Marinade For Lamb

You'll love this marinade for lamb! The Greek-inspired flavors will complement any cut of lamb perfectly. Finish by pan-searing, roasting, or grilling your meat. Can also be used on pork, chicken, turkey, fish, shellfish, and even vegetables!

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• ❤️ You'll Love This Recipe
• 🥘 Ingredients and Equipment
• 🔪 Instructions
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• 📖 Variations
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❤️ You'll Love This Recipe

"This is a great all-purpose marinade that works perfect with lamb! It also goes well with chicken and pork. I even use it as a salad dressing!"

Flavorful

I love the Greek-inspired flavors of this marinade with oregano, rosemary, garlic, red wine vinegar, and olive oil.

Versatile

You can use this marinade for lamb on chicken and pork too. It also goes well on vegetables for grilling or roasting. Sometimes I even use it for salad dressing - green salad or even pasta salad. So versatile!

Healthy

This lamb marinade is healthy - gluten-free, low carb, keto, vegan, dairy-free, and sugar-free. No unpronounceable ingredients! Hooray to that! 🙂

🥘 Ingredients and Equipment

Here are the ingredients and equipment you will need to make this marinade for lamb:

Ingredients

• Olive Oil
• Red Wine Vinegar - feel free to try a different kind of vinegar!
• Garlic - I typically use 3 to 4 cloves fresh garlic or the jarred kind if I'm in a hurry.
• Dried Oregano
• Dried Rosemary
• Dried Thyme
• Salt - I used kosher salt
• Ground Black Pepper

Equipment

Equipment and tools needed to make this marinade (it doesn't take much):

• Small bowl
• Spoon
• Measuring Spoons
• Garlic Press

🔪 Instructions

Here's how to make marinade for lamb:

Prep

Gather all your ingredients, and mince the garlic.

Mix

Add all the ingredients to a small bowl and stir until combined (you can also add to a jar and shake it up).

Marinate

Place your lamb meat of choice into a shallow dish or sealable plastic bag, then pour the marinade over the top.

Cover or seal, then refrigerate for 15 minutes up to 24 hours.

Cook your lamb according to your favorite method - grill, broil, pan-sear, air fry, or roast.

🥗 How To Use

Here are a few ways to use lamb marinade:

• 1 recipe yields about ½ cup and will marinate about 2 pounds of lamb.
• Makes great marinated lamb loin chops, lamb shoulder, lamb leg, lamb steaks - then grill, roast, pan-sear, or air fry! Grilled lamb chops are a favorite of mine!
• Use on vegetables then roast or grill them
• Not just for lamb! Use on chicken, turkey, pork - even fish and shellfish.
• Use it as a salad dressing for pasta salad or a fresh green salad.

📖 Variations

Here are a few ways you can vary or make substitutions to your lamb marinade:

• Italian inspired - use 3 teaspoons of Italian seasoning blend instead of the oregano, thyme, and rosemary.
• Give it a spicy kick - use cayenne pepper, extra ground black pepper, or red pepper flakes.
• Give it a little citrus twist by adding fresh or dried lemon zest. You could also add a little lemon juice - start with 1 teaspoon it is quite potent. Make sure to reduce some of the red wine vinegar so you balance the tanginess.
• Indian inspired - add a little curry powder or other Indian-inspired flavors like garam masala, cumin, ginger, coriander, cilantro, etc.

💭 Top Tips

❓FAQs

Storage

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. The olive oil will solidify when it gets cold. Take it out of the fridge to liquefy a few hours before using.

How long should you marinate lamb?

You should marinate lamb from 15 minutes up to 24 hours. The longer you marinate your lamb the better as it will add more flavor.

Do you need to marinate lamb?

While marinade adds a delicious flavor to your meat, you do not need to marinate lamb as it is very tender on its own. If you really want to go simple just sprinkle it with salt and pepper.

✔️ More Lamb Recipes

If you are looking for more delicious lamb recipes, check these out:

• Lamb Rub
• Air Fryer Lamb Chops Recipe
• Roasted Lamb Breast
• How To Cook a Boneless Leg of Lamb
• Pressure Cooker Leg of Lamb
• Slow Cooker Leg of Lamb

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