Very Chewy Top Round

[RVS053063]

I bought a top round cut of beef from a nice grocery store, and figured I'd just put it in the oven for 30 minutes and eat it. I cooked it to a med/med rare temp and found it to be so very chewy. Barely edible. What did I do wrong and how can I salvage the large amount of meat that I have left? Also, what cuts of beef like this should I look for if I want tender meat instead of chewy? Thanks.

 

[Chief Longwind Of The North]

Round, by its nature, is a chewy, well flavored beef cut. It is a well exercised muscle. To salvage what you have, and make it edible, there are a few things you cando. Find the grain of your left-over chunk of meat, and slice,it as thin as you can against the grain. You can then use the slices to make sandwiches, dipped in au jus, or use in a pho type of soup, or make into a Philly Cheese sandwich. You can also make hot, open faced sandwiches with gravy, or for enchiladas, burritos, tacos, etc. ch9op and add to beef pot pies, or mix into beef-pepper dishes (pepper beef). They would also be good in manty Asian dishes, or shredded and mixed with you favorite Mexican sauce. The thin beef slices would be good in a slow-cooked pasta sauce, or ina stoganoff. Stir fry it with mushrooms, and a Bechemel sauce.The idea is to not cook the meat, simply heat it so that its robust flavor compliments other items. I;m still thinking some kind of sandwich, maybe with peppers, onions, ansa little horseradish might serve you well.

Good luck. S far as what you were trying to get, some good cts include skirt steak, hangar steak, rib roast, Inside round, flank steak, brisket, tenderloin, sirloin roast (end closest to the rib).

Roasts to top round, bottom round, rump roast, tri tip,anything from the legs avoid for medium rare are chuck, neck roasts.

hope this helps.

ZSeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North

 

[bakechef]

Top round, also called London Broil, I usually roast it to medium and to serve, I slice it quite thin against the grain. This cut is usually not tender, but slicing it thin is the trick to serving this cut. This is the cut that's often used for deli roast beef because it'll be sliced thin and doesn't need to be super tender.

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

My Mom made London Broil ALOT!
HATED IT!!!
It tasted too much like Liver to me

 

[bakechef]

My Mom made London Broil ALOT!
HATED IT!!!
It tasted too much like Liver to me

I've had good luck with london broil, but I totally get you, when I get a piece of beef with a livery flavor, it ruins the meat for me.

 

[Roll_Bones]

Since my wife does not like rare, medium rare or medium, I rarely make London Broil.
However my daughter loved it rare and I would make it for her.
Sliced thin against the grain is the key to a tender outcome. I love it.