Appetizer

Texas Toast Open Faced Tri Tip Sandwiches

Grilled New York Bakery Texas Toast covered in strips of juicy seasoned tri-tip steak and fresh rosemary. You have to make this easy appetizer for summer

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New York Texas Toast with grilled tri-tip on a baking tray.

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New York Bakery® Texas Toast with juicy tri-tip and fresh rosemary! This is one snack you have to make on the grill this summer!

New York Texas Toast with grilled tri-tip on a baking tray.

New York Bakery Texas Toast Tri-Tip sandwiches. That's a whole lot of letter t's, but it describes these easy barbecue open faced sandwiches perfectly!

We all know how good the garlic, cheesy Texas Toast bread is but have you ever thought about throwing it on the grill? It takes minutes to cook and the smoky camp-fire taste you end up with is non comparable to oven baked breads.

Tri-Tip is an easy cut of meat to find here in California, but I hear It can be a bit more tricky to find in other parts of the country. It's perfect for the barbecue and after 20 minutes' grill time and resting for at least 10 minutes, the meat is ready to go!

I usually slice my tri-tip super thin. This makes these open-faced sandwiches so much easier to eat. Just because they're grilled, they don't have to be super chewy.

In fact, the thinner they are, the less you need to really bite into this tri-tip, it just melts in your mouth. You'll find authentic New York Bakery Texas Toast in the freezer section of your local grocery store.

Once your tri-tip is done and resting, just unwrap the toast and lay it on the hot grill with the cheese side facing up. After a few minutes check the bread and if it has some good grill char lines on the bottom, then it's ready to take off the heat.

Slice your tri-tip and lay a few slices on the warm Texas Toast, garnish with some chopped fresh rosemary and season with some sea salt and cracked black pepper.

You could serve these as an appetizer, or if you can manage to inhale three or four, we might have to call that an entree.

Crunchy grilled New York Texas Toast covered in juicy strips of tri-tip.
Tri-tip steak cooking on the grill
Sliced tri-tip steak

Leave a comment and let me know how you like to use Texas Toast in your dinner plans for a chance to win a $50 Visa Gift Card, courtesy of New York Bakery! This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of New York Bakery®. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Recipe

Juicy tri-tip open-faced sandwiches on New York Bakery Texas Toast, perfect for grilling weather!

Course:
Appetizer
COOKing TIME:
25 minutes
Total TIME:
35 minutes
CUISINE:
American
PREP TIME:
10 minutes
SERVINGS:
6

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pounds tri-tip steak
  • 1 1/2 tbsp your favorite bbq rub
  • 1 box New York Bakery Texas Toast
  • 2 tbsp fresh chopped rosemary

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Instructions

  1. Preheat your grill to high.
  2. Season the trip-tip with the bbq rub and place on the grill.
  3. Sear the meat on one side for about 4 minutes and then turn it over and sear again.
  4. Move the meat to the side of the heat source or turn the heat down a little if you can and grill for about 20 minutes turning once or twice.
  5. Once the meat is done to your liking, place it on a plate and cover loosely with foil.
  6. Place the Texas Toast on the grill, cheese side facing up and grill for 2-3 minutes.
  7. Take the trip-tip and slice it across the grain into thin slices.
  8. Place 2-3 slices on top of the toast and garnish with some chopped rosemary.
  9. Serve at once.

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