Grill

The 33 Marinade Recipes You Need for Memorial Day

May 26, 2017

Ready to get out and grill? Hold your horses: First, marinate your meat, seafood, and vegetables with these flavor-packed, tenderizing sauces.

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone
1/33
Garlic Mojo Sauce
This Latin-Carribean marinade is perfect for shrimp, or fish, or chicken, but it's not just a marinade—this classic sauce can also be spooned over meat for a piquant finishing touch, and deployed as a flavorful stir-in for rice.
Get This Recipe
Photo by Evan Sung © 2016
2/33
Four-Ingredient Onion Marinade
The simple marinade for this skirt steak contains just four ingredients: onion, garlic, olive oil, and water, but the result is a tender and juicy steak bursting with flavor.
Get This Recipe

Photo by Christopher Testani.
3/33
Spicy, Garlicky Yogurt Marinade
A yogurt marinade keeps chicken juicy and imparts signature tanginess. It also creates a crisp exterior. This delicious marinade includes extra punch from a vinegar-based hot sauce, and a boost of flavor from garlic and fresh oregano.
Get This Recipe
Kang Kim
4/33
Chimichurri Marinade
This colorful sauce doubles as a marinade and as a sauce accompaniment to all cuts of beef.
Get This Recipe

Photo by Ted Cavanaugh
5/33
Soy Sauce and Citrus Marinade
While it's delicious on chicken, this vinegar, soy sauce, and citrus juice marinade also brightens pork.
Get This Recipe
Photo by Sara Remington
6/33
Pomegranate-Walnut Marinade
Pomegranate juice adds sweetness and acidity, while ground walnut imparts nuttiness and rich creaminess to these delicious lamb kebabs.
Get This Recipe

Eric Wolfinger
7/33
Sweet Lemongrass Marinade
This flavorful lemongrass marinade is common in Vietnam, where it's used on thin pork chops that are quickly grilled over a hot fire. Because the marinade has a lot of sugar, it caramelizes deliciously on the grill.
Get This Recipe
8/33
Blender Chermoula Sauce
Bursting with fresh herbs, garlic, lemon, and warm spices, this Moroccan sauce makes a great marinade or finishing sauce for meat and seafood.
Get This Recipe

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Jennifer Ophir
9/33
Maple Cardamom Salmon Marinade
This is another three-ingredient stunner. By marinating salmon in olive oil, maple syrup, and cardamom, you can infuse it with sweet, subtle flavor.
Get This Recipe
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Astrid Chastka, Food Styling by Anna Hampton
10/33
Roasted Garlic Herb Sauce
This sauce—developed for #cook90—is a kitchen workhorse. Use it to marinate fish, chicken, or shrimp. But don't stop there—use it to season rice, top a pizza, jazz up scrambled eggs, or to add a final punch of flavor to a soup.
Get This Recipe

donna hay magazine, photography by Benjamin Dearnley
11/33
Miso Marinade
Miso, with its distinctive savory flavor, makes a delicious marinade for these tender salmon skewers—or any kind of skewers, really.
Get This Recipe
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone
12/33
Jalapeño and Lime Marinade
A spicy, tangy marinade helps tenderize flavorful cuts of meat like flank and skirt steak, making them a perfect filling for a batch of tacos.
Get This Recipe

Photo by Ted Cavanaugh
13/33
Spicy Lemongrass and Coconut Milk Marinade
An all-star cast of ingredients, including lemongrass, garlic, ginger, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime, and turmeric, make up this creamy and punchy marinade. It's great on boneless short ribs, but feel free to branch out to chicken or pork!
Get This Recipe
Photo by Christopher Testani
14/33
Red Curry Marinade
Who says only meat deserves to be marinated? Marinating skinny eggplants in this red curry sauce imparts flavor throughout the whole vegetable.
Get This Recipe