If you're looking for a simple gluten-free steak marinade without soy sauce this is the best marinade!
Made with only 5 ingredients you likely already have on hand, this recipe is gluten, sugar, and soy free. Suitable as is for Paleo, Whole 30, and Keto, plus with easy modifications for AIP.
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🏆 This is the best steak marinade with no soy sauce!
Steak is a staple food in our household. We buy sides of beef from a local farm and we love experimenting with different recipes for steak, but this basic gluten-free steak marinade without soy sauce is one we keep coming back to.
It’s easy, healthy, and the ingredients are always on hand!
This recipe is gluten-free, soy-free, and sugar-free. It’s suitable as written for Paleo, Whole 30, and Keto diets. If wanting a marinade for AIP, keep reading for easy modifications!
Plus, this marinade it uses ingredients you likely have on-hand already and is easily customizable to make this recipe your own!
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Flexible Marinade for Many Cuts of Beef
Use this steak marinade recipe for:
- Sirloin
- Steak tips
- Skirt steak
- Flank
- and more!
Honestly, use whatever cut you like best! If you're not as familiar with the benefits of each cut of beef, check out this guide to porterhouse steak vs T-bone.
What matters more for making delicious steak than the cut is the quality of beef. Preferably, choose organic grass-fed and finished beef.
Outside of marinating steak tips or marinating skirt steak, you could use this marinade for poultry as well. It's delicious!
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🥩 Gluten-Free Steak Recipes
This steak marinade is simple, easy, and can be adapted for steak in many different recipes: slice thin and serve with onions, peppers, and mushrooms for yummy Philly Cheese Steak.
Any leftover marinade can be used in other steak recipes such as bacon wrapped steak bites, or you could cook up leftovers for steak & eggs. The possibilities are endless!
Try it with this delicious steak salad recipe with homemade avocado dressing!
🥘 Ingredients for Gluten-Free Steak Marinade without Soy Sauce
This super simple marinade only takes 4 ingredients:
- High-heat oil (I use avocado oil)
- Lemon juice
- Cajun seasoning
- Water
It couldn't be simpler!
⭐ Note about Cajun Seasoning
While not every brand of Cajun Seasoning is gluten-free, many are! At my local grocery store I can find Morton & Bassett San Francisco, but some other great brands include:
📖 Substitutions and Variations
AIP - While this basic recipe is not suitable for the Autoimmune Protocol, it is easily adaptable! Just sub out the Cajun seasoning for spices suitable on AIP such as garlic and onion powder. Your meat will still be tender and flavorful!
♨️ How to Make Gluten-Free Steak Marinade Without Soy Sauce
Step 1: Mix all marinade ingredients together
This marinade recipe is the amount per 1 pound of steak. Increase as needed.
Step 2: Add with steak in plastic zip-top bag and let sit
Add everything together in a bag and let it sit in the fridge for 2-4 hours before cooking.
Be sure to pin this super easy recipe to your Dinner Ideas Pinterest board so you can access it quick and easy whenever you’re ready to cook it!
⭐ Top tip
Use Gluten-Free Meat Tenderizer for More Tender Steaks!
When using meat tenderizer you want to be sure it actually gets into your steaks—not just sit on the surface.
First, lightly sprinkle meat tenderizer over your steak, pierce your steak all over with a fork (or pound with a meat tenderizer mallet), and rub in.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions:
You can pair this gluten free steak marinade with so many delicious side dishes such as sauteed zucchini or a light and zesty quinoa salad.
Most soy sauce contains gluten. While you can find some special gluten-free soy sauces and tamari—as well as soy sauce alternatives such as aminos—some people who are gluten-free also have an intolerance to soy.
In addition, soy is not allowed on specialty gluten-free diets such as Paleo, Whole 30, or AIP.
If you want to know more about gluten-free soy sauce alternatives, check out this in depth post with great brand recommendations.
In addition this is also a steak marinade without Worcestershire sauce. There are gluten-free Worcestershire brands, but for ease, we omitted it entirely from this recipe.
While many brands are gluten-free, I stick with ones that are explicitly gluten-free such as Badia Spices.
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Gluten-Free Steak Marinade Without Soy Sauce
free. Suitable as is for Paleo, Whole 30, and Keto, plus with easy modifications for AIP.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoon avocado oil (or other high-heat oil)
- 2 teaspoon water
- 1.5 teaspoon Cajun Seasoning
- meat tenderizer (optional)
Instructions
- Mix marinade ingredients together in a Ziplock
bag. - Add steak to bag, seal, and refrigerate for 2-4
hours before cooking. - If desired, tenderize steak before marinating.
- For best results, cook low and slow on the grill.
Notes
- ingredient and equipment suggestions & substitutions,
- tips for preparing the recipe, and
- frequently asked questions
angiesrecipes
I am drooling over that perfectly seared steak!!
Esmé Slabbert
Oh wow, I will for sure try this out soon. It does sound moorish and GF immediately grabbed my attention.
thehelpfulgf
Oh, I hope you like it! 🙂
Danielle
Wow this looks delicious! I will definitely have to try it!
Chris
Oh, wow! This looks delicious! So much so that I have bookmarked this recipe. Your idea of steak and eggs sounds really good. Served with onions, peppers, and mushrooms sounds mouth-watering too. Thank you so much for sharing.
thehelpfulgf
Yes! Steak and eggs is sooo good!