How Long to Cook Beef Round Boneless Top Round Roast

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Top Round Roast is a lean cut of beef roasted in the oven just until tender. This easy recipe includes potatoes and veggies for a complete meal. Any leftovers are great in a sandwich or to add protein to a salad.

Hi friends,

I'm back! There hasn't been a new post the last few weeks because we just moved to our new house. It's very exciting! Nothing is unpacked, and the to-do lists keep getting longer. But we hope to stay in this house a long time and really make it our own.

Luckily, I have one last recipe that was photographed at our old house to share with you today. This dinner is simple, healthy, and easy. I know a roast beef recipe may feel a bit wintry when a lot of the internet is moving on to spring. But since it's still very much winter for a lot of us, I decided to post now rather than waiting until next winter.

What is Top Round Roast?

Top Round is a lean and somewhat tough cut of meat from the rear leg of the cow. It's much more affordable than something like, say, prime rib. In other words, you can eat it for a weeknight dinner and don't have to wait for a special occasion. Due to the lack of fat marbling the meat, it's easy to dry out a top round roast if you overcook it. Round steaks are often braised or slow-cooked to keep them tender. I actually like to cut a top round roast into chunks and use it in stews like Beef Bourguignon because I prefer it to a more fatty chuck roast.

However, when you make roast beef with top round roast, cooked to medium, it stays juicy and tender. Reheating leftovers can dry it out, so I've been eating the leftover roast beef cold either on a salad or on a roll. Top Round Roast is definitely my favorite cut for roast beef.

Ingredients for Top Round Roast

Here are some of the main ingredients for this dinner. That's a 4 ½ pound top round roast. Pick out the roast with the most fat on it. Even if you don't want to eat the fat on top, some of it will render onto the meat while roasting, adding flavor. My supermarket also sells some half-roasts, if you want to make a smaller portion.

There's also red onion, carrots, asparagus, kosher salt, coarse ground black pepper, and fresh thyme. Thyme is one of my favorite herbs to go with beef. I decided to limit the seasonings to salt, pepper, and thyme to keep it simple. These three add plenty of flavor on their own. You can add other spices or swap out other herbs for the thyme based on what you like and what you have on hand.

How to Make Top Round Roast

This is a really easy recipe that doesn't need many step-by-step photos. While the oven is preheating, season your roast. Place it in the roasting pan with the side that has the most fat facing up.

Start out roasting the meat at 425 degrees to get it nice and browned, then reduce the temperature to 325 after 15 minutes. When you lower the heat, all the vegetables except for the asparagus go into the oven.

The veggies are tossed with olive oil, salt, and pepper.

The asparagus gets added for the last 20 minutes.

How Long to Cook Top Round Roast in the Oven

To start, roast the meat for 15 minutes at 425 degrees. After that, leave the roast in the oven and lower the temperature to 325 degrees. From here it will take about 1 hour to reach medium-rare. I've made both a 2 ½ pound and a 4 ½ pound roast, and I found they both took almost the same time. I think this is because of the shape of the cut. It's sort of like a long rectangle, and the full-size roast is longer but not wider, so the inside of the meat isn't really further away from the surface, if that makes sense.

The roast you see in the pictures here was removed from the oven at an internal temperature of 125 degrees.

Make sure to let the roast rest for 15 minutes before slicing. It will continue to cook while resting. Spoon the pan drippings over the sliced beef—it's the best topping!

Looking for other healthy protein and veggie dinners you can quickly prep and get in the oven? Check out my Roast Salmon with Fennel or Slow Roast Chicken.

If you make this recipe, please give the recipe a rating and/or leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you!

Top Round Roast

Top Round Roast is a lean cut of beef roasted in the oven just until tender. This easy recipe includes potatoes and veggies for a complete meal. Any leftovers are great in a sandwich or to add protein to a salad.

Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes

Servings 8

Calories 520 kcal

• 1 (4-5 pound) top round roast
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves (or 1 teaspoon dried)
• 3 pounds small white potatoes, halved
• 12 ounces carrots, peeled
• 1 red onion, cut into chunks
• salt and pepper
• 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 pounds asparagus, trimmed

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a roasting pan or baking dish with cooking oil spray.

2. Pat beef dry with paper towels. Rub 1 tablespoon kosher salt, 1 ½ teaspoons black pepper, and thyme all over roast. Place in prepared pan with the side with any extra fat facing up.

3. Roast in 425 degree oven for 15 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, prepare vegetables. Spray a sheet pan or baking dish with cooking oil spray. Add potatoes, carrots, and onion. Season with salt and pepper and toss with 3 tablespoons olive oil. Toss asparagus with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and salt and pepper and set aside.

5. After beef has been roasting for 15 minutes, turn oven temperature down to 325 degrees. Leave beef in oven. Put the vegetables (excluding asparagus) in the oven. Roast beef and vegetables for about 1 hour.

6. When there is 20 minutes left on the timer, add the asparagus to the baking dish with the other vegetables. The asparagus will take 15-20 minutes, depending how thick it is.

7. The beef is done when it reaches internal temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit for rare, 125 for medium-rare, or 135 for medium. (Take it out of the oven at this temperature - the meat will continue cooking while resting.) Vegetables are done when tender.

8. Let rest 15 minutes before slicing.

Bon Appétit!

How Long to Cook Beef Round Boneless Top Round Roast

Source: https://www.wednesdaynightcafe.com/top-round-roast/

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