70 Delicious Beef Recipes for Christmas Dinner

Take the guesswork out of what to serve for the main course in your holiday dinner with these 70 Delicious Beef Recipes for Christmas Dinner!

Whether you serve it on Christmas Eve or Christmas day, the holiday meal is something the whole family looks forward to.

Putting together a christmas dinner menu for your holiday table is hard work. We want to help you better enjoy your holiday season! 

Switch up your roast turkey for a beef christmas roast for your main dish instead! It’s a little different from what you may be used to, we know. But having an easy meal that can feed a lot of people will make for a very merry christmas! 

With 70 options, you can choose from easy recipes (we promise!) like prime rib and beef tenderloin. And several roast beef recipes (yes, with the yorkshire pudding!) We’ve even got a beef wellington recipe to love.

Each holiday beef roast recipe has a foolproof method for turning out juicy roast that you can even enjoy for christmas lunch the next day. 

These recipe use cooking methods like slow cooking, grilling, instant pot, smoker cooking and more! You can free up your oven space to make those yummy holiday side dishes.

We hope these beef recipes for Christmas dinner will take a little bit of the stress out of your holiday dinner party. 

Which of these yummy beef recipes has caught your eye? Happy holiday cooking!

Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Use three easy pantry staples to get this perfect Instant Pot Italian Beef Roast. Cooking a roast in the Instant Pot is the best way to achieve moist, fall apart with a fork roast!

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Instant Pot Texas Roadhouse Pot Roast Recipe

4.25 from 4 votes

Texas Roadhouse is such a happy place, and our Instant Pot Texas Roadhouse pot roast recipe will be sure to put a smile on your face.

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Instant Pot Beef Daube Stew with Mashed Potatoes Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Enjoy a delicious family dinner with our Instant Pot beef daube stew with mashed potatoes. The flavor is unbelievable with tender pieces of beef and veggies plus it is a wonderfully hearty dish.

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Slow Cooker Beef Sirloin Tips and Gravy Recipe

5 from 5 votes

After simmering in your slow cooker all day, the beef tips literally fall apart when you touch them! Serve over mashed potatoes for a perfect and hearty meal.

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Melt In Your Mouth Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe

This melt in your mouth pot roast does exactly what it says. It is so full of flavor and juices that you will get the most tender pot roast ever! The perfect Sunday dinner recipe.

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Instant Pot Texas Roadhouse Pot Roast Recipe

4.25 from 4 votes

Texas Roadhouse is such a happy place, and our Instant Pot Texas Roadhouse pot roast recipe will be sure to put a smile on your face.

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Pan Seared Steak

5 from 1 vote

If you are looking for a good steak recipe to produce a juicy steak with fresh herbs, then you need this steak recipe.

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Grilled Ribeye Steak Recipe

Get ready to enjoy the best and most perfectly Grilled Ribeye Steak recipe for the summer. It has simple ingredients for this juicy steak ribeye recipe that you will want to make it over and over again.

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Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe

This Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast turns out perfect every time! Let it cook all day and enjoy this flavorful, family favorite roast!

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Easy Smoked Brisket Recipe

Take your meat to the next level with this EASY Smoked Brisket recipe. Step-by-step instructions and 6 simple ingredients make this slow smoking brisket recipe perfect for your next meal.

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Instant Pot Perfect Beef Pot Roast Recipe

5 from 1 vote

This Instant Pot Perfect Beef Pot Roast Recipe is a staple at our house! This recipe turns out perfect every single time!

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Slow Cooker Perfect Pot Roast Recipe (and Homemade Gravy)

4.67 from 6 votes

Juicy and delicious this Slow Cooker Perfect Pot Roast Recipe and Homemade Gravy is full of flavor and tastes amazing! True Perfection!

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Slow Cooker Sunday Dinner Pot Roast and Gravy Recipe

The easiest way to cook a pot roast – in the slow cooker! This no-fail recipe turns out an amazing Sunday dinner every single time. Tender, fall-apart roast cooked together with carrots and potatoes, thrown together in the morning and ready to eat when dinner rolls around.

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Easy Instant Pot Beef Pot Roast

Our Easy Instant Pot Beef Pot Roast only has 6 ingredients dumped into your pressure cooker for the perfect family dinner!

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Fall Apart Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Is there anything better than a pot roast that falls apart when you try and cut it? I really don’t think there is! Prep this roast in the morning and dinner will be ready by the time you get home. You’ll love the familiar taste of your favorite roast, packed with delicious flavors.

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INSTANT POT MAMA’S POT ROAST RECIPE

This simple pot roast cooks in record time in the Instant Pot!

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Slow Cooker Balsamic Pork Roast Recipe

This Balsamic Roast takes about 5 minutes to throw together and it cooks all day in the slow cooker while you do other things! And your house will be filled with delicious smells all day!

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Christmas Beef Tenderloin (Sheet Pan Beef Tenderloin) Recipe – The Cookie Rookie®

Take the stress out of Christmas with this delicious Christmas Beef Tenderloin. This sheet pan beef tenderloin is fuss-free and delicious!

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The BEST Christmas Roast (on a budget) | The Dinner Bell

Your holiday dinner can be affordable! Eye of round roast is flavorful and tender with this simple, easy-to-follow recipe. Includes a quick homemade gravy!

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Standing Rib Roast Recipe (Prime Rib Au Jus) (VID) – A Spicy Perspective

Standing Rib Roast Recipe (Prime Rib Au Jus) – How about a juicy flavorful Standing Rib Roast Recipe with a crusty exterior and pink center?

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Beef Tenderloin Roast

This garlic herb beef tenderloin roast gives your average steak a major (easy) upscale lift! Aka – a stunning main for Christmas and holidays.

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The ultimate Christmas roast beef recipe

James Martin ditches the Christmas turkey in favour of a foolproof step-by-step recipe to cook roast beef recipe with all the trimmings.

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Perfect roast beef recipe | Jamie Oliver Christmas recipes

This Jamie Oliver roast beef recipe is perfect for a Sunday lunch. Let the beef rest for half an hour, then slice very thinly for super-tender roast beef.

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Roast Beef Dinner (Sunday Roast) – Culinary Ginger

Roast Beef Dinner (Sunday Roast). Perfectly roasted beef served with crispy roast potatoes, carrots and Yorkshire pudding.

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Christmas Beef Wellington | Gordon Ramsay’s Recipes

Christmas Beef Wellington 🥩 – If you want change to roast turkey, this has to be ultimate for the table. It smells Christmassy and it is absolutely perfect. Traditional Beef Wellington is a perfect treat for Christmas. Cook beef wellington for your family and they will love it.

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Christmas Prime Rib

A prime rib dinner is a splendid choice for Christmas! This recipe features a Dijon mustard crust and provides the perfect roasting time for prime rib.

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Christmas Beef Roast Recipe – Recipes.net

Gather round as our Christmas Beef Roast recipe truly brings the holiday cheers. Savor the tender meat with a divine red wine glaze!

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Christmas Beef Chuck Roast – Easy Budget Recipes

This Christmas Beef Chuck Roast recipe is juicy, tender, and packed with great flavor thanks to the rub and brown gravy made with the pan drippings.

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Prime Rib for Christmas Dinner

Classic prime rib for Christmas dinner, perfect every time. Step-by-step instructions on how to roast, cook, and season your prime rib!

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Christmas Dinner: Rosemary & Peppercorn Beef Tenderloin Roast

Rosemary and peppercorn beef tenderloin roast is the perfect holiday dish for your Christmas table! Plus tips for styling your holiday tablescape!

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Christmas Stuffed Flank Steak

Guys, I’m gonna admit something so totally out of character here. There is something about the holidays that I don’t love. That something? Turkey. And yes, I know: “Everybody knows a little turkey and some

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Easy Christmas Beef Roast {Eye of Round}

This Christmas Beef Roast is roasted with fresh herbs, tender veggies, and covered in a rich pan gravy. A delicious holiday meal in one pan!

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s perfect roast beef Christmas lunch

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall kills a cow in November so he can hang his beef in time for Christmas

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Christmas Roast Beef Recipe (Holiday Dinner on a Budget)

Perfect for special occasions or the holidays, this Christmas Roast Beef Recipe is so easy! Loaded with tips to cook the best juicy roast.

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Christmas Beef Tenderloin

If you’re still looking for an easy and elegant main dish for Christmas this year, I recommend you try this beautiful Christmas beef tenderloin with red wine sauce.

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Easy roast beef recipe for Christmas dinner

A roast tenderloin of beef is an instant showstopper at dinner parties.

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Slow-Cooker Rosemary Christmas Beef with Salsa Verde

Get it? Rose-MERRY Christmas?!

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Holiday Roast Recipe | Snow Creek Ranch

An Impressive, Tasty, Last Minute Chuck Roast Recipe So you’re thinking about beef for the holidays this year. You’re a smart Christmas cookie, so you know you need to come up with a tasty and impressive holiday roast recipe. If you’re reading this right now (the middle of December),

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Perfect Christmas Beef Roast Recipe On A Budget ‣ Felicia Graves

The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration, and indulgence. As we gather around the holiday table with our loved ones, the centerpiece roast holds a special place, bringing together the essence of Christmas.

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All I Want for Christmas is A Fabulous Beef Tenderloin

We have just the recipe for Kelli Drury of Colorado Springs, Colorado, who wants a melt-in-your-mouth delicious beef tenderloin for Christmas dinner.

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Roasted Beef Tenderloin with French Onions & Horseradish Sauce – The Original Dish

Sharing our Christmas dinner main dish: whole roasted beef tenderloin with french onions and horseradish sauce. An absolutely show-stopping holiday dinner!

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Roast Beef Christmas Dinner Recipe

Roast Beef Christmas Dinner Recipe. Ideas for Christmas Dinner. What to serve for Christmas Dinner. Need a Roast Beef recipe for Christmas Dinner. Try this delicious Christmas roast beef recipe. Ingredients list and step by step instructions to serve prime rib.

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Herb and Butter Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Horseradish and Caramelized Onions.

This recipe makes the best beef tenderloin in the oven and is super flavorful and tender. Fresh herbs and brown butter take it over the top!

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Beef Bourguignon: Christmas in Paris

I had intended to use an authentically French bourguignon recipe, but when I saw how much easier Ina’s recipe was and read the rave reviews, I couldn’t resist.

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Christmas dinner Beef Steak

As for large plates, I only had white ones! It was Christmas, so I wanted something a little more colorful.

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Holiday Roast Beef with Cranberry Balsamic Sauce

Holiday Roast Beef is delicious and tender roast beef that is excellent for a holiday dinner. Though you can serve this roast any day!

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The Holiday Roast Recipes That Will Crown The Christmas Feast

Big, beautiful recipe perfect for Christmas dinner!

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Christmas Beef Wellington

Christmas Beef Wellington 🥩 – If you want change to roast turkey, this has to be ultimate for the table. It smells Christmassy and it is absolutely perfect. Traditional Beef Wellington is a perfect treat for Christmas. Cook beef wellington for your family and they will love it. Cook this recipe wi…

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A Stunning Roast Beef Tenderloin for Christmas Dinner! | Betty Rosbottom

If you’re like me and have waited until the last minute to decide on what to serve for Christmas, worry no more. A glorious beef tenderloin roasted with plum tomatoes and garnished with a sprinkle of creamy goat cheese might just be the answer.

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A wonderful barbecue beef recipe for your Christmas menu | Relish Mama

A wonderful barbecue beef recipe for your Christmas menu

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Roast Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine Sauce – Once Upon a Chef

TESTED & PERFECTED RECIPE – A sear-roasted beef tenderloin with red wine sauce makes an easy and elegant holiday centerpiece.

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The Holiday Tri-Tip Roast: A West Coast Tradition – Just Cook

Want to cook something that isn’t a holiday standard? We love the tri-tip roast, a West Coast tradition perfect for sharing with loved ones.

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Roast Beef Recipe with Gravy (VIDEO) – NatashasKitchen.com

This simple, juicy Roast Beef with savory homemade pan gravy is just as impressive as any holiday roast. Every bite melts in your mouth.

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Christmas Dinner: Beef Brisket

Are you looking for the perfect delicious Christmas meal? Try making a tender and juicy beef brisket for guests. We’ve rounded up a few recipes to try.

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Christmas Prime Rib Roast: A Juicy & Tender Holiday Beef Roast!

This Christmas prime rib roast is an elegant main course that truly makes Christmas dinner feel like a special occasion! #bakeitwithlove #roast #primerib #beef #Christmas #holidays

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Prime Rib Roast – The Woks of Life

A Prime Rib Roast is always a crowd-pleasing special occasion dinner. Make the perfect prime rib with a proven family/restaurant recipe!

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Beef Tenderloin Recipe for Holiday Dinner Party | Holiday Party Recipes – Jenny Steffens Hobick

Beef Tenderloin is the most classic of holiday fare. I can not even begin to count how many Beef Tenderloins I have prepared over the years… maybe 100’s. It is…

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Holiday Beef Wellington

What about making holiday beef wellington for Christmas dinner? It’s made with beef tenderloin, along with flavourful ingredients such as prosciutto parma ham, rosemary, and mushrooms. This Christmas beef wellington recipe is wonderfully decadent!

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Holiday Beef Tenderloin | GrillinFools

Holiday Beef Tenderloin, smoked on an oak plank in a gas grill before being seared to caramelized protein perfection! Ideal for Christmas or New Years Eve

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Eye of Round Roast Beef with Gravy | Valerie’s Kitchen

A flavorful seasoning mix and special cooking technique create this perfectly Tender Eye of Round Roast Beef with Gravy. A meal special enough for a holiday but economical enough to serve any day of the week.

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Katie Brown | Classic Roast Beef Recipe

I’ve been contemplating what to serve for my main course this Christmas Eve. Do I go with the traditional ham? A simple roast turkey? Stuffed cornish hens?

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Easy Top Round Roast Beef Recipe

This Easy Top Round Roast Beef Recipe is going to become a regular in your house after you see how easy it is to make. Our fail proof cooking method leaves you with a flavorful and tender roast that you prepared in five minutes.

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Roast Beef Dinner

Roast Beef Dinner with cook times for rare, medium and well done. Juicy tender beef served with all the sides!

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Tri Tip (Grilled or Oven-Roasted) from The Food Charlatan

If you’ve never had Tri Tip, you haven’t lived! I’ll show you how to cook tri tip on the grill or in the oven. SO easy & juicy and the flavor is unbeatable!

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Christmas Beef Pot pie

Chicken potpie is a fine, comforting dinner for most of the winter. But at Christmas, you want comfort with a little more. You want a dinner…

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Christmas Shepherd’s Pie

A delicious Shepherd's pie from Paula Deen for your Christmas table

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Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding

Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding is the star at our Christmas dinner table! Crusty, slices of buttery roast beef, dripping with rich juices combine with a light and airy Yorkshire pudding.

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TENDER RUMP ROAST RECIPE

If you’re looking for a simple and delicious recipe that guarantees a tender roast beef meal for your entire family, this rump roast recipe is the best thing you’ll find. Slow cooking at its best, this recipe takes a great cut of meat, the beef rump roast, and transforms it into a hearty, flavorful dish that’s perfect for special occasions or a comforting dinner.

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Slow Cooker Roast Beef 

This Slow Cooker Roast Beef will be become your favorite Sunday Roast – incredibly tender slow cooked beef in a rich and delicious gravy. 10/10 for flavor and almost zero effort! Serve with my incredible Goose Fat Roast Potatoes and Yorkshire Puddings.

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Crockpot Roast Recipe – With Gravy!

This Crock Pot Roast recipe is easy to make with potatoes, carrots, and thick and flavorful gravy. The meat is moist and full of flavor, your family will love this home cooked meal! 

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