Shelly's Recipe

GRILLED WINE-MARINATED TRI-TIP STEAK

Category: Beef Steaks

1 cup hearty red wine
1/4 cup sherry
2 tbsp chile oil
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
2 bunched green onions, thinly sliced
5 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp minced fresh ginger
2 tri-tip steaks (also called triangular roast), 3-4 lb total. Ask your butcher.

Combine the wine, sherry, chile oil, soy sauce, and sugar in a medium shallow bowl or glass baking dish. Add the green onions, cilantro, garlic and ginger. Mix well. Add the steak and marinate at least 2 hours, refrigerated. Turn once or twice.

Heat a grill to medium-high heat. Wipe the steak dry with a paper towel and place on the grill. Cook until the internal temperature reaches 120°F, 15 to 20 minutes, turning once. Serves 4-6.

Serve with a hearty red such as Big Moose Red, a good Rhone, Cabernet, or Shiraz.