How to make a smoky carne asada marinade

Tracey Koch

June 2, 2025

Photography by Amy Shutt

Carne asada marinade

Yields 3 cups

4 cloves minced garlic

1 cup of jarred chipotle chiles

3 cloves minced garlic

1¼ teaspoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

1½ teaspoon chili powder

2 teaspoons cumin powder

1 teaspoon smoky paprika

¼ cup fresh chopped cilantro

1 teaspoon fresh lime zest

1 teaspoon fresh orange zest

¼ cup fresh lime juice

½ cup fresh orange juice

2 cups vegetable oil

Place all of the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Whisk until well combined.
Carefully pour the marinade into a jar or bottle with a tight-fitting lid and place it into the fridge to chill until you are ready to use. This marinade will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

This article was originally published in the June 2025 issue of 225 Magazine.

By Tracey Koch

Tracey Koch has been creating recipes, instructing cooking classes for both kids and adults, and writing food columns in the Baton Rouge area for over 25 years. She began writing her favorite column, “Dining In,” back in 2013. Find it featured in the Taste section of 225 Magazine every month. When she is not in the kitchen developing and testing new recipes, she is writing stories for her children’s book series about a little goose from Toulouse.