Eye of Round Delivery or Pickup

There's nothing quite like having a slowly braised roast for a Sunday night meal. When you eat roast beef with mashed potatoes or have a sliced deli roast beef sandwich, the meat comes from an eye of round. Eye of round is a primal cut of meat with suboptimal cuts consisting of top round steaks, sirloin tip roast, and bottom round roast.

Eye of round comes from the rump of the cow or steer. Because this part of the body has active muscles, eye of round tends to be lean and on the tough side unless properly cooked. Eye of round is ideal for slow-and-low cooking methods, such as pot roasts, hearty simmered stews, and corned beef. It also can be made into ground beef. If you have an eye of round roast with the bone left in, it's called a standing rump roast.

While eye of round roast is lean, it's also quite flavorful and versatile, and it's easy to make hearty family meals with this cut of meat. The flavor is similar to sirloin roast, especially when braised, simmered, or placed in a slow cooker.

Eye of round is an affordable cut for families on a budget, and the meat is quite nutritious. Nutrient values for a 3-ounce piece of eye of round include:

The best way to prepare eye of round is by baking it at a low oven temperature and basting the meat in flavorful juices to create a juicy, tender roast.

You can marinate the eye of round roast before slow-cooking it, or make a pot roast with a variety of vegetables and a braising broth to help bring out the natural flavors of this lean cut of meat. Add mushrooms and fresh herbs to the roasting pan, and make a rich gravy to slather over the roast.

Cut steaks from the eye of round, marinate them, and cook them on a grill to make London broil. Hammer eye of round steaks with a meat tenderizer mallet to help break down the connective tissue for a tender cut of meat. Braise the steak with pan juices to make Swiss steak. Or, ground the eye of round  to put into casseroles or make into burgers.

You can cook the eyes of round cut of meat to your preference, whether you like the meat rare or well done. It's easy to determine the cook of your roast with a meat thermometer and this handy guide.

When you're craving a satisfying savory roast with pan juices for Sunday dinner, or want to make a special herb roast for a holiday dinner, save time and make your day a bit easier when you order an eye of round roast through Instacart. You can order the roast through the Instacart website or the Instacart app on your smartphone. Once you place your order, an Instacart shopper will gather your items, and they can be delivered to you the same day!