Oven-baked Teriyaki Tri-tip

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2-2 lbs tri-tip steak, trimmed
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup sake
• 1/2 cup mirin
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, coarsely ground
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

Recipe

• 1 stand a large ziplock bag in a bowl. combine all ingredients except beef in bag. zip closed and shake well to dissolve the sugar. if don't have access to mirin, you can use combine 1/2 cup regular sake with 1 tsp of sugar.
• 2 add beef to marinade. chill at least two hours, turning occasionally.
• 3 heat oven to 450 degrees. place meat along with marinade into a suitable oven roasting pan (i like pyrex myself).
• 4 when oven is ready, roast meat for 10 minutes.
• 5 after 10 minutes, cover meat with foil. lower oven temperature to 350 and roast for 15 minutes.
• 6 remove foil, and continue roasting for another 15 minutes.
• 7 by this point, the meat should be about medium. cook up to another 10 minutes longer for medium well to well done.
• 8 remove roasting pan from oven and re-cover with foil. let sit for 15 minutes.
• 9 slice across the grain and serve using the marinade as a sauce.