Easy Roast Beef

6 Servings
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My mother's roast beef recipe has always been a family favorite because it puts a relatively inexpensive cut of meat on the table, tender and tasty, with very little preparation or cooking attention.

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Easy Roast Beef Ingredients

4 pound chuck or shoulder beef roast	garlic powder to taste (optional)
3/4 cup flour (more or less)	8 patties butter
salt to taste	1 cup water
pepper to taste

Instructions for Easy Roast Beef

Dredge a 4 pound chuck or shoulder beef roast with a mixture of flour, salt and pepper. Place 3 or 4 patties of butter in bottom of roaster pan. Put meat in pan and put 3 or 4 patties of butter on top of meat. Bake at 350 degrees F for one hour, uncovered. Add 1 cup of water, cover and bake for 2 more hours at 250 degrees F.

-- Notes --
This recipe works equally well with other inexpensive cuts of beef like the Eye of Round Roast, Bottom Round or Rump Roast, and the Top or inside Round Roast.

For even richer and more savory pan juices, and eventually gravy, try substituting Beef Broth or Beef Consomme for the water.

For a complete meal, add your favorite vegetables (onions, potatoes, carrots, celery, mushroom, etc.) and once cooked, simply season and thicken the pan juices, and your meal is finished.

Main Ingredient: BeefCuisine: American

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Flour

Garlic

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sgrishka
on Feb 22 2008 1:23PM

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This extremely easy and delicious recipe works equally well with other inexpensive cuts of beef like the Eye of Round Roast, Bottom Round or Rump Roast (pictured), and the Top or Inside Round Roast. For even richer and more savory pan juices, and eventually gravy, try substituting Beef Consomme for the water. To make a complete meal you can add your favorite vegetables (onions, potatoes, carrots, celery, mushrooms, etc.) and once cooked, simply thicken the pan juices and your meal is finished.

sgrishka
on Nov 21 2007 1:03PM

I added onions, potatoes, celery and carrots to the pan. It made a great one dish meal! Lot's of pan juices for gravy!