This venison marinade recipe is a flavorful and simple all purpose marinade perfect for venison and beef. It creates tender meat with a robust flavor that combats the natural gamey flavor of venison. You’ll want to make sure and save or Pin this recipe for the future!

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Venison Marinade Recipe

Marinade Ingredients

While I love using this venison marinade recipe for backstraps, it can be used as an all purpose marinade for any cut of meat.

These venison marinade ingredients are common staples in most households.

3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons honey mustard (can substitute regular or dijon for different flavoring)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper

Recipe Instructions

For 2 lbs of venison cuts, mix together all ingredients.

Once well combined, place your venison in a shallow dish and cover with the marinade.

Cover the dish and let it rest in the refrigerator for 24 hours, flipping the meat once and recoating with the marinade about 12 hours in.

You can also marinade for half the time. However, the full 24 hours will give you the most robust flavoring and most tender meat.

Venison Backstraps Marinade

Yield: Marinade for up to 2 lbs meat

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

A simple meat marinade perfect for venison and beef using commonly found ingredients.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons honey mustard
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper

Instructions

Mix together all ingredients.
Place meat in a shallow dish and cover with marinade.
Cover, and let rest in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
After 12 hours, flip meat and recoat with marinade.
Refrigerate for remaining 12 hours.

More Venison Recipes

Our family eats venison as our main source of red meat.

One of my most popular recipes is my favorite way to cook venison tenderloin. I also share a few tips on how to properly cook venison, as it does differ from beef.