Santa Maria Smoked Tri-Tip

Name: Santa Maria Smoked Tri-Tip
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoons garlic powder; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 710 milliliters hickory wood chips; 473 milliliters Santa Maria Salsa; 1 kilograms tri-tip steak, trimmed

Sant A mixture of pepper, tri-tip steak, garlic powder, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the salsa you could follow this main course with the Dessert Strawberry Salsa as a dessert. It works best as a main course, and is done in around 45 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Santa Maria Style Tri Tip, Santa Maria Beans, and Santa Maria Style Tri-Tip.

Instructions

Soak wood chips in water 1 hour; drain well.

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Combine salt, pepper, and garlic powder; sprinkle evenly over steak.

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Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.

Remove grill rack; set aside. Prepare grill, heating one side to high and one side to medium.

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Place wood chips on hot coals on medium-heat side of grill; heat wood chips 10 minutes. Coat grill rack with cooking spray; place on grill.

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Lightly coat steak with cooking spray.

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Place steak on grill rack over high-heat side of grill; grill 6 minutes, turning 3 times.

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Place steak on grill rack over medium-heat side of grill; grill 40 minutes or until a thermometer registers 140 (medium-rare) or until desired degree of doneness.

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Remove steak from grill; let stand 10 minutes.

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Cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices.

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Serve with Santa Maria Salsa; garnish with cilantro sprigs, if desired.

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Wine note: Tri-tip from California's Santa Ynez Valley goes naturally with a full-throttle merlot from the same region. Gainey Merlot 2004 (Santa Ynez Valley, California), $26, is plush and plummy, with enough structure to stand up to the steak, the char-smokiness of the wood chips, and the pungency of the salsa. --Karen MacNeil

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