What to do with Eye Round Roast

[tiger1964]

Just picked up a (Black Angus) Beef Eye Round Roast without knowing anything about the cut or what to do with it. Didn't see anything obvious in our two Raichlen cookbooks but perhaps there are similar cuts. It's big, even cutting it in half we'll have two roasts of about 2-1/4LB each, a good 3" thick. On our kamado, any ideas on preparation or recipe, and expectations on results? It certainly looks good in the package, some marbling apparent, but have not cut it yet.

 

[TNJAKE]

Could smoke it to med rare and thin slice for some smoked roast beef sammiches

 

[Sowsage]

I agree with Jake! Don't go past medium rare ! Makes for great sandwiches.
If you happen to have a sous vide unit thats a fantastic way to do them! Many people here on the forum have done them that way and is my preferred way of doing them.... You could also cure them and then smoke for dried beef. .. You can check out Bearcarver threads for that. He has a great method for both the sous vide and the dried beef.

 

[smokerjim]

I've cured them in pops corned beef brine then added some pepper and garlic and smoked them for pastrami.

 

[Bearcarver]

Eye Round Makes Awesome Dried Beef:
Dried Beef (Best Ever)

Bear

 

[thirdeye]

I agree with TNJAKE . I season mine with the coarse Montreal steak seasoning, cook to a little over 130° rest and then cool overnight and slice the next day. It makes great sliced beef for sandwiches. And can be portioned and frozen.

 

[chopsaw]

Here's some I did , you can look through if you like . The first three were from the same EOR cut into thirds . Not sure what your cooking options are , but this covers a few ways .
In the 360 roto thread there is a beef and broccoli cook towards the end .

Dried (reaper ) Beef .

Bought an eye round couple weeks ago . Cut in 3 sections . One for sliders , one got seasoned up and vac packed for SV , and the last one cured for dried beef . Focus on the dried beef this time . I used @Bearcarver TQ method . Works great for this . Weigh the proper amounts of T Q and brown...

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Sous Vide Eye round .

Bought a whole eye round awhile back , cut it in thirds . Did dried beef , and smoked one for sliders . Never tried the eye in the SV so I vac'd it and froze for later . Got to thinking it would be a great New years day supper . So I looked over @Bearcarver steps to get a guide for time / temp ...

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Eye round roast beef sandwich

Eye round has become one of my favorites . Sliced thin on a bun , or open faced . I inject mine with Tony C's . Like to use the garlic herb for beef but I had a open bottle of the creole butter . I inject , fridge over night . Then smoke the next day , cool and back in fridge another night ...

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Eye round on the 360 rotisserie

Been doing alot of eye round lately . Bought one the other day to pack up for SV , thought I would spin half in the 360 . I normally would inject with Tony C's roasted garlic and hold over night for this , but wanted to see how it came out as is . Had to trim it up first , I cut it in half...

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[SmokyMose]

I did one in the oven @ 325 to about 130IT, chilled and sliced. Makes great sandwiches.

Don't know why you couldn't smoke it.

 

[jcam222]

I think everyone has you covered here. I love it as medium rare lunch meat or pastrami. For lunch meat I do like to inject it with Minors beef broth at extra strength and spices.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Could smoke it to med rare and thin slice for some smoked roast beef sammiches

Here is yours. Been on my list.

Smoked Roast Beef Sammich

Howdy fellas and non fellas. Smoked up a 4.5lb bottom round roast today for some sammiches. Trimmed the hard fat off the roast and most other fat. This was marbled well so I didn't worry about it. Mixed up my injection. Kosmo Q reserve brisket blend mixed with beef broth Put about 2.5 cups into...

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[sandyut]

Sous Vide it for 24 hours at 131 then sear. best roast beef ever! I also make jerky from EOR (as do many others).

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Also makes great Jerky.

 

[tiger1964]

This ALL sounds good! Alas, trying to imagine two people eating that much in the way of sandwiches, so we'll probably defer putting it on the grill until we have guests. So, had to pick up a few things at Costco today and my wife spied some sockeye, so we're having that instead -- but if the weather holds for a while, might invite neighbors over for RB sandwiches soon.

The dried beef thing intrigues, my wife likes making creamed chipped beef for breakfast but the little jars of dried beef come at an eye-watering cost per ounce.

 

[chopsaw]

The dried beef thing intrigues, my wife likes making creamed chipped beef for breakfast but the little jars of dried beef come at an eye-watering cost per ounce.

There ya go . You'll be famous . It's good stuff . I have one in the smoker right now .
I usually get 2 meals out of a 3lb . hunk for 3 people . The stir fry option for leftovers is great .

 

[uncle eddie]

That's my fave cut for making beef jerky

 

[JLeonard]

Man I tell ya.....Looking at the answers to the OP has got me looking for rye bread and horseradish!
Jim

 

[noboundaries]

I too make dried beef from rounds. I slice them an inch thick, use a wet cure (minimum water), then dry in my smoker or oven. Bear's directions are great. I add additional seasonings and dry them with a light coat of Lawry's Garlic salt. My result is kind of a mix between dried beef and jerky. Weight reduction is 35-40%.

 

[pushok2018]

... if you involved into dry curing meats - eye of round makes great Bresaola...

 

[Bearcarver]

Sous Vide it for 24 hours at 131 then sear. best roast beef ever! I also make jerky from EOR (as do many others).

Here's one Like Sandy's Talking About:
Eye Round in SV

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

I did one in the oven @ 325 to about 130IT, chilled and sliced. Makes great sandwiches.
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Don't know why you couldn't smoke it.

You can Smoke it & slice it thin for Sammies:
Beef Lunchmeat from Eye Round

Bear