Grilled Tri-Tip Steak Strips Recipe
Tri-tip steak is a juicy, flavorful and inexpensive alternative to your traditional steak cuts. The beauty of tri-tip is that it is already naturally tender, so any enhancement to its texture or flavor will result in a party to your taste buds.
Servings: 4
Calories: 179kcal
Ingredients
Rub
- 1 sweet: ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1-3 salts: 1 or ½ teaspoon Pink Himalayan salt, truffle-laced salt, adobo
- 1-3 savories: 1 tsp celery seeds, smoky paprika, cayenne pepper, or bbq spice powder
- 1-2 spices: oregano, rosemary
Basic brine
- Binder: 1cup olive oil
- Seasoning: Adobo, soul food seasoning, or Himalayan Pink Salt and ground peppercorns
- Something spicy: 2-3 TBSP paprika, tajin, or tabasco sauce
- Something sweet: ¼ cup brown sugar
- Herbs: Cloves, cinnamon, cumin, and rosemary
- ½ cup white wine vinegar
- Wildcard: For this rogue element, choose something super flavorful such as ½ cup Coke, hoisin sauce, Worcestershire, soy, or liquid smoke.
Instructions
- Be sure you meat is already seasoned.
- If marinating, be sure to remove excess liquid.
- You can re-use leftover marinade during grilling.
- Pre-heat your grill and set it to high heat
- While waiting for the grill, and to ensure that the meat cooks the way you want, you may want to slice the top into very thin slits.
- These slits, you can stuff with the blue cheese crumbs, butter, or extra goodness that we suggest.
- Add more rub or marinade to the meat
- If the grill is taking too long, refrigerate the meat again.
- Once the grill is ready in high heat, place the tri-tip on direct flame.
- Here you will depend on your meat thermometer to determine if it is cooked to your liking.
- 5-10 minutes per side is normally what we use. Remember that medium-rare steaks should read about 135 before you remove and let the heat in the meat continue to cook it.
- Cover in foil before slicing, and let the meat cool off.
- Slice against the grain.
Nutrition
Serving: 85g | Calories: 179kcal