Basic Roast Beef Recipe

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Basic Roast Beef
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  1. 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.
  2. First Day: Pot Roast. Place peeled carrots and halved peeled potatoes in with the roast during the last 1-1/2 hours of cooking.
  3. 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.
  4. Third Day: Beef Stew. Heat gravy and chunks of beef in a pan, along with leftover potatoes and carrots.
  5. Fourth Day: Beef over Rice. Heat leftover beef and gravy and serve over cooked rice.
  6. 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. Yield: 14 servings.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 252.28 Kcal (1056 kJ)
Calories from fat 84.03 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.34g 14%
Cholesterol 117.38mg 39%
Sodium 50.46mg 2%
Potassium 330.43mg 7%
Total Carbs 2.11g 1%
Sugars 0.43g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.21g 1%
Protein 38.88g 78%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 1%
Calcium 5.9mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 157.61 Kcal (660 kJ)
Calories from fat 52.5 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.83g 14%
Cholesterol 73.33mg 39%
Sodium 31.52mg 2%
Potassium 206.44mg 7%
Total Carbs 1.32g 1%
Sugars 0.27g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.13g 1%
Protein 24.29g 78%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Calcium 3.7mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 5.8
    Points
  • 6
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium,
  • sugar free

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