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Toyoshimas' Teriyaki Tri-Tip Recipe

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Michael Toyoshima traces his family teriyaki marinade to the time when his grandmother worked on Kauai in the sugarcane and pineapple fields. Now he a

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • 1 cup washed raw cane sugar or 1/2 cup granulated sugar plus 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup thinly sliced onion
  • 1/2 cup sake
  • 1/2 cup mirin (sweet sake; or 1/2 cup additional regular sake plus 1 teaspoon sugar)
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse-ground pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 beef tri-tip (1 1/2 to 2 lb.), fat trimmed, rinsed, and patted dry

Details

Servings 6
Cooking time 150mins
Adapted from sunset.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Stand a gallon-size zip-lock plastic bag in a bowl. Pour in soy sauce, sugar, onion, sake, mirin, garlic, ginger, pepper, and mustard. Hold bag closed and shake until sugar is dissolved. Add beef; seal bag. Chill at least two hours or up to 1 day, turning occasionally.

2. Lay tri-tip on a lightly oiled barbecue grill over a solid bed of medium coals or medium heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 4 to 5 seconds); close lid on gas grill (discard marinade). Cook, turning every 5 minutes, until rare in center of thickest part (cut to test; 125° to 130° on a thermometer), about 25 minutes, or until as done as you like.

3. Transfer tri-tip to a cutting board. Let rest about 5 minutes, then cut across the grain into thin, slanting slices.

Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
Calories: 171
Calories from fat: 25%
Protein: 20g
Fat: 4.7g
Saturated fat: 1.8g
Carbohydrate: 9.8g
Fiber: 0.1g
Sodium: 559mg
Cholesterol: 57mg

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