Grilled Roast Tri-tip

While the marinade was definitely a challenge, this turned out really great. The potatoes make for a great pair. I think with a buttered roll, this meal would have been perfect. It is REALLY important to make sure you have all of the marinade ingredients ready to go when you are making it though.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 Tablespoons salt
• 1 Tablespoon ground black pepper
• 1 Tablespoon onion salt or garlic salt
• 2 Tablespoons parsley flakes
• 1/4 cup malt vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 Tablespoons garlic - minced (4-5 big cloves)
• A nice piece of trip-tip, anywhere from 1.5 to 4 lbs.
  

Directions

Marinade:

1. In a small bowl, combine the spices. 
2. In another bowl combine the liquids.
3. In a saucepan, mix together 1/4 cup of the sugar and 1/4 cup of the water and bring to a boil, stirring all the while. 
4. When the sugar gets a dark color, quickly add the spices and stir.
5. Bring back to a boil for a minute, and then add the liquids. 
6. Mix well and taste. If you feel like it needs more "balance," add a little more salt. 
7. Add the garlic and the 2 tablespoons of sugar. 
8. Bring back to a boil, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. 
9. Let cool. 
10. Place the tri-tip roast in a shallow baking dish or a Ziploc bag and pour the cooled marinade over. 
11. Place in fridge and let marinade for a hour or overnight.

Tri-Tip:

1. Let the tri-tip sit at room temperature for at least 30min before cooking.
2. Pre-heat grill to medium-high. If not making the potatoes, preheat oven to 425.
3. Place roast on the grill, and let cook for 3 minutes
4. Turn to make grill hatch marks and cook for another 4 minutes.
5. Flip roast and repeat 3 & 4 pattern.
6. Pull tri-tip off of grill and place into oven. Cook until internal temp is 125. Roughly 30-40min.
7. Place on cutting board and let sit for 10 minutes.
8. Cut up and serve.

Thoughts:
The roast came out really delicious. The char on the outside from the grill was delicious. The main thing I learned was that the marinade's first few steps can break into disaster really fast. If you don't keep stirring and then add in the collected ingredients really quickly, your sugar will burn very very fast and then you have to start over.

I definitely plan on making this again.

Next Time:

• Maybe a little more salt in the marinade.
• Marinade overnight.
• Start roast earlier, since it takes a while in the oven.