Air Fryer Roast Beef

By Lucy Parissi

4.63 from 32 votes

, Updated Mar 30, 2026

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Air Fryer Roast Beef – it is so easy to make succulent roast beef in your air fryer! Just a handful of ingredients and you can have tender roast beef on the table in under an hour! Serve with my Air Fryer Baked Potatoes

Try also…. my Air Fryer Roast Pork and Korean Fried Chicken

Roast beef is such a treat and you can find several recipes here on Supergolden Bakes! I recently got myself a large air fryer (a Cosori XXL) and I was very curious to see if I could do an air fried beef roast.

Spoiler alert… Air Fryer Roast beef is a total game changer! Such tender roast beef, full of flavor and super easy to make too!

Here’s why you will love my Air Fryer Roast Beef recipe

• Incredibly easy and quick to prep
• Very few ingredients
• Cooks in under an hour, almost twice as quick as in the oven
• Tender, juicy and perfectly cooked beef joint

Best Beef Cut for Air Fryer Roast

A good quality roasting joint that has a little marbling of fat is just right for this quick cooking method. Avoid cheaper cuts that require long cooking time – they are more suitable for cooking in your Crockpot or the Instant Pot.

• Rolled rib roast
• Sirloin roast
• Topside
• Silverside

HOW TO MAKE AIR FRYER ROAST BEEF

1. Take your beef joint out of the fridge and pat dry. Leave it to come to room temperature for 30 minutes. Make sure to check whether your joint fits into the air fryer. You can always slice a larger joint in half.
2. Preheat the air fryer (400°F /200°C) for 10 minutes. Meanwhile brush the beef all over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper plus a herb seasoning mix (see recipe below).

3. Use a liner in the air fryer basket (optional) and position the beef on top. Roast for 10-15 minutes. Cooking the beef at a high temperature will create a lovely crust on the exterior sealing all the lovely juices within in the same way searing the beef in a skillet before roasting in the oven.

4. Remove the air fryer basket and turn the beef over. Reduce the temperature to 350°F / 180°C and cook for a further 30 minutes.

5. Start checking the internal temperature of the beef with an instant read thermometer inserting the probe in the middle thickest part. Remember that the temperature of the joint will continue to rise slightly as it rests so factor that in. 

6. Use the table below as a guide to cook it to your liking, adding five minutes of cooking time until your preferred temperature is reached. Rare or medium rare is preferable for this lovely cut.
7. Once the beef is cooked to your liking place it on a warm platter and cover loosely with foil. Leave it to rest for 20-30 minutes before slicing against the grain and serving with your favorite side dishes.

Beef Roast Temperature Chart

What to serve with Air Fryer Roast Beef

• Essential accompaniment Air Fryer Yorkshire Puddings!
• Definitely one potato side dish such as these Goose Fat Roast Potatoes, Air Fryer Roast Potatoes, Lazy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes or Quick smashed Greek potatoes
• A veggie side dish Classic Green Bean Casserole, Braised Red Cabbage, Creamy Sprouts With Bacon or how about Roasted Butternut Squash Salad

You will also enjoy…

Air Fryer

Air Fryer Meatloaf (Juicy and Tender!)

Beef

Guinness Beef Stew (Instant Pot or Oven)

Beef

Guinness Braised Short Ribs

Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker Beef Biryani

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4.63 from 32 votes

Air Fryer Roast Beef

By Lucy Parissi | Supergolden Bakes

Air Fryer Roast Beef – it is so easy to make succulent roast beef in your air fryer! Just a handful of ingredients and you can have tender roast beef on the table in under an hour!

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Resting: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

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Equipment

• Airfryer I used the Cosori XXL
• Meat Thermometer I used my Thermapen
• Damascus Chef Knife
• Butcher's Block

Ingredients

Seasoning

• ▢ 2 tsp coarse salt
• ▢ 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ ½ tsp dried thyme
• ▢ ½ tsp garlic granules
• ▢ ½ tsp dried rosemary
• ▢ ½ tsp mustard powder or brown sugar

For the Roast Beef

• ▢ 2 ½ lbs (1.2 kg) roasting beef joint check it fits into your Air fryer
• ▢ 3 tbsp olive oil

Instructions 

• Take your beef joint out of the fridge and pat dry. Leave it to come to room temperature for 30 minutes. Make sure to check whether your joint fits into the air fryer. You can always slice a larger joint in half.
  2 ½ lbs (1.2 kg) roasting beef joint
• Meanwhile, preheat the air fryer (400°F /200°C) for 10 minutes. Mix all the seasoning ingredients together and brush the beef all over with olive oil. Press the seasoning mix all over the beef.
  2 tsp coarse salt, 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper, ½ tsp dried thyme, ½ tsp garlic granules, ½ tsp dried rosemary, ½ tsp mustard powder, 3 tbsp olive oil
• Use a liner in the air fryer basket (optional) and position the beef on top. Roast for 10-15 minutes. Cooking the beef at a high temperature will create a lovely crust on the exterior, sealing all the lovely juices within in the same way that searing the beef in a skillet before roasting in the oven.
• Remove the air fryer basket and turn the beef over. Reduce the temperature to 350°F / 180°C and cook for a further 30 minutes.
• Start checking the internal temperature of the beef with an instant read thermometer inserting the probe in the middle thickest part. Use the table in the recipe notes as a guide to cook it to your liking, adding five minutes of cooking time until your preferred temperature is reached. Remember that the temperature of the joint will continue to rise slightly as it rests so factor that in. I usually aim for medium rare (130-134°F / 55-57°C).
• Once the beef is cooked to your liking place it on a warm platter and cover loosely with foil. Leave it to rest for 20-30 minutes before slicing against the grain and serving with your favorite side dishes.

Notes

I used the Cosori XXL air fryer and Thermapen for this recipe.

Beef Roast Temperature Chart

Rare	120-129°F	49-54°C
Medium Rare	130-134°F	54–57°C
Medium	135-144°F	57–62°C
Medium Well	145-154°F	63–68°C
Well Done	155-164°F	68-73°C

 

Nutrition

Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 1469mg | Potassium: 49mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional information is always approximate, and will depend on quality of ingredients and serving sizes.

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