Slow-Cooked Beef Loin Tri-Tip Roast

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed, divided
• 2 1/4 pounds seasoned beef loin tri-tip roast
• 1 yellow onion, halved and sliced
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 pinch adobo seasoning (such as Goya), or more to taste

Directions

Coat the inside of a slow cooker with about 1 tablespoon olive oil.

Coat the inside of a skillet with about 1 tablespoon olive oil and heat over medium-high heat. Cook roast in the hot oil until browned, about 5 minutes per side. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil during the last 5 minutes of browning the roast. Transfer roast to the slow cooker, reserving onion in the skillet.

Pour water over onion; crumble bouillon cube into water. Add garlic and adobo seasoning to onion mixture; cook and stir until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture over roast.

Cook on High until meat is cooked through and tender, about 4 hours.