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cuban grilled chuck beef roast with grilled sweet potatoes and black beans

(2 ratings)
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Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Barbara Mayo
@joyouscook
Collierville, TN

Who says chuck roast is a cheap cut of beef? This is a great way to serve chuck roast and you just grill for 15 minutes! Finish cooking in oven.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

If you're looking to serve something different for your holiday dinner or for a dinner party, give this a try. It's one of the best roast beef recipes we've tried. The meat's slathered with a spicy, sweet, and smoky rub. As it sits, the flavors permeate the meat. Putting on the grill for a bit adds to the smoky flavor and really seals the juices in. The Test Kitchen smelled heavenly while this baked. Served with the sweet potatoes and black beans, your family will love its juiciness and flavor.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(2 ratings)
yield 4 -6
prep time 45 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min
method Grill

Ingredients For cuban grilled chuck beef roast with grilled sweet potatoes and black beans

  • 1
    2-4 pound chuck roast
  • 2 Tbsp
    meat tenderizer plain
  • 1 Tbsp
    toasted cumin
  • 1 Tbsp
    adobo
  • 2 clove
    fresh garlic, minced
  • 1 Tbsp
    onion powder
  • 2 Tbsp
    peppercorn medley
  • 1 tsp
    red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 c
    dark brown sugar
  • GRILLED SWEET POTATOES
  • 4 lg
    fresh sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 4 Tbsp
    dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 c
    garlic flavored olive oil
  • 1/2 c
    chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 tsp
    sea salt
  • BLACK BEANS
  • 1 can
    black beans, drained and washed
  • 1/4 c
    chopped fresh cilantro
  • GARNISH
  • 4 lg
    limes, quartered
  • 1/2 c
    fresh cilantro, chopped

How To Make cuban grilled chuck beef roast with grilled sweet potatoes and black beans

  • Meat tenderizer rubbed onto beef.
    1
    Rub chuck roast on both sides with meat tenderizer then place on platter to rest.
  • Spice rub mixed in a bowl.
    2
    Add toasted cumin, adobo, minced garlic, onion powder, and ground peppercorn medley, red pepper flakes, and dark brown sugar; mix well.
  • Beef coated with spice rub.
    3
    Coat both sides of chuck roast and place uncovered in refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Peeling and quartering sweet potatoes.
    4
    While roast is resting start sweet potatoes. Peel and quarter sweet potatoes.
  • Adding salt to a pot filled with water.
    5
    Fill a 4-quart pot 2/3 with water and add salt. Place on medium-high heat.
  • Adding sweet potatoes to water.
    6
    Add peeled and quartered sweet potatoes and cook for 10 minutes.
  • Seasoned sweet potatoes on a foil-lined baking sheet.
    7
    Remove from pot and place on foil-lined pan. Drizzle with garlic flavored olive oil and sprinkle with fresh cilantro and dark brown sugar. Set aside.
  • Meat and sweet potatoes on the grill.
    8
    Using a charcoal grill, build a medium-hot fire on one side of grill to place roast. Then place aluminum foil with sweet potatoes on side without fire. Make sure you poke at least 12 holes in foil so smoke and heat get to all potatoes. Close cover and grill for 7 minutes.
  • Turning the roast and the potatoes.
    9
    Then turn chuck roast and grill another 7 minutes. Turn potatoes each time you turn roast. Potatoes need to be fork tender so they may need an extra few minutes.
  • Roast on a foil-lined baking sheet.
    10
    Remove roast to a baking sheet tent with foil and place in a 375 degree preheated oven to bake for 20-30 minutes.
  • 11
    If you like your meat medium to well, you may want to leave in oven longer. We like it pink in the middle remove from oven to rest. Place sweet potatoes and black beans in large bowl add the juice of one lime and fresh cilantro and toss gently.
  • Sliced chuck beef roast on a plate with sweet potatoes.
    12
    Remove tent from roast and slice on the diagonal place in center of platter spoon sweet potatoes and bean mixture around sliced roast and squeeze the juice of 1 lime over entire platter. Cut 2 limes into quarters and place over and around dish.
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