Oven Roasted Beets Recipe

This Oven Roasted Fresh Beets recipe seems to enhance the sweet nature of the beets.  Oven roasting is the easiest way to cook beets.  The skins will slip right off after cooking.

It is easy to love fresh beets, and not just for their outstanding nutritional advantages.  I have had more people tell me that they do not like beets.  Well, that was until they taste oven roasted fresh beets.  Roasting beets give them a deep, sweet taste that can not be accomplished in any other fashion.  Serve these beets either as a side dish or a salad.

Oven Roasted Beets in foil

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Oven Roasted Beets Recipe:
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 30 mins
 
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Oven Roasted Beets Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Purchasing Beets:  Always purchase beets with the tops on them.  Fresh tops mean fresh beets. 

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Place rack in middle of oven.

  3. Wash and scrub the whole beets to clean off any dirt.  Leave the beet whole unless you have some extra large ones (if extra large, cut in half).  Trim off the stems (leafy tops) and ends of the beets.

    Beets ready to cook
  4. Reserve the beet leaves for a recipe using them. Beet Greens - How To Cook Fresh Beet Greens

    Beet Greens
  5. On a large baking sheet, cover with aluminum foil.  Place prepared beets, in a single layer, on top. Toss lightly with some olive oil to coat the beets.  Place another large sheet of aluminum foil on top of the beets and crunch up the sides of the aluminum foil together to seal.

    Beets ready to bake
  6. Place in oven and roast approximately 1 to 2 hours (depending on the size of your beets) or until tender and easily pierced with the tip of a paring knife.  Remove from oven and take off the top foil. Set aside to cool enough to handle.

  7. When cool enough to handle, peel the skin off.  They should peel easily by hand, but you can use a paring knife if you want.

    Refrigerator Pickled Beets
  8. Either store in the refrigerator whole or cut each beet into slices (as thick or thin as you prefer).

  9. Beets are delicious on their own sprinkled with a little salt or as an accompaniment to your dinner. Some people like to serve them as an appetizer with a good goat cheese.  Be creative and enjoy!

  10. Serves many.

Recipe Notes

Pickled Whole Beets* In other words, all sized and types of beets can be roasted.

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Categories:

Beets    Side Dishes    Vegan Recipes   

Comments and Reviews

One Response to “Oven Roasted Beets Recipe”

  1. Dr. Cowan's Garden

    I love beets and I can’t wait to try roasting them and making the Beet Salad. Really enjoy the step by step pics….makes me confident of what it should look like! Thanks!!

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