Recipes

Tri Tip Dishes

What to make with tri tip beyond the roast. Tacos, burritos, tortas, sandwiches, and salads built on the cut.

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Tri Tip Burrito

A loaded tri tip burrito with rice, pinquito beans, salsa, and cheese in a warm flour tortilla. The Central Coast answer to the California burrito.20 min4 burritos

Tri Tip Salad

Sliced tri tip over greens with cherry tomatoes, avocado, cotija, and a lime vinaigrette. The light, fresh way to stretch your leftover tri tip.15 minServes 2

Tri Tip Sandwich

Thin-sliced tri tip on a toasted French roll with salsa roja. The bread, the sauce, whether to add cheese, and five variations worth making.15 minServes 4

Tri Tip Tacos

Sliced or chopped tri tip in warm tortillas with onion, cilantro, salsa, and lime. The fastest, tastiest way to turn leftover tri tip into dinner.15 minServes 4

Tri Tip Torta

Tri tip on a toasted telera roll with warm pinquito beans, avocado, tomato, and pickled jalapenos, pressed so it eats like one thing. Ready in 15 minutes.15 min2 tortas

Cooking With Leftover Tri Tip

Every dish here works with leftover tri tip and takes 15 to 20 minutes. Three things make the difference.

Slice It Thin

Cut against the grain, thin enough to bite through in a roll or a tortilla. How to slice tri tip shows where the grain changes.

Warm It Briefly

A minute in a hot pan brings the crust back. For the sandwich, add a splash of beef broth to the skillet. More in how to reheat tri tip.

Toast the Bread

Toast the roll for the sandwich or torta, and warm the tortillas for tacos and the burrito, so nothing goes soggy or cracks.

Which One to Make

Feeding four: tacos, the sandwich or the burrito. Something lighter for two: the salad. The most to hold in your hands: the torta, with beans, avocado and pickled jalapeños.

Serve the sandwich the Central Coast way, with pinquito beans on the side. More in sides for tri tip.