Faux Fred Marinated Tritip in honor of Russ's Birthday Recipe rupsup

• 1 packet squid ink (optional) but use it for the truly coal black experience... more for color than for taste I think. But it's pricey to ship and hard to find.
• 1 T cocoa (I think this is optional, too). Could be toasted with the chipotle below
• 2 heaping T black bean sauce (get good rich black stuff --- this is key)
• 6-10 cloves garlic chopped very fine (critical to Fredness)
• 2 T olive oil
• 1 T salt
• 1 T tamarind paste (or water)... not essential to Fredness, but adds complexity
• 1 tsp chipotle powder (also not essential, but adds complexity)
• 1-2 T very strong coffee (or water)
• 1 T sugar
• 1.5 - 2 lb tritip (essential!)

1. Put the garlic and sugar in the oil and cook slowly until a deep caramel color.
2. While garlic is carmelizing, If youre using them, mix the cocoa and chipotle together and scorch them in a heavy bottom pan.
3. Youll know when this happens when the color darkens and it starts to smell wonderful.
4. When garlic is carmelized, mix with the other ingredients youre using: black bean sauce, is essential; optional items are: squid ink, cocoa + chipotle, salt, tamarind paste, coffee.
5. You can strain out the garlic pieces if you like, but I like leaving them in.
6. Consistency should be a little viscous.. runnier than molasses, but thicker than coffee.
7. If too thick, add more coffee or water.
8. Put the resulting mixture with the tritip into a ziplock bag and mush it around.
9. Let it repose in the refrigerator for 3 days.
10. Turn it over and mush it around every once in awhile.
11. Cook your tritip however you normally do... on the grill or in the oven.
12. The salt content essentially brines the meat, making it juicier,

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Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/faux-fred-marinated-tritip-honor-russs-birthday-26665 (may not work)