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Several pieces of sliced beets cut into heart shapes on a black plate.

How To Roast Whole Beets In The Oven

Grace Stewart
Roasting whole beets in the oven is the best and easiest way to prepare beets!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course accompaniment, Side Dish, vegetable side dish
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings
Calories 9 kcal

Equipment

  • Oven
  • cookie sheet or baking tray

Ingredients
  

  • 3 beets select beets approximately ½ lb in weight

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 400F. Rinse and pat dry the beets.
    A golden beet and red beet next to some white flowers.
  • Wrap each beet individually in foil. Place the wrapped beets on a cookie sheet or oven proof container, and roast for approximately 1 hr and 15 minutes.
    3 beets wrapped in foil placed on a silicone mat and cookie sheet in an oven.
  • After 1 hr 15 minutes, remove the beets from the oven. Check to see if they are cooked properly by inserting a fork into one of the beets. Be careful opening the foil packet as it's HOT! If the beet is fork tender, then they are finished cooking. If not, place them back in the oven for 10 minute intervals until they are cooked through.
    A beet pierced with a fork to show the beet is fork tender. The beet has released some of its juices and is in a piece of aluminum foil.
  • Allow the beets to cool while still wrapped in foil. Once cool, you can peel the beets if you desire. The peel should come right off using your hands. If some of the peel is not easily removed, you can use a knife to cut off these areas.
    A foil wrapped beet and a peeled beet with the beet peels on a white plate.
  • Enjoy your delicious and healthy beets!
    Red beets that have been cut in half so that you can see striations in the beets.

Notes

 Enjoy your beets chopped and added into salads.  They are also wonderful sliced, seasoned with salt and pepper, and drizzled with olive oil.
Try them in this Beautiful Roasted Beets and Spinach Salad.
Cheers!

Nutrition

Calories: 9kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 0.3gFat: 0.03gSaturated Fat: 0.01gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 16mgPotassium: 67mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 7IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.2mg
Keyword Beets, roasted beets
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