Greek Souvlaki Marinade
A delicious marinade packed with lemon, garlic, and herbs for that delicious Greek souvlaki flavour. This marinade is delicious on chicken, pork, lamb, or beef! Feel free to scale up the recipe to marinade larger batches of meat at one time.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- pinch red chili flakes
- 6 portions meat of choice (chicken, pork, beef, or lamb)
- lemon wedges optional garnish
- chopped fresh herbs (parsley, dill, chives, basil, thyme, oregano, or mint would all be good options) optional garnish
- sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all marinade ingredients, except garnishes, to a jar or bowl and shake or whisk to combine.
- Add 6 portions of meat of choice to a large ziplock bag (or container of choice). If you plan on putting the meat on skewers, cut into cubes before marinating. Press all the air out of the bag and massage the marinade into the meat. Lay flat to freeze, or allow at least 30 minutes (up to 24 hours) to marinate in the fridge before grilling.
- Preheat grill to 400F and grill meat according to its cook time, splitting the cook time per side of the meat (for uniform pieces of meat like chicken, steak, or pork chops I like to cook 2/3 of the time on one side and the remaining 1/3 of time on the other). Chicken breast takes about 8 minutes to cook on the grill, so I do 5 minutes on the first side and 3 minutes on the other side. The meat should feel firm to the touch (fully cooked).
- Once cooked, remove meat from grill to a plate and tent with foil. Allow to rest for at least 5 minutes before serving. Serve with fresh lemon wedges, fresh herbs, and salt and pepper to taste, if desired. This pairs well with Greek Salad, hummus or tzatziki and pita bread, rice, and/or grilled vegetables.
