Easy to make yet impressive to serve for dinner. This beef roast recipe is easily adaptable to cook to your own taste. Enjoy!
Hello to all of you Made from Pinterest peeps out there! Happy to be here to share another recipe with everyone.
I’m going to admit I was never a sirloin fan. So this recipe comes via a mistake made by my hubby. I’m all for being honest. It’s sort of my thing.
We were planning a big dinner for a special occasion. Hubs was hitting Costco for me on his way home from work. We live in a small town about 20 or 30 minutes from a bigger city. Since he works in the city he’ll occasionally stop at Costco for me. Sweet, right?
Not this particular day. He was in a bit of a mood because Costco was hopping. I think it was a Thursday, and by now I should know better than to send him there on a Thursday, a weekend or before a holiday. Hubs hates shopping. As a lot of folks do.
I made a list which he forgot to grab. It had detailed notes on what to get. Then I texted him with very specific information on what to get. Then he called me from Costco to clarify the list. I thought we covered all the bases on which kind of roast to buy.
So when he walked in the door with a sirloin roast I think I may have thrown it at him. Not hard, but it’s possible it was hurled across the room. It tenderizes the meat so it served a dual purpose.
Now you’re thinking “why is she hurling sirloin roasts at her sweet, helpie hubs”, am I right??
Yeah, I asked for a Standing Rib Roast.
You feel me now, right?
Okay, I did not hurl it at his head, or anywhere else. Although I’ll admit I was tempted.
Needless to say, we had a good giggle. He was a sweetheart and offered to take it back. I did my best “understanding wife” impersonation and told him no. Not because I was being nice but I was afraid he might come home with lamb or pork at this point.
He’s cute though, so I let him off the hook. Marriage is all about balance, and keeping your wicked sense of humour.
So why did I have the reaction of disgust when he brought home sirloin?
Well, I have very, very, VERY bad memories of sirloin. My dad loved sirloin, but my mom was not a great cook. So any sirloin we had was dry or chewy. That is what I knew sirloin to taste like.
At that moment I had an epiphany. Maybe it was time to learn how to cook sirloin so it wasn’t chewy. I remembered pinning a sirloin roast from my pal Steve of The Black Peppercorn. So I peeked through my pins and sure enough, there it was.
Steve is a great cook so I used his beef roast recipe as a place to start. I cooked mine a wee bit longer because my daughter is not a huge fan of pinkish meat. It turned out fabulous. So kudos to Steve for the recipe inspiration.
A big kudos to hubs, too, for picking this up for me to experiment with. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. And hubs was pleasantly surprised no meat was hurled at him.
So all in all it turned out good for everyone in the end. Although he hasn’t been back to Costco since.
P.S. No hubs were hurt in the making of this story.
How to Cook a Top Sirloin Beef Roast
Ingredients
- Top Sirloin Roast about 5 to 7 pounds
- 2 tablespoons coarse salt or to taste
- 1 tablespoon white pepper or to taste
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon of Herbes de Provence
Instructions
- Pull the roast out of the fridge about 30 minutes before cooking!
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Make sure roast is tied, most butchers will do it for you. If not, use butchers twine to tie it.
- Season the meat with spices, make sure you season it all over.
- Place the roast fat side up on a rack, this is crucial. You want dry heat for this type of meat, braising in liquid is not an option for this one. Use a rack inside your baking pan, most come with one.
- Place the roast in the preheated oven. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes (depends on size of roast) at 450 degrees F. Then, without opening the oven door, turn the heat down to 325 degrees F.
- Cook until meat thermometer inserted reaches about 140 degrees. Generally this should take about 2 1/2 to 3 hours, but it varies on oven and roast size.
- Pull the roast out of the oven. Remove the rack and place roast on a cutting board. Allow to rest for about 15 minutes. This is crucial, do not be tempted to cut into it right away. Letting meat rest is a thing of beauty. The juices redistribute and the result is succulent meat.
- You can make gravy while it's resting if you like.
- Slice the roast. Place on platter.
- Serve with a big old "I no longer hate sirloin" smile!
Notes
Thanks to everyone reading. Have no fear, hubs is alive and well, just not making many trips to Costco any more.
Actually, the more I think about this the more I’m convinced he bought the wrong one on purpose so he never has to go there again.
Ah, sneaky. Well played hubs, well played.
But revenge is sweet. *evil giggles*
Toodles and smoochies! xx
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Lovely recipe does help using costco beef rather than inferior supermarket beef.
I’m a sucker for the beef they sell at Costco. We also have one local farm that has some amazing meat too. I swear buying good quality meat makes all the difference. Although I do occasionally buy cheaper cuts and slow cook them. I also love blade for grilling, I just marinate it then slice the roast into thin steaks. SO good. I’m a beef girl. I could eat it every day, lol.
I made this for a ladies’ event and got RAVE reviews! The seasoning on the outside was delicious!
Awesome, Katie! Thank you for letting us know. We love the smell of success, especially when it tastes as good as it smells!
I’m SO happy to hear that Katie. Glad everyone liked it.
So looking forward to trying this, our local grocery store had a meat sale last week and I picked this up thinking I was getting a traditional pot roast (mine is a very similar story to yours) I might alter the season a bit I as I have to watch my sodium in take.
Good luck with it Jamie. Hope it works well for you. Totally okay to adjust the salt. We have some friends who have blood pressure issues so I often have to adjust salt in recipes. It will still taste amazing.
How do you make The gravy????????
Hello Sharon! We received this recipe from Cravings of a Lunatic. Here is the link to her site. She may have some gravy recipes for you! https://www.cravingsofalunatic.com/
While trying to find a recipe for a sirloin roast, I came across yours, but also another that is almost exactly the same (including using the same picture)! Being that yours was posted 4 years earlier, I’m assuming the other is a copycat, so felt I should let you know :). You can see it at https://www.cravingsofalunatic.com/how-to-cook-a-sirloin-beef-roast/.
Thank you for letting us know Julie. We were in collaboration with Cravings of a Lunatic. She posted her original recipe on our site and then after a period of time, she was allowed to post the recipe on her site. But no matter because it is a GREAT recipe!