I am proud to be partnering with Certified Angus Beef and Meijer to bring you this amazing and delicious beef recipe.
This Top Round Roast Beef Recipe is so easy to throw together, and so juicy delicious. With only about 10 minutes hands on time it makes for an amazing meal that is fit for any holiday! We love serving this recipe alongside my Roasted Baby Potatoes and Roasted Honey Glazed Carrots.
I am SO excited to share today’s recipe with you! Recently, I had the great fortune of heading to Ohio with and Meijer to go to Certified Angus Beef’s headquarters, learn from them, and even better, cook with their chefs! I have never been super confident cooking with beef – probably because I grew up vegetarian, and beef just wasn’t something my mom made a lot of once we started eating meat. But it’s something I want to cook with more, because OMG, how tasty is well prepared beef?? Certified Angus Beef is a great resource for cooking beef, and I love that they have such a great partnership with my local Meijer store.
If you are unfamiliar with Certified Angus Beef, they are a non-profit organization whose mission is to uphold the standards of beef and help families who raise cattle earn a better livelihood. Angus refers to the type of cattle that produces the best meat. Just like Holsteins tend to produce the best milk and are used as dairy cows. There are 10 standards that angus cattle must meet in order to qualify to be labeled Certified Angus Beef. The most important of those is the marbling within the meat; the more marbling a piece of beef has, the higher the quality. A rancher won’t know if their cow has met those standards until after it heads to the butcher. The standards are so high, that only 30% of angus meet them. So, if there is one thing you take away from this post, I hope it is that when you shop for beef, you look for the Certified Angus Beef label so you know you are getting the best quality.
Another really important thing for Certified Angus Beef is teaching people how to cook beef well. I mean, if you are going to be eating the top quality beef, you want to make sure you cook it really well. My favorite part about being in Ohio was learning from the chefs at Certified Angus Beef. You should have seen the amazing spread they made for us. From what I learned there, I wanted to make you guys the best roast beef recipe.
HOW TO COOK A TOP ROAST ROUND IN THE OVEN
The first thing you need to do is head to your local Meijer and get a four pound cut of Certified Angus Beef Top Round Roast. My Meijer didn’t have what I was looking for in the meat case, but the butcher was able to cut me something fresh right away!
The key to this recipe is starting out the roast at a really high temperature (450 degrees) to brown the outside, and then turning the heat down after fifteen minutes and finishing the roast off that way. It makes for a roast that is crisp and delicious on the outside and moist and tender on the inside.
This recipe for a top round beef roast is just a slight variation on one of the amazing recipes that the chefs at Certified Angus Beef have come up with, because I just must tweak everything. But you will love all the great roast recipes that you find there.
THE BEST ROAST BEEF RECIPE
This really is the best roast beef recipe for a couple of simple reasons.
- The rub that you make is so simple and only takes a few minutes.
- It’s also very versatile. If you have a rub that you really love, you could use that instead on this great recipe.
- You cook the meat in a roasting pan with a raised grate, that allows the air to circulate around it and cook it really evenly.
- The high temperature beginning makes for such a nice outside.
- This recipe cooks the roast so perfectly that you end up with a very moist piece of top round roast.
Top Round Roast Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 pound Certified Angus Beef Top Round Roast
- 4 teaspoons dried oregano
- 4 teaspoons dried thyme
- 2 teaspoons crushed dried rosemary
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
- Combine all of the spices in a small bowl. Either crush with a pestle (the back of an ice cream scoop works well too!) or grind with a food processor. Coat the meat with the mixture.
- Place the roast on a wire rack inside a shallow baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes at 450 degrees. Then reduce the oven to 325 degrees and bake for an hour or until an instant read thermometer reads 135 to 140 degrees.
- Remove from the oven and tent with tin foil for 15 minutes. Then slice in thin pieces and serve.
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Top Round Roast Beef Recipe
Great side dishes to serve with this roast beef
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Meijer. The opinions and text are all mine.
Sheila Macchiaroli says
Well I’m excited to have you teach me some recipes that I can learn I’m not the best when it comes to cooking but I love to cook so I’ll give it my best shot and thank you for all the good recipe that you’ll be sharing with me .
I hope you find a few that you truly love and feel confident making.
Jennifer B says
I was pleasantly surprised how this turned out. I have yet to have a roast, other than a chuck roast turn out anything other than tough and dry. This turned out perfect. Juicy and tender. Two words I’d not ever associated with a top round lol. I followed the recipe to the letter and checked the temp after 30 minutes at the 325 setting then again in 25 minutes. I ended up adding 15 extra minutes to get it to 132 degrees, (somewhat larger roast than recipe indicated). I was also hesitant about the spices based on some of the reviews but it’s delicious! This recipe is absolutely going into the menu rotation.
I’m so happy this was such a hit! And yes! The biggest draw back with the top round roast (in my opinion) is that the cut thickness can vary so greatly! So two different three pound roasts can cook very differently depending on how thick they are. I’m so glad you used an instant read thermometer.
JC says
I’m very nervous when it comes to roasting meat. This recipe is absolutely perfect! It came out exactly medium rare. The crust is delicious! Thanks!
I’m so happy that you liked it!
Cathy says
Made this tonight for my family and it was fantastic. Thanks for the recipe. My roast was a little over 2 lbs and it needed only 30 mins after the initial 15 @ 450. Perfectly medium rare. We will definitely be making this again.
I’m so glad this was a hit for you!
Marianne says
Perfect timing for my 1 1/2 pound roast and family really enjoyed the taste and tenderness of this type of beef. Meat is dense enough and marbled enough to be tender and flavorful. I pretty much cook from scratch and made candied carrots along with sliced, fried potatoes and salad. Seasonings were the greatest combination to enhance flavor. Thank you for a wonderful experience our palates are thankful too.
I’m so glad that you liked it!
Brent says
I love top round. I wish Meijer would sell a thicker cut
Grace Erickson says
Took WAY longer than the hour time at 325° – and we have a new oven so I know it’s not that “all ovens are different”
The problem with this cut of meat is that it is cut a different thicknesses, which will impact the cooking time more than the weight, which is why I suggest using an instant read thermometer to monitor the temperature.