Instant Pot Tri Tip (3 Ways!)

This instant pot tri tip is fork tender, full of flavor and super easy to make! Throw all your ingredients in the instant pot, set and wait for delicious shredded tri tip deliciousness!

Course dinner

Cuisine American, Mexican

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1

Time for instant pot to reach pressure 15

Total Time 1 25

Servings servings

Calories 644kcal

Author Aubrey

Cost $24

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

5 lbs tri tip roast
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
7 oz can diced green chilies
16 oz jar pepperoncini and juice (pre-sliced or whole pepperoncini, if whole, cut off stems)
1 packet ranch salad dressing seasoning mix
1 packet au jus seasoning
1 packet fajita seasoning

Instructions

Cut up tri tip into 2-3 inch cubs (does not need to be exact but smaller size helps cooking)
In instant pot, add cut up tri tip roast, tomatoes, green chilies, pepperoncini, ranch salad dressing seasoning mix, au jus seasoning and fajita seasoning.
Cook in instant pot on high pressure for 60 minutes. Note: It will take about 15-20 minutes for the instant pot to reach pressure.
Quick release pressure when instant pot cooking is done.

Notes

Basic Instant Pot Tri Tip: If you would like to make a more traditional instant pot tri tip, simply omit the ranch and fajita seasoning, the diced tomatoes and the green chilies. Use 1 cup water, 2 au jus packets, 3 whole cloves or garlic and one onion slice into thin strips or chopped.

Mississippi Roast Instant Pot Tri Tip: Omit fajita seasoning, diced tomatoes and green chilies. The classic Mississippi roast recipe uses chuck roast (pot roast) and also adds a stick of butter. While the butter adds another dimension of flavor, I don't find that the extra butter is necessary as the fattiness of the meat is more than enough. You can't go wrong either way.

Pressure Cooker Tri Tip: An instant pot is a multi functional kitchen gadget that has a pressure cooker functionality. If you have a standard pressure cooker, bring your pressure cooker to high pressure and cook for the same amount of time as this recipe indicates (60 minutes).

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