2tablespoonfavorite dry rub*or see post or notes for the recipe
1tablespoonvegetable oili used olive oil
13golden potatoesuse more to fill the bottom of the pot
carrots, celery, mushroomsoptional
2cupswater
Instructions
Add oil to the inner pot. Push on SAUTE button and let it heat up. Meanwhile rub your tri tip with the spices of choice or with the rub i provided in notes.
Brown tri tip in the pot, both sides. Turn SAUTE mode off. Take meat out and place separately . Add washed potatoes in to the same pot ( peel them if you like to). Add more vegetables if using. Add water
Place a trivet on top of those vegetables. Put browned tri tip on top of the trivet. Close and lock the lid. (if you dont have a trivet, just place the roast on top of potatoes)
Cook on manual for 29 minutes for well done, or 17 minutes for medium rare. Quick release.
Carefully open the lid and take the meat out. Slice it against the grain. If not served immediately, you can place sliced tri tip into the broth (dripping plus water) and let soak the juices.
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Notes
Rub recipe: 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1 tspn onion powder, 1 tspn paprika, 1 tspn black pepper and about 2 teaspoon of salt.For Weight Watchers: myWW green plan 8 points, myWW blue plan 8 points, myWW purple plan 2 points per serving (points calculated using recipe builder in weightwatchers app)