thanks Melanie!
While this recipe looks delicious, it is on the gluten free board on Pinterest, which is unethical. People trust these recipes to be gluten free, and some may not know that soy sauce has gluten in it, and there is a ton of soy sauce in this recipe. This can make some trusting person very sick.
Can you provide me with the link to the pin that you’re referring to?
Definitely blog worthy. 🙂 Flank steak is my favorite and I love the cucumber twist – reminds me of an Asian chimichurri. 🙂
An asian chimichurri is the perfect way to describe it!
I’ve been meaning to try flank stage for AGES! This looks seriously amazing!
I love flank steak, it’s relatively inexpensive, cooks quickly and is super flavorful!
This for sure looks blog-worthy! So many great elements going on in this dish! Love the cucumber relish w/ the sesame noodles!
Thanks Patricia!
That cucumber relish looks amazing, what a great idea to put that on flank steak! This meal looks fantastic!
Thanks Stacey!
Putting cucumber relish on flank steak is such a great idea! Lately I seem to have more cucumbers than I know what to do with, so this would be perfect!
It’s definitely a great way to use up cucumbers!
Almost everyone in my family loves steak, but there are a couple who are not thrilled at the prospect for dinner. This looks amazing.
Hopefully your steak haters will be converted with this recipe!
This flank steak doesn’t look boring at all. It looks downright delicious!
Thanks Melissa, the cucumber relish really makes it special!
LOVE the idea of a cucumber relish on top of the flank steak. I have been marinating our steak tips in a soy sauce marinade recently – such amazing flavor!
I’m sure your recipe is amazing!
Anything marinated with soy sauce has got to be delicious and this flank steak sure looks amazing! Love it with cucumber relish – sounds like a great pairing of flavors!
Thanks! The steak really soaks up the flavor of the marinade 🙂