Jamaican Roast Beef Food

ROAST BEEF CARIBBEAN STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. For sauce, mix first 13 ingredients., Cut 8 small slits in roast; fill with garlic halves. Mix 2 tablespoons oil, minced garlic, seasoned salt and pepper; rub onto roast., In a Dutch oven, heat remaining oil over medium heat; brown roast on all sides. Spoon 3 tablespoons sauce over roast, spreading evenly. Add 1 cup sauce to pan. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes., Reduce oven setting to 250°. Top roast with an additional 3 tablespoons sauce. Cover pan; bake until beef is tender, 3 to 3-1/2 hours. Remove from oven; let stand 15 minutes., If desired, remove garlic halves before slicing. Serve roast with remaining sauce and lime wedges.

EASY JAMAICAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Put oil into dutch oven or cast iron pot and heat on high until hot and smoking.
• Add roast beef and sear on all sides, till well browned.
• Lower heat and season roast with sea salt, paprika and thyme.
• Add garlic, onions, tomatoes and hot peppers together, mix well and add to pot with roast.
• On top of roast and along the sides.
• Cover and cook on top of the stove on low heat for 3-4 hours, baste often with juice in pot until meat is tender and falls apart with fork.
• Thicken spicy gravy and serve over hot rice or roasted potatoes and slices of the pot roast.

PRESSURE COOKER CARIBBEAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Select saute or browning setting on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Adjust for medium heat; add 1-1/2 teaspoons oil. When oil is hot, brown a roast half on all sides. Remove; repeat with remaining beef and oil., Add water to pressure cooker. Cook 30 seconds, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Press cancel. Place sweet potatoes, carrots, onion and celery in pressure cooker; top with beef. Combine remaining ingredients; pour over top., Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 55 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. A thermometer inserted in beef should read at least 145°. Freeze option: Place pot roast and vegetables in freezer containers; top with cooking juices. Cool and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, stirring gently and adding a little water if necessary.

SLOW-COOKED CARIBBEAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Place potatoes, carrots and celery in a 5-qt. slow cooker. In a large skillet, brown meat in oil on all sides. Transfer meat to slow cooker., In the same skillet, saute onion in drippings until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Combine the flour, sugar, brown sugar, seasonings, orange zest and cocoa. Stir in tomato sauce; add to skillet and heat through. Pour over beef., Cover and cook on low until beef and vegetables are tender, 6-8 hours.

JAMAICAN ROAST BEEF

Steps:

• 1. Mix the above ingredients together and poke deep holes in the rib roast, 24 hours prior to cooking time. Stuff with mixture and use the remainder to coat the rib roast. Wrap and refrigerate overnight, taking out and leaving to room temperature one half hour before cooking. Roast on a basting pan, covered in foil loosely for an hour a half, taking the top off and basting once or twice before leaving the foil off one half hour before to let the meat brown nicely at the top. Basting helps the natural juices form the au jus which will make itself. You will find that the thinner you slice the roast the more flavor you will get