How To: Oven-Roast a Beef Roast

beef roast

🥗Healthier: pork loin

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Pork loin is leaner and chicken thighs are more affordable.

red wine

🥗Healthier: grape juice

💰Cheaper: cooking wine

Grape juice provides flavor without alcohol, while cooking wine is less expensive.

Assemble all your ingredients before beginning to cook.

Place the roast in the roasting pan fat side up.

Add water, stock, wine, or a combination to the bottom of the pan to about 1/3 to 1/2 inch in depth.

Add a coarsely chopped medium onion, 2 to 3 chopped stalks of celery, and a handful of baby carrots to the bottom of the roasting pan and set the roast on top.

Heat about ½ cup of olive oil in a small saucepan.

Add 3 to 4 bruised garlic cloves, salt, and pepper to the olive oil and mix well.

Heat the garlic infused oil until the garlic starts to turn color.

Brush the garlic infused oil over the roast.

Let the roast rest to bring it up to room temperature, about 2 to 4 hours depending upon the size of the roast.

Preheat your oven to 450°F (232°C) by the end of the roast resting time.

Place the rib roast into the preheated oven and roast uncovered for about 10 minutes.

Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F (175°C) and continue roasting until you reach your desired degree of doneness.

Estimate 12 to 13 minutes per pound of rib roast for cooking time.

Baste with pan drippings every 20 to 25 minutes.

Ensure that the pan does not roast dry; add water, stock, or wine to keep the liquid replenished.

Use an instant read thermometer to check the roast's internal temperature.

Do your first check when about 80% of the estimated cooking time has elapsed.

Remove the roast from the oven when the internal temperature reaches within 5 degrees of the desired doneness.

Final doneness temperatures are 130°F (54°C) for rare, 140°F (60°C) for medium-rare, and 150°F (65°C) for medium.

Let the roast rest for 10 to 20 minutes depending upon the size.

The roast's internal temperature will continue to increase during the resting period by about 5 degrees.

Loosely tent the roast with aluminum foil during the resting period if desired.

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