Cast Iron Tri Tip Roast

Tri Tip is a super flavorful, tender and delicious cut of beef! This recipe has just a few ingredients and is easily cooked on a stove top in cast iron or a skillet.

What is Tri Tip 

Tri Tip is a lean, boneless triangular cut of beef that is super tender and juicy. It can be slow roasted, grilled, smoked or you can cook it in a nice cast iron skillet. Tri tip is easy to cook and goes far to feed your fam. Tri tip is doesn’t need to be cooked for hours. This is a simple and quick way to get some deliciously cooked steak on the table!! 

Cooking Tri Tip in a Cast Iron Skillet

The first step here is to  take your Tri Tip out of the refrigerator and allow it to come up in temperature, about 10-15 minutes, while you will start making a simple seasoning.

Tri Tip Rub

Make a simple tri tip rub with the following:

• Sea Salt
• Ground Black Pepper
• Garlic Powder
• Onion Powder

Liberally, and I mean liberally, sprinkle this tri tip seasoning all over your tri tip. Making sure it is seasoned on every side. Press the seasoning into the meat with your hand. There’s no such thing as too much in this scenario! You want all those flavors to get in the meat. 

Prepare Your Cast Iron

With your cast iron over medium high heat, pour in 2 tbsp olive oil and heat until shimmering.

Brown the Tri Tip Roast

Brown the roast on all sides to help seal in the juices, this will take about 2 minutes on each side. Once it is browned on all sides, let it cook on each side for about 8-10 minutes, turning once.

Add Flavors to Skillet

Cook the roast until it reaches an internal temperature of 126ºf and add in the extra flavors; butter, garlic, shallots and rosemary. As the butter melts, use a spoon to spoon the butter, garlic and shallots over the tri tip as it continues to come up to temperature. Depending on how you like your steak cooked, pull it about 5 degrees below your desired temperature. 

 

What Temperature to Cook My Steak To?

You can easily adjust the recipe for your own fam! We like our steaks at a nice Medium temperature, so I plan on cooking to about 130ºF and then I will remove it from the pan and allow it took continue to come up to temperature while it rests for about 10 minutes. The following is a guide for what final temperature you would cook it to from Rare to Well Done. Please note that at 10º prior to removing it from the pan, you will add the shallots, garlic, butter and rosemary and at 5º prior to your desired doneness you will remove it and allow it to rest. 

• Rare: Final temperature 115ºF
• Medium Rare: Final temperature 125ºF
• Medium: Final temperature 135ºF
• Medium Well: Final temperature 140ºF
• Well Done: Final temperature 150ºF

The best way to check the doneness of your steak is with an instant read thermometer. 

Allow Your Steak To Rest

This might just be the most important step of this recipe. Allow your steak to rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing. Resting allows the juices to redistribute so that when you cut into your steak all the juices don’t run out and leave you with a dry steak! 

How to Slice Tri Tip

Tri tip needs to be sliced against the grain. Cutting against the grain helps it stay tender, otherwise it will be chewy and hard to eat. Because of its shape, the muscles run in different directions, it is easiest to slice the two pieces apart and then slice those against the grain like in the photo above. Slice into 1/4 inch slices and serve while still warm!

Cast Iron Tri Tip Recipe and Video

 

 

 

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