Shirley's Perfect Rare Roast Beef

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• roast beef, tenderloin, tip, eye round, bottom round, rump, any you like (you can use any size roast, just adjust the baking time in the oven 5 mins. per lb.)
• 1 onion, cut into thin rings
• garlic powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 500 degrees. wait for a few minutes before you put your roast in, so it gets as hot as possible.
• 2 put the roast in a shallow pan. (i use a cookie sheet).
• 3 cut onion into thin rings, and put all over the top and sides of the roast using toothpicks if necessary. i sit a few slices on the bottom of my roast too.
• 4 sprinkle roast generously with garlic powder, or to your liking. do not salt roast, or you will dry it out.
• 5 put roast in the oven on the middle rack.
• 6 bake at 500 degrees for 5 minutes per pound, then shut off oven, and let sit in the oven for 1 hour. do not under any circumstances open the oven door! very important!
• 7 after you turn off the oven and your roast has baked for l hour, take it out of the oven, and let sit for 15 minutes, to allow juices to distribute in the roast.
• 8 i use my electric knife to cut my roast, and place on a serving dish.
• 9 don't forget to make the gravy!