{"id":19273,"date":"2018-10-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/blog\/?p=19273"},"modified":"2025-09-27T14:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:55:57","slug":"spicy-chocolate-marinated-tri-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/spicy-chocolate-marinated-tri-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"Spicy Chocolate Marinated Tri Tip: Thrill Your Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever tried a combination of two seemingly opposite flavors that somehow just work together? Well, get ready to tantalize your taste buds because in this article we're diving into the world of Spicy Chocolate Marinated Tri Tip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, you read that right - spicy, chocolate and beef. In America, most people think of chocolate as sweet. But pure unsweetened chocolate has a lovely earthy flavor that accentuates the beef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So buckle up and get ready to expand your culinary horizons with this mouth-watering dish.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Chocolate adds a wonderful depth of flavor to the beef.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mexico, mole sauce is a staple that combines chili peppers with chocolate then served with chicken, beef or pork. I once rubbed a prime rib with cocoa and it was magnificent. I've also added chocolate to chili<\/a>, for an amazingly rich and earthy dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have skeptics in your family, you may want to wait tell them it has chocolate until after they try it. I usually do, and they devour it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tri Tip Tricks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tri tip is a very popular cut of beef here in California, but not so much in other parts of the country. It may also be called: a triangle roast, sirloin tip roast, sirloin butt, a California or Santa Maria cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are few important tricks to tri tip:<\/p>\n\n\n\n