Trader Joe's Tri-tip Steak

This recipe focuses on how easy it can be to create a delicious tri-tip steak and be the perfect medium rare. I have used Trader Joe's Santa Maria brand and been quite happy. You might enjoy your own with perhaps less sodium (330mg) but for ease of use and cost, this one's hard to beat. I picked the largest one I could find for about $20 because the leftovers make great steak omelettes or quesadillas.

Author

Doug Henderson

Prep Time: 00:05

Recipe Time: 02:00

Temperature : 129.2F / 54C

Ingredients

• 1 trader Joe Santa Maria tri-tip steak
• 2 tablespoons non salted butter

Directions

1. Bring the water up to temperature of 54 degrees. Hint: If you're using a metal pot like I do you can really cut the time down by using both the sous vide immersion unit AND the heating element to quickly get to 54/129.2 degrees C/F. Don't forget to turn the flame or coil off on the stove when it gets to 53 or so.
2. Add steak to your sous vide bag of choice, remove air and seal. Let it cook for 2 hours.
3. Remove from heat and reserve all the juices from cooking bag, for me it's a gallon zip lock.
4. Pat dry the meat with either clean kitchen towels or paper towels. This helps it not spatter as much when you seat it in the next step.
5. Turn a pan, large enough to handle the entire steak, on high heat. Sear it got about 30 seconds in 2 tablespoons of butter and flip adding a littler more butter at the turn.
6. Remove meat from pan and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes.
7. Slice against the grain (perpendicular to the long direction of the cut) in 1/4 inch slices.
8. Use the juices reserved in the unbagging step to a small sauce pan. Add a couple tablespoons of butter and melt. If there is extra juice from the slicing add this as well. Simmer for a few minutes and pour the juice over your steak at plating time.

Finishing Steps

1. Enjoy!