Clare Andrews

Air Fryer Roast Beef

This super simple air fryer roast beef recipe is a firm favourite Sunday lunch in my family! It is so tender and juicy, with a beautifully caramelised crust. And this dish needs minimal effort to make, especially when using the air fryer.

You can chose a variety of beef joints to make this recipe, some good options include top side, rump roast, sirloin roast, or a boneless ribeye (also called a Scotch fillet).
Because the cooking time is quite short, it is better to use the most tender joint that your budget will stretch to. I usually use topside or top rump for a family dinner, or sirloin or ribeye for a special occasion.

Learn how to cook tender and juicy roast beef in the air fryer with this easy recipe.

PREP 10 minutes

COOK 34 to 45 minutes

SERVES 4 people

KIT you will need an air fryer, tin foil, a mixing bowl and meat thermometer (optional)

Ingredients for air fryer roast beef

1 kg boneless beef joint

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

An Oxo stock cube

1 teaspoon of mustard powder

Sea salt and ground black pepper

To serve:

English mustard

Instant beef gravy

Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and your favourite roasted vegetables

Method

So start by taking the beef joint out of the fridge and bring it to room temperature.

Then take a small bowl and mix together the vegetable oil, oxo stock cube, and mustard powder with a teaspoon of salt and pepper. Pre heat the air fryer to 220C and rub the beef all over with the mix. Next wrap the beef in some tin foil, then put the meat into the air fryer basket and cook for 15 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 170C, and remove the tin foil. Then cook for a further 30 to 40 minutes. Choose thirty minutes if you like your beef medium to rare and 40 minutes if you prefer your beef medium to well done.

If you have a meat thermometer then the internal temperature should be 48 to 52C for rare, 55 to 59C for medium rare, 60 to 66C for medium and 67 to 71C for well done. Then carefully remove your beef joint from the air fryer drawer and transfer to a board. Cover the meat loosely with tin foil and leave to rest for up to 30 minutes before carving and serving.

Finally, serve your roast beef with a dollop of English mustard, instant beef gravy and your favourite side dishes. I like to serve my beef with crispy air fryer roast potatoes, my air fryer Yorkshire puddings and crispy air fryer veg slaw that I cooked on the Channel 5 show Air Fryers: Sunday Lunch Made Easy.

Similar recipes

If you love this air fryer roast beef dish then you will like my air fryer roast pork or the air fryer roast chicken recipes both from my One Basket Meals cookbook.

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