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Recipe Review: Sirloin Tip Roast

 From time to time, people have said I'm a good cook.  But I think of it more as finding good recipes.  Recipes that don't have super complex ingredients and deliver good flavor.  I enjoy the search.   For the last few years, we typically will get a bulk order of beef from a friend that raises steers.  We are going to eat beef and it's our modest effort to buy local and lessen the impact.  When you buy in bulk, you end up with some cuts of beef that can be a bit tougher to turn into something yummy that the family will enjoy.  So I'm often searching for new recipes for those cuts and a thick and lean Sirloin Tip Roast can be in that category.  We are approaching that bulk purchase time of year again so I'm trying to empty out the freezer and decided I'd pull said roast from the freezer and look up a recipe.  It was a rainy weekend so it seemed like a good chance to fill up the house with that classic pot roast aroma.  This reci...

Recipe Review: Sirloin Tip Roast

 From time to time, people have said I'm a good cook.  But I think of it more as finding good recipes.  Recipes that don't have super complex ingredients and deliver good flavor.  I enjoy the search.  

For the last few years, we typically will get a bulk order of beef from a friend that raises steers.  We are going to eat beef and it's our modest effort to buy local and lessen the impact.  When you buy in bulk, you end up with some cuts of beef that can be a bit tougher to turn into something yummy that the family will enjoy.  So I'm often searching for new recipes for those cuts and a thick and lean Sirloin Tip Roast can be in that category. 

We are approaching that bulk purchase time of year again so I'm trying to empty out the freezer and decided I'd pull said roast from the freezer and look up a recipe.  It was a rainy weekend so it seemed like a good chance to fill up the house with that classic pot roast aroma. 

This recipe from Sunday Supp Movement really did the job.  It was pretty straightforward.  I only needed to grab a few items from the store to make it happen.  I used the Rock Crock Dutch Oven from Pampered Chef for all the steps.  It worked out really nicely to sear the roast, saute the onions, deglaze with wine and then put the rest of the ingredients into the oven.  And no tough clean up because like most Pampered Chef items it's dishwasher safe.  I used the super-handy Mix 'n Chop to get the beef shredded while letting the sauce reduce down a bit on the stove after the 3.5 hour bake.  Turned out pretty tender and flavorful like an open faced beef sandwich using up some left over hamburger buns.  

Sorry, no photos of this cook.  Didn't cross my mind.  Maybe next time.  

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