roast beef

Carved red meat

Roast beef is beef cooked by roasting—typically a large cut like rib or sirloin, slow-cooked in an oven until tender.

It's a centerpiece of traditional British and American meals, often served sliced with gravy: Sunday roast beef with Yorkshire pudding.

Cold roast beef appears in sandwiches and deli fare.

Opposites
protein type

roast beefnut roast

Baked savory loaf, meatless

roast vegetables · roast pork · roast chicken · roast lamb · roast turkey

meat doneness/temperature

roast beefbeef tartare

Raw seasoned ground meat

beef carpaccio · cold cuts

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