Beef / Pork

Slow Cooked Tri Tips and Gravy takes several minutes to prepare.

Slow Cooked Tri Tips and Gravy takes several minutes to cook.

Slow Cooked Tri Tips and Gravy makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Slow Cooked Tri Tips and Gravy are:

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
2 lbs. tri tip pieces {or a 2 lb. tri tip roast, cut into large pieces}
salt & pepper, to taste
1-10.5 oz. can beef consomme
1 can water
2 bay leaves
3/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
3 tablespoons softened butter
3 tablespoons flour
more water, if needed

Here is how you make Slow Cooked Tri Tips and Gravy:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In large heavy bottomed pot {such as a dutch oven} heat olive oil over medium heat. Once pot is hot, saut? onions for 3 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook another minute. Season meat with salt and pepper and brown in pot. This should take about 5 minutes. Pour in beef consomm?, water, bay leaves and thyme. Stir and cover. Place into preheated oven and bake 2-3 hours or until meat is fork tender. Remove from oven.Using a slotted spoon, remove meat from liquid in pot. Return to medium heat on stove top. In a small bowl, stir butter and flour together until a smooth paste forms. Pour butter mixture into hot liquid and whisk in to stir. Within a minute or so, sauce should thicken to gravy. If gravy gets too thick, add in 1/2 cup water or until desired consistency is reached. Replace meat and stir to coat in gravy. Turn heat to low to keep warm before serving.Serve with Mashed PotatoesServing Size: 4Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUNSPOT_BABY.

The nutritional information for Slow Cooked Tri Tips and Gravy is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 588.8

• Total Fat: 39.0 g
• Cholesterol: 170.6 mg
• Sodium: 1,240.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 8.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
• Protein: 49.7 g