Roast beef with potatoes is one of the most popular dishes in almost every family. It has everything you need for a hearty lunch or dinner. Due to the fact that vegetables are cooked with meat, they are incredibly juicy and have an excellent aroma. Mistresses love to cook this dish, because the technological process is very simple, you just need to prepare the main products and put them to stew. At this time, you can do your own thing.
Beef roast
Photos of various options for the dish can be seen in the article. This recipe is standard and loved by everyone. The cooking process is about 1.5 hours. Only classic ingredients are used here, without culinary delights. To prepare a dish for four people, it is initially recommended to prepare the following ingredients:
- beef - 500 g (it is recommended to use the outer part of the back leg, this part of the carcass is quite soft and juicy);
- potatoes - 500 g;
- 150 g of carrots and onions;
- 3 tablespoons of tomato paste;
- one large bell pepper;
- a few cloves of garlic;
- 30 g of green onions.
For spices and seasonings, it is recommended to use thyme, bouillon cube, sugar, salt, black pepper and paprika. If desired, you can add other spices that suit you personally.
Product Preparation
The first step is to start processing beef. First, you need to clean it from the film and remove the veins. Otherwise, the meat will turn out harsh. Cut the beef with medium cubes, then put it on a well-heated pan with the addition of vegetable oil, fry until a pleasant, golden crust is formed. Take a large cauldron, put prepared meat in it, pour quite a large amount of water and put on fire. When the liquid boils, the heating should be reduced, let the beef cook, and in the meantime, you can start processing vegetables.
Peel potatoes, carrots and onions, then rinse thoroughly under running cold water. Cut bell pepper in half, peel it of seeds and stalk, cut into medium cubes, the same form of slicing should be in potatoes. Cut carrots and onions into small cubes. Peel the garlic, grate.
Heat treatment
Take a pan with a thick bottom, pour a lot of vegetable or olive oil into it. It is good to warm and toss the potatoes, fry them until a golden crust appears. If the beef is cooked for half an hour, then the vegetable can be immediately thrown into the cauldron.
Fry onions and carrots in the same pan. When they are ready, put also in a bowl in which meat and potatoes are cooked. In the meantime, you need to take a small frying pan, pour out the necessary amount of tomato paste, add a teaspoon of sugar and a few tablespoons of the cauldron. Put the pasta over low heat for a short time, turn off the heat and set aside.
Note! Do not put tomato paste with other products at this stage. In an acidic environment, vegetables are practically not boiled, so they will be too hard and tasteless.
After a while, put the bell pepper in the pan. Now you can add salt, pepper, spices and bay leaf. Continue cooking over low heat. When the vegetables are almost ready, they need to add tomato paste and chopped green onions. Stew for another 10 minutes.
After this time, the roast beef at home will be ready. It should be laid out on portioned plates and sprinkled with plenty of herbs.
Roast with sausages and hard cheese
This recipe is already significantly different from the classic, it uses a larger number of different ingredients. Therefore, the dish has a more intense and unusual taste. To cook beef roast, you need to take so many products:
- beef cue ball - 350 g;
- hunting sausages - 200 g (if desired, you can use raw smoked sausage);
- asparagus beans - 100 g;
- 5-6 medium potatoes;
- 100 g of carrots and onions;
- a small amount of cheese (for sprinkling).
In this case, you can use any spices that you have in stock. The easiest way is to purchase a special seasoning "For beef dishes", which has already collected all the necessary herbs and seasonings.
Cooking dishes in pots
In this case, the cooking process is significantly different from the previous one, first all the ingredients are fried, and then brought to readiness in clay pots in the oven.
The meat should be cleaned from film and veins, then it must be cut into medium cubes. Fry in a pan with the addition of vegetable oil until golden brown, add a little salt.
Note! It is highly recommended to use a cue ball, as this meat quickly becomes soft. Using other parts of the carcass to make pot roast may result in the staple being too stiff.
Put the fried meat in a large bowl. Peel the potatoes, cut into medium cubes and also fry it.
Carry out the same procedure with sliced sausages. Peel the onions and carrots, rinse thoroughly, cut the onions into strips, and carrots in small cubes. Passer all products and put in one bowl. Season the main ingredients with salt, pepper and selected spices, mix well and arrange in pots.
Further cooking steps
Now you need to take a small frying pan, put several tablespoons of tomato paste on it and put on a small fire. Pour in about 500 ml of water, add 1-2 teaspoons of sugar, mix everything and warm up a little. This procedure is done so that in the end the dish has a pleasant reddish color, and also after heating tomato paste has the best taste.
Pour the liquid with the paste into the pots, cover them with lids and put in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Cook the dish for 30-40 minutes. While cooking the roast, grate hard cheese on a fine grater. A few minutes before completing the cooking, you need to remove the pots, open the lids, sprinkle everything with plenty of cheese and continue cooking for a short time.
It is recommended to sprinkle the finished dish with plenty of chopped herbs. Serve the pot roast hot.
Roast in a slow cooker
This cooking method is suitable for everyone who has this wonderful device at home. To feed a family of three, you need to prepare such products:
- 350 g of beef;
- 300 g of potatoes;
- 100 g of bell pepper, carrot and onion;
- 100 g of sour cream;
- 50 g of tomato paste.
How to cook?
As in previous cases, first prepare the meat and cut into medium cubes. Bulgarian pepper and potatoes should have the same form of slicing. Cut carrots and onions into small cubes.
Pour enough vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, pour all the ingredients in and turn on the Frying mode for 7 minutes. After that, you must click on the button "Baking", set the timer for 20 minutes. This is necessary so that vegetables and meat acquire a golden brown. After the allotted time, add sour cream, tomato paste, all spices and salt to the bowl. Press the “Extinguishing” button. Cook the dish for 1 hour.
After the allotted time, the multicooker will give a characteristic signal, which will indicate that the dish is already ready for use. As you can see, this method is considered the simplest, the multicooker takes on the bulk of the technological processes.
Now you know some interesting recipes for roast beef with potatoes, they are all very tasty and easy to cook.