Santa Maria-style Barbecue

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup salsa
• 1/4 cup tomato base barbecue sauce
• 1/4 cup liquid from a jar pickled jalapeno pepper
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 sirloin tri-tip steak (2 lb.) or 1 top sirloin steak (2 lb.)

Recipe

• 1 combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. add meat; marinate for several hours.
• 2 heat girll.
• 3 wipe excess marinade from meat.
• 4 apply meat seasoning (1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoons pepper, 1/2 teaspoons meat seasoning-mccormick or susie q's).
• 5 grill steak over medium until cooked to taste, usually 25 to 30 minutes. (for medium-rare, the temp should be 145 degrees).
• 6 let meat rest for 5 to 10 minutes. slice very thin.