BASIC ROAST BEEF

Basic Roast Beef image

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner

Time 3h35m

Yield 14 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 beef rump roast or bottom round roast ( about 3-1/2 pounds)
Salt and pepper
1 large onion, sliced
GRAVY:
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups water

Steps:

Place beef, fat side up, on rack in a roasting pan. Season with salt and pepper; top with onion slices. Add enough water to pan to cover the bottom. Bake at 350° for 3-1/2 hours or until tender. For gravy, mix flour with water; stir into pan drippings, cooking over medium heat until gravy has thickened., First Day: Pot Roast. Place peeled carrots and halved peeled potatoes in with the roast during the last 1-1/2 hours of cooking., Second Day: Sweet-and-Sour Beef. Heat chunks of leftover beef in sweet-and-sour sauce and serve over cooked noodles. To make sauce, saute 1/2 cup chopped celery and 1/4 cup chopped onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in 1 tablespoon flour. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup water. Stir until slightly thickened., Third Day: Beef Stew. Heat gravy and chunks of beef in a pan, along with leftover potatoes and carrots., Fourth Day: Beef over Rice. Heat leftover beef and gravy and serve over cooked rice., Fifth Day: Meat Pie. Place leftover meat chunks, gravy, peas and carrots in pie plate. Top with you favorite pie crust or biscuits. Bake at 350° for 30-45 minutes or until crust is golden.

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