Mungo-lian Barbequed Tri Tip Sandwiches
- Tri Tip Rub, recipe follows
- 2 1/2 to 3-pound tri tip
- Bread buns or rolls, of your preference
- Mungo-lian Barbeque Sauce, recipe follows
- Apply rub to tri tip at least 2 hours before grilling.
- Heat 3 or 4 burners of a gas grill on high for 10 minutes.
- Sear tri tip on fat side first with lid down for 2 or 3 minutes.
- Rotate 1/4 turn to get cross hatched grill marks on surface and leave for 2 more minutes.
- Flip tri tip over to bottom and sear for 5 minutes with lid down.
- Shut off burner on 1 side and move meat to the side that is turned off.
- Close lid of grill and let cook for approximately 30 minutes for a 2 1/2 to 3-pound tri tip.
- Test meat for doneness and apply the barbeque sauce for last 5 minutes of grilling.
- Slice thin and pile on buns with additional barbeque sauce.
- Equal amounts of mustard seed, dry mustard, granulated garlic powder, freshly ground or cracked black pepper and kosher salt
- Mix all ingredients except salt.
- Salt can be added to the meat before the rub but in proportion to the type of meat you are grilling.
- 1/3 stick butter
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped fine
- 1 dash liquid smoke
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 dash yellow prepared mustard
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Heat butter in a sauce pan until bubbly.
- Add onion and cook until softened.
- Add liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce and cook 1 minute.
- Add the sugar, ketchup, black pepper, cayenne pepper and the dash of mustard.
- (The mustard will make the sauce very tangy, be careful not to add too much.)
- Mix and let simmer slowly for about 5 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice, to taste, to balance out the sugar.
- Mix and turn off flame.
- Sauce is ready to use.
tri, bread buns
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mungo-lian-barbequed-tri-tip-sandwiches-recipe.html (may not work)