Marinade for lamb - with mint and garlic

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Marinade for lamb

Name: Marinade for lamb - with mint and garlic
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: 3 sprigs fresh mint; 1 garlic clove; 0.5 teaspoon coarse salt; 0.25 teaspoon black pepper; 0.5 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 500 grams lamb

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This marinade for lamb is made with just a few ingredients and gives your meat a lot of flavour. It’s delicious with fresh mint, garlic, and more.

Nutrition balance score

Good

7.3/10

Glycemic Index

Glycemic Load

47.34 (Low)

1.36 (Low)

Nutrition per serving

Kcal

323.25 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

2.87 g
2.36 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

23.25 g
8.58 g

Proteins

26.13 g

Fiber

0.16 g

Sodium

388.18 mg

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An easy marinade for lamb that is ready in no time. With fresh mint and garlic, you don’t need much else to make the lamb extra tasty and tender.

This simple marinade can be used for lamb fillets, lamb chops or slices of leg of lamb. The amount below is enough for about 500 grams of lamb, since you don’t need much. If you’re marinating a whole leg of lamb or a rack, you should make a lot more marinade, because the thicker meat takes longer to absorb the flavours.

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Made by Véronique

Published at 2025-04-08, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 10 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Preparation time

5 minutes

Time cooking

5 minutes

Total time

10 minutes

Making marinade for lamb – 10 minutes + time to marinate

Wash the mint if needed and dry it with paper towels.

Peel the garlic clove and add it along with mint leaves, coarse salt, black pepper, honey and red wine vinegar to a small blender or mortar.

Add about 3 tablespoons of olive oil and blend or grind until the mint and garlic are finely chopped.

This marinade is enough for about 500 grams of lamb. Place the marinade and the lamb in a medium bowl and mix well.

Cover with cling film and place the lamb in the fridge for at least 4 hours so the flavours can soak in well.

You can now cook the marinated lamb for a few minutes on each side in a pan or on a barbecue. Make sure the lamb is still pink inside, as fully cooked lamb can become tough.

Serve the cooked lamb with grilled green asparagus and boiled red potatoes, for example. Enjoy your meal!

Tips!

Which lamb is good for marinating?

You can marinate almost any kind of lamb, like lamb chops, lamb fillets, lamb tenderloin and even slices of leg of lamb.

How much lamb is the marinade for?

The marinade is enough for about 500 grams of lamb.

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Nutritional values

Per 1 serving / piece:

Pay attention! These indicated nutritional values are based on standard tables and are therefore an estimated total. No rights can be derived from the data in the nutritional value table.

General

Kcal

323.25 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

2.87 g
2.36 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

23.25 g
8.58 g

Proteins

26.13 g

Fiber

0.16 g

Sodium

388.18 mg

Show vitamines & minerals

Minerals

Iron

2.18 mg

Calcium

9.89 mg

Magnesium

28.78 mg

Potassium

28.78 mg

Phosphorus

240.51 mg

Copper

0.11 mg

Zinc

4.05 mg

Iodine

0.01 µg

Selenium

0.01 µg

Vitamins

Vitamine C

0.68 mg

Vitamine D

0.13 mg

Vitamine A

25.63 mg

Vitamine B1

0.13 mg

Vitamine B2

0.25 mg

Vitamine B6

0.51 mg

Vitamine B12

2.50 µg

Folic acid

9.24 µg

Vitamine E

0.01 mg

Vitamine K

6.25 µg

Vitamine K1

0.00 µg

Handy! Scroll this table horizontally to see all nutritional values per ingredient

Amount		Ingredient	Allergens	Kcal	Carbs	Carbs of which sugars	Fat	Fat of which saturated	Protein	Fibers	Sodium	Iron	Calcium	Magnesium	Potassium	Phosphorus	Copper	Zinc	Iodine	Selenium	Vitamin C	Vitamin D	Vitamin A	Vitamin B1	Vitamin B2	Vitamin B6	Vitamin B12	Vitamin B11	Vitamin E	Vitamin K	Vitamin K1
0.75	sprig	fresh mint		1.05	0.22 g	-	0.01 g	-	0.06 g	0.12 g	-	0.08 mg	3.65 mg	1.20 mg	8.54 mg	0.89 mg	-	0.02 mg	-	0.01 µg	0.48 mg	-	25.62 mg	-	-	-	-	1.71 µg	0.01 mg	6.25 µg	-
0.25	clove	garlic		1.05	0.21 g	0.01 g	-	-	0.05 g	0.01 g	0.03 mg	0.01 mg	1.28 mg	0.15 mg	4.50 mg	0.98 mg	-	0.01 mg	0.01 µg	-	0.11 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.03 µg	-	-	-
0.13	teaspoon	coarse salt		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	300.00 mg	-	0.08 mg	2.18 mg	0.04 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.06	teaspoon	black pepper		0.39	0.06 g	-	-	-	0.01 g	0.02 g	0.05 mg	0.04 mg	0.50 mg	-	1.63 mg	0.23 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.13	tablespoon	honey		9.63	2.36 g	2.35 g	-	-	0.01 g	-	0.22 mg	0.04 mg	0.16 mg	0.06 mg	1.56 mg	0.63 mg	-	0.02 mg	-	-	0.10 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.25	tablespoon	red wine vinegar	sulfites	0.79	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.30 mg	0.02 mg	0.49 mg	0.19 mg	2.10 mg	0.30 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.75	tablespoon	olive oil		72.85	0.02 g	-	8.23 g	1.20 g	-	-	0.08 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
125	gram	lamb		237.50	-	-	15.00 g	7.38 g	26.00 g	-	87.50 mg	2.00 mg	3.75 mg	25.00 mg	337.50 mg	237.50 mg	0.10 mg	4.00 mg	-	-	-	0.13 mg	0.01 mg	0.13 mg	0.25 mg	0.50 mg	2.50 µg	7.50 µg	-	-	-
				323.25	2.87 g	2.36 g	23.25 g	8.58 g	26.13 g	0.16 g	388.18 mg	2.18 mg	9.89 mg	28.78 mg	355.86 mg	240.51 mg	0.11 mg	4.05 mg	0.01 µg	0.01 µg	0.68 mg	0.13 mg	25.63 mg	0.13 mg	0.25 mg	0.51 mg	2.50 µg	9.24 µg	0.01 mg	6.25 µg	-