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For awhile, I've been grilling steaks and chicken with simple ingredients like salt and pepper, mostly to retain original meat flavoring. After a few BBQs at friends places, I found that marinating and preparing the night before really improves the flavor. So this week, I went to Costco and got a piece of Prime Tri-Tip Roast (it came in two pieces, about 3 lbs) and found this grilled recipe.
While browsing online for recipes, I stopped and decided to use this recipe because it had ingredients that I mostly had on hand already, except the lime. The recipe instructions were easy, which basically involved mixing all the non-meat ingredients together, and then marinating.
While heating up the grill, I found the instructions for determining when the meat was done a bit lacking. The recipe stated for medium rare, grill for 10 minutes on each side. But what if the total weight of my tri-tip was only 3 lbs instead of 4 lbs. What if the thickness of my tri-tip was different than the recipe? What my grill was more or less powerful than the recipe? And should I cover the grill while cooking (I assumed yes on this). To insure the meat was cooked to medium rare, I looked up that meat should reach 140 degrees for medium rare. So in addition to the timer (for 10 minutes on each side), I also used my wireless thermometer. I left the grill closed the whole time, except to put out flames when I initially put the tri-tip on the grill. To my surprise, both the timer and the wireless thermometer went off within one minute of each other.
The result was perfectly cook tri-tip. One piece was slightly larger than the other, and that piece came out more medium rare than the other, which ended up being perfect since I had the same meat with two different doneness (if that's a word). The flavoring was not overpowering at all (even though I ended up marinating for over 24 hours).
Everyone loved the meat. This is a recipe I'm keeping and will use again in the future.
Ingredient
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1/2 cup fresh lime juice
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1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
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1/2 cup olive oil
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1/3 cup soy sauce
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1/4 cup tequila
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7 garlic cloves, finely chopped
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2 teaspoons grated lime peel
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2 teaspoons ground cumin
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2 teaspoons dried oregano
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1 teaspoon ground black pepper
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2 2-pound beef loin tri-tip roasts, trimmed
Instructions
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Mix the lime juice, cilantro, olive oil, soy sauce, tequila, garlic, lime peel, ground cumin, dried oregano, and black pepper together in a bowl
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Place the loin tri-tip roast in a zip lock bag and add in the mixed marinade. Let sit overnight (occasionally flipping the bag).
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When fully marinaded, pre-heat the grill to medium-high and grill the meat to desired doneness. For medium rare, about 10 minutes per side.
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When done grilling, transfer to cutting board, tent, and let rest for 10 minutes.
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Cut diagonally across the grain, and serve!