It’s easy to make perfect oven roasted beets, with only 2 ingredients! Easy to bake, with little mess, and you’ll have perfectly cooked beets for eating, using in salads, or other dishes!
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Beets And I Go Way Back
Growing up, I loathed beets (that’s putting it mildly!). I did NOT enjoy the taste at all and would “shudder” when I would see them in a salad buffet line or taunting me in the canned vegetable section of the grocery store. Yeah… beets and I go way back! Ha Ha!
Shockingly- as an adult I even GREW beets in my little backyard garden (to learn how to grow them by TRYING). Go figure! I gave them away to neighbors, because, you know… BEETS. Sigh.
BUT… many years have come and gone, and I started to want to give them a try again (call me crazy). I found a recipe for a salad that had beets in it that I really wanted to make, so I bit the bullet, and bought some humble beets at our local grocery store.
The rest is history! I actually, truly liked them! It’s a Christmas miracle – my taste buds changed! So now I want to show you how easy it is to make oven roasted beets!
How To Make Oven Roasted Beets
Before you do anything else, preheat your oven to 375° F. Scrub the beats very well in water.
Trim off most of the beet stems and leaves, but leave a little stem left, about 1 “. Pat the beets dry using paper towels.
Prepare The Beets For the Oven
Lightly coat each beet with olive oil. I use a pastry brush for this, but you can also use your hands, if you don’t have a pastry brush.
TIP: Some people recommend wearing gloves to cook beets (so you don’t end up with semi-stained red fingers), but this is not essential!
Wrap each beet well, in aluminum foil. Seal the foil packets very well. Place the wrapped beets on a cookie sheet.
Roast The Beets
Bake beets in a preheated 375° F. oven, until they are cooked through (approximately 45 – 65 minutes. The total cooking time will depend on the size of the beets you are using.
Test for doneness by inserting a sharp knife into the beets. This is what the oven roasted beets looked like, straight from the oven after roasting (see below).
Once you take the beets out of oven, open the foil. Let beets cool for 10 minutes, then peel them. The peel should come off easily.
If you’re not wearing gloves (to prevent staining), simply use a couple paper towels wadded up to gently rub the skins off.
Slice And Serve Oven Roasted Beets Once Peeled
Once the peel is off, cut each of the oven roasted beets into ¼” slices. I LOVE the designs inside each one, with those nice spirals of color!
They are ready to eat, as is (possibly with a touch of salt and pepper), or you can cut them into chunks for salads, or other recipes.
I’ve even used them in fruit smoothies for extra nutrients! That’s it! See how easy it is to make oven roasted beets?
I hope you will consider trying this method because I think oven roasted beets taste better than grocery store canned beets.
Thanks for stopping by, and I invite you to come back again soon for more family friendly recipes. Take care, may God bless you, and have a wonderful day.
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- Oven Roasted Carrots
- Broccoli Cauliflower Bake
- Oven Roasted Veggies
- Lemon Green Beans with Hazelnuts
- Asian Style Stir Fry Veggies
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Recipe Source: http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/bobby-flays-roasted-beets-for-recipes-370885
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Preheat oven to 375° F. Before roasting the beets, scrub them well in water. Trim off most of the stems and leaves, leaving an inch or so to hold. Pat dry.
Lightly coat each beet entirely with olive oil. Wrap each beet in aluminum foil. Seal foil well. Place beets on cookie sheet.
Bake beets at 375° F. until cooked through (about 45-65 minutes, depending on beet size).
Once done, open foil. Let beets cool 10 minutes, then peel. The peel should come off easily. If not wearing gloves, use paper towels wadded up to rub the skins off. Once peel is off, cut beets into ¼" wide slices. Enjoy!
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