Tri-Tip with Grilled Tomato salsa is a festive and delicious dish for any gathering. The tri-tip is rubbed, grilled, and then topped with easy tomato salsa. with the same ingredients as pico de gallo, except they are grilled.
Marinate the tomatoes in Italian dressing for 1 hour.
Grill the tomatoes on a very hot grill in a BBQ wok for 30 seconds. Remove.
Add the cilantro, onions, salt, and pepper.
Grilled Tri-Tip
Rub the tri tip with the rub and let rest in fridge for at least 2 hours before cooking.
Light a BBQ between 275 and 350 degrees F (135 and 175 degrees C) and set it up for indirect cooking (one side hot and one side cold). Place a tinfoil pouch full of wood chips on the hot side and wait to smoke.
Once the chips start smoking, place the tri-tip on the cold side to roast. Cook until the meat reaches 115 degrees F (45 degrees C). Move the meat to the hot side to sear. Cook on the hot side until the coldest part of the tri-tip is 130 degrees F (55 degrees C).