This is the recipe I use to make an inexpensive roast taste like prime rib.
You do not have to spend a fortune on an expensive roast to create an awesome roast for your dinner. I spent only $2.47 a pound on boneless beef chuck cross rib roast and made a roast that rivaled prime rib. How did I take an ordinary roast and make it taste like prime rib? And so tender we barely needed a knife to cut it? I cooked it in the same way I cook prime rib!
Frugal Holiday Roast Beef Recipe
First I picked a roast that had some fat in it. We often buy lean roasts forgetting that marbling and fat add flavor. You will want to pick a roast that has a thin layer of fat on it. I choose a boneless cross rib roast and even though it has some fat, it was still less than prime rib usually has on it.
Then I pretended I was cooking a standing rib roast (prime rib) and cooked it like prime rib: High heat for a short time to lock in the juices then low and slow until it is cooked all the way through.
Once you coat the roast with spices make sure you flip the roast so the fat side is on top, it will help keep the roast tender.
Printable Roast Beef Recipe
Holiday Roast Recipe
Ingredients
- 3.5 - 6 pound cross rib roast
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt How to Make Seasoned Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
- Place the roast in a roasting pan. Brush the roast with oil, then sprinkle the spices over the roast.
- Flip the roast so the fat side is up.
- Place in oven and roast for 25 minutes at 500 degrees.
- Turn the oven down to 200 degrees and cook for 25 minutes per pound or until the internal temperature is at least 145 degrees.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 20 minutes.
- Slice and serve.
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Brenda says
Do you use a lid at all?
Alea Milham says
No, I don’t.
Brenda says
We like our roasts at medium rare about 135 degrees. Can I remove roast at that temperature?
Alea Milham says
Yes, you can.
Mike says
Sear, slow cook & letting your roast rest is the key to any good beef roast cooked in the oven. The only thing this recipe is missing is leaving your roast out at room temperature for at least an hour so the inside is the same temperature as the outside before putting it in the oven & waiting at least 20 mins after seasoning it before starting step 1.
Kayla says
Would canola oil be okay to use?
Alea Milham says
If that is the oil you have on hand, you can use it. I prefer to use olive oil, but you can use what you wish.
Leanne says
Thanks for the great recipe. I tried it tonight and it turned out perfect. My husband is a fan! He keeps asking me what kind of roast it was. Cross rib roasts just happened to be on sale!
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