How to cook beef marinade

Beef barbecue marinade should have a special aroma and fat content. After all, with improper dressing, a charcoal dish from such meat very often turns out to be tough, dry and not very tasty. Therefore, it is recommended to use mayonnaise sauce for beef with the addition of any spices and seasonings.

How to make a delicious beef barbecue marinade

Essential Ingredients:

beef barbecue marinade

  • sweet purple onions - 5 pcs.;
  • fresh greens of parsley and dill - in a large bunch;
  • ripe lemon - 2 whole fruits;
  • paprika - a pair of pinch;
  • high fat mayonnaise - 200 g;
  • iodized salt - 1.5 tsp;
  • dried basil - 2-3 pinches;
  • peppercorns - 12-13 pcs.;
  • fresh young beef (preferably pulp with a small amount of fat) - 3-4 kg;
  • bay leaf - 6-7 pcs.

Meat processing

Beef barbecue marinade should be done only after the meat is completely processed and chopped. For this, you need to take 3-4 kilograms of fresh pulp, wash it well and clean it of unnecessary elements, and then cut into long pieces of small thickness.

beef skewers marinade recipe
Beef skewers: marinade recipe

To prepare such a fragrant sauce for a meat dish, you need to take a small bowl, put there 200 g of fat mayonnaise, the right amount of iodized salt, a couple of pinch of paprika and basil, as well as black peppercorns, broken leaves of parsley and chopped dill with parsley. It is also worth noting that for taste and aroma, it is recommended to add 2 ripe lemons to such a sauce, which should be squeezed first, and then chop together with sweet onions in the same bowl. After that, all the ingredients must be thoroughly mixed with a spoon.

The process of marinating meat

The recipe for barbecue marinade may vary slightly depending on what taste of the dish you want to get in the end. For example, in such a sauce you can add several salted tomatoes, a little vinegar, tomato paste or other aromatic ingredients.

Thus, after processing all the main products, you should proceed to the direct soaking of the meat in the marinade. To do this, pieces of young beef need to be placed in an enameled bowl, and then seasoned with cooked mayonnaise sauce. Having mixed all the meat with your hands, you need to place a press on it (a plate and a jar of water), and then close the dishes and leave to marinate at room temperature for 6-12 hours. During this time, beef marinade marinade completely saturates the product, which subsequently becomes soft, juicy and very tasty.

barbecue marinade recipe

Char grilled meat

After the meat is marinated, it should be put on skewers, and then put on the grill over hot oak or birch coals. Such a dish should be prepared for at least 30 minutes.

Proper serving

Beef skewers should be served hot for dinner along with vegetables, herbs, lettuce and wheat bread. Sometimes this dish is made with a side dish in the form of boiled or baked potato in a peel.


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