Quick And Easy Cast Iron Tri Tip Roast - Feeding Your Fam

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Cast Iron Tri Tip Roast is a perfect, quick, and easy dinner idea. 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 and usually comes in 1.5 to 2 pounds. Cut from the Bottom Sirloin.

It can be slow roasted, grilled, smoked or cook it in a nice cast iron skillet as demonstrated in this recipe. Tri tip is easy to cook and goes far to feed your family.

Tri tip is doesn’t need to be cooked for hours. This tender cut can be quickly cooked and sliced against the grain for a simple way to get some deliciously cooked steak on the table!!

Recommended Equipment

• 12 inch cast iron skillet
• Cutting Board
• Sharp Knife

How to Cook Tri tip Steak in Cast Iron

Picture yourself and your loved ones sitting down to a perfectly cooked steak for dinner. This recipe makes a restaurant quality steak with very little effort on your part. Let’s walk through how to cook a tri tip on cast iron.

1. Prepare Tri Tip– before you do anything, take the tri tip out of the refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes to bring up the temperature. Ideally, you want it to be at room temperature, this will help it cook quickly.
2. Season the Tri Tip– prepare the spice rub mixture by combining sea salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Season the tri tip liberally, I mean really layer it on all sides, pressing the seasoning into the meat as you go.
3. Heat the Cast Iron– place the cast iron pan on the stovetop over medium high heat. Heat it for 1-2 minutes until it is hot. Pour in the avocado oil and swirl it around the bottom of the pan to coat.
4. Brown the Tri Tip– place the tri tip into the cast iron pan and brown it on all sides, about 3 minutes per side.
5. Cook the Tri Tip– once the roast is browned with a nice crust on both sides, turn the heat down to medium and continue to cook, turning every 3-4 minutes. Depending on the thickness of your steak, it should take about 5-7 minutes per side to cook to 125º F.
6. Add More Flavor– for the last minute of cooking time, melt the butter in the pan and add in the garlic, shallots, and rosemary. Use a spoon to drizzle the melted butter over the tri tip.
7. Rest– lastly, once the tri tip has reached your desired doneness temperature, remove from the pan to a cutting board and rest for at least 10 minutes to allow the juices to redistribute within the steak.

What Temperature for Tri Tip

You can easily adjust this recipe for your own family! We like our steaks at a nice Medium temperature, so I plan on cooking to about 130ºF.

I will remove it from the pan and allow it to continue to come up in temperature while it rests for about 10 minutes. The meat will continue to cook after being taken out of the cast iron pan.

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.

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!

Other Cast Iron Recipes to Try

If you love cooking with cast iron pans like I do, let me suggest some of our favorite recipes to make. These are all easy meals that I hope your family will love too.

Cast Iron Filet Mignon

Cast Iron Ribeye Steak

Hamburger Steak with Onion Gravy (in Cast Iron)

Cast Iron Flank Steak

What to Serve With Tri Tip Steak

This is easy to make into a complete meal. Serve this steak with a side of garlic butter asparagus, roasted potatoes, or even a watermelon salad. I have a ton of side dish recipes that all would be a perfect addition to this steak.

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Cast Iron Skillet Tri Tip Roast

Tri tip is a tender and juicy cut of beef. This meal comes together so easy and is perfect for any night of the week! Prep Time10 minutes minsCook Time20 minutes minsResting Time10 minutes minsTotal Time40 minutes mins Servings: 10 Calories: 199kcal Author: Sarah Alvord, Feeding Your Fam

Equipment

• 1 12 inch cast iron skillet

Ingredients

• 2-3 pounds tri tip roast
• 2 tablespoons avocado oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 shallots sliced
• 2 rosemary sprigs

TRI TIP RUB

• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon onion powder

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Instructions

• Remove the tri tip from refrigerator and allow to come up in temperature about 30 minutes while you prepare other ingredients.
• Combine the spices and season the tri tip steak liberally on all sides.
• Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat add avocado oil. Place tri tip in skillet and brown on all sides, 3-4 minutes per side.
• Turn heat down to medium and cook tri tip for about 5-7 minutes on each side, flipping every 3-4 mintues.
• When the meat reaches an internal temperature of 125-126ºF (for medium) add in butter, garlic, shallots and rosemary. With a spoon, spoon the melted butter over the roast as it continues to cook and come up to temperature.
• Remove the roast from the pan once it is 5 degrees below your desired doneness, see post above. For this recipe the roast was cooked to 130ºF
• Allow the roast to rest for at least 10 mintues before slicing against the grain.

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Notes

• Nutrition Facts are just an estimate
• One of my favorite easy rubs to use is this BEEF RUB from Hey Grill Hey.
• Use an oil with a high smoke point, like avocado oil
• Store any leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 766mg | Potassium: 337mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.5g | Vitamin A: 79IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg Course: Beef, Dinner, Main CourseCuisine: American, Beef Recipes, DinnerKeyword: Cast Iron Tri Tip Roast Tried this recipe?Please Rate and Leave A Comment Below!

Recipe was updated on May 16, 2024, to use avocado oil in the place of olive oil, everything else remains the same.