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.
If you are wondering the top round roast beef cooking time per pound, you should download the Roast Perfect App! It was made by the chefs at Certified Angus Beef. Not only does it tell you exactly how long to cook your meat, it tells you what size you should buy based on how many people you are looking to serve. It also has recipes, tips, and helps you select the perfect roast.
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.
Linda says
Can I pot roast this top round?
I’m sorry, Linda, I haven’t tried that with this recipe.
deanna says
i don’t swear but…damn that’s a great recipe. i followed directions and fell in love.
I’m so happy to hear this Deanna!
Jane McMahon says
I used this recipe for a 3 lb+ top round roast. I did not use the rub, instead just used salt and pepper and placed the roast on a rack. I was concerned about the tenderness and almost switched to a slow cooker. OMG, in the 50+ years that I have been making oven roast dinners, this was by far the BEST ever. It was done to perfection! We are still talking about it.
I’m so glad you liked it Jane! You might like the seasonings on this recipe better: Easy Top Round Roast.
Crystal Lafferty says
I’m going to make this on Tuesday! I plan to put the roast right on my oven wrack with a pan underneath to catch the drippings! I’ll let you know how it goes:)
Please do!
angel shudt says
Any idea of times for a 10 pound roast needing to be medium? Just need a little direction, it’s for company and need to gauge the time..ty can’t wait to try this. Always use the high temp method for eye round and that is incredible, hoping for the same here!
I’ve never cooked a 10 pound roast, so I did a little research. I like this timetable from Certified Angus Beef. It shows 3 hours 8 minutes for medium for an 8 pound roast. So I would guess around four hours.
Danielle Valliere says
I have done this before but with a Prime Rib and I’m going with Top Round as I’m poor this time of year…lol…so I also frosted the whole roast with creamed REAL butter with garlic cloves and crushed rosemary…I will never cook a roast any other way!!!
That sounds incredible! you had me at creamed butter!
Carol says
Wow. I followed your exact recipe and it turned out perfectly rare and so tender. Will never cook this roast any other way. Thank you for a great recipe!
You are so welcome Carol! Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and let me know!
Lisa says
Do you cover the baking dish or cook uncovered?
Uncovered and make sure you cook it on a rack so that air can circulate.
Sylvia says
Suggested if I don’t have a rack?
I know one person cooked it right on their oven rack with a pan below to catch drippings, though they didn’t come back to let me know how it worked. In a pinch I would consider placing cut up baby potatoes below, not too tightly together, to get air to circulate, though it won’t work as well as a rack.
Annie Puchany says
The rub made this roast absolutely devine!
I made au jus from McCormick’s to accompany this.
My husband was pleasantly surprised at the deliciousness.
In my house we call this a ” Keeper”!
So glad to hear this Annie!