Tender Air Fryer Roast

Beef air fryer roast with a homemade marinade that takes this protein over the top! We started with an air fryer chuck roast and moved on from there. OMG. Get ready for your new favorite Ninja Foodi recipe. 

Air Fryer Roast Recipe

New to air frying beef and all the things? We are here to help! With easy step by step directions you will see how amazing this machine is and start using it daily too I bet. The key to keeping beef moist with this Homemade Teriyaki Sauce. It’s super easy to throw together and have it ready the next day to cook perfectly.

in Ninja Foodi

Of course you can make this as one of our Ninja Foodi recipes using the air crisp mode to make this as well. We have used both machines and there isn’t much of a difference at all between the two when cooking this. If you love moist slices of roast beef for dinner this may replace your old fashioned oven directions.

Ingredients

1. A 2-3 pound roast – Mine was 6.5 pounds just for reference, cut in half
2. Olive oil cooking spray

Marinade

1. Soy sauce gives you that rich bold flavor for the sauce
2. Minced garlic fresh or jarred is great for a pop of flavor
3. Sriracha is optional for heat but even a little is better than none to keep medium vs. spicy
4. Beef broth to dilute and make enough to coat the entire cut of meat
5. Brown sugar is sweet as you would expect teriyaki to be
6. Hoisin sauce is a thick Asian sauce I use often to cook with

I toned down the heat a bit this time, but how much Sriracha or red pepper flakes for spice is totally up to you. You just can’t go wrong with this mixture, it’s great on ALL THE THINGS! I have heated it up and drizzled it over a sirloin tip roast vs. soaking, and wonderful too

The biggest difference between sauce and marinade is that the latter flavors meat by slowly being absorbed into the meat. This is usually done in an airtight container or baggie overnight in your refrigerator. Teriyaki sauce is more for instant flavor gratification once it is already cooked. 45 minutes would be an absolute minimum, I prefer overnight.

You could use a lemon pepper marinade if you’d rather. Or skip the marinade all together and follow our air fryer rump roast recipe.

When it comes to cooking in countertop appliances you will need to keep the size a bit smaller. The basket is only so big and although you could cut it in half you don’t want it to overlap. 2-3 pounds is about max.

Once you’re ready for air frying get your air fryer basket ready with some non stick spray. I like to preheat my machine at all times too. It only takes 5 minutes to do and cooks your meat or vegetables in air fryer a lot more evenly.

Instead of putting it in whole this was sliced into thick pieces. We’re going to set the temperature to 400 and set 2 pieces in, one if they’re quite large. You really don’t want these to overlap so the amount you can fit will vary a lot.

• With our large air fryer you can fit quite a bit but keep in mind the top pieces will get well done a lot faster.
• Same goes with any other cut of roast beef, bacon wrapped air fryer steak or otherwise.
• Of course the thicker your pieces are the longer your cook time will need to be.

Keep an eye on it the first go around because everyone likes their beef a bit differently. My husband would prefer it to still be mooing as he’s taking a bite while I want it DONE!

The roast marinade we share below has a sweetness to it and will caramelize a bit on the edges as you see here. That is not burnt rather it is the best bite to me! If you have another you prefer by all means use that.

How to Cook Roast in Air Fryer

If you don’t want to slice it and would rather keep it whole follow these directions: First use the best tri tip dry rub on the outside, or the marinade below Either one is over the top delicious, it just depends on your taste buds. (and how much time you have to prep)

Whole

• Preheat machine to 390 degrees F for 5 minutes
• Place meat inside and cook for 15 minutes
• Then flip it over to the other side and reduce heat to 360 F.
• Continue cooking for 60 minutes or until internal meat temperature reaches the “doneness” you want
• Allow it to rest for 10 minutes before slicing so it stays juicy

if Sliced

• Whisk together items for marinade, pour into gallon storage bag. Slice into 3-4 pieces
• Put meat into baggie and lay flat in your fridge for 24 hours. Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees.
• Lay 2 slices into your air fryer basket. Cook for 10 minutes, then flip over and cook another 5 minutes.

Tips

This should give you a medium well center with a meat thermometer. Cut the timing if you want pink inside. Allow to rest on cutting board for 10 minutes before slicing to maintain juiciness.

How long does it take to cook a roast at in air fryer?

In this case it is set to 400 degrees, so just 15 minutes flat! In the oven it is closer to 30-40 minutes because it’s kept in one piece (and baking takes longer every time).

• Roast with onion soup mix in Crockpot is best on low for 8 hours to get it really nice and tender.
• In 45 minutes you can make an amazing beef arm roast recipe.
• Ready to get going with your roast in air fryer here??

If you forgot to defrost it you can follow our frozen roast in Instant Pot directions too. Another favorite is our Instant Pot Mississippi roast recipe. If you want to cook a dutch oven roast we have instructions for that method here too. Below is our printable recipe card with nutritional information such as calories and saturated fat too.