How to make really great roast beef at home for sandwiches...on the cheap!

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  Want to make really tender sliced beef for less? Here's a way to take an eye roast, an inexpensive cut which can be tough, and make it tender.  
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3 # Eye of Round roast

• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Season the roast with salt and pepper and place in a roasting pan or baking dish. Do not cover or add water.
2. Place the roast in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Roast for 21 minutes (seven minutes per pound) then turn off the oven and let the roast sit in the hot oven for 2 1/2 hours. Do not open the door at all during this time! (I have a gas stove and opted to leave it at 170 degrees for the remaining time, because it isn't very well insulated)
3. Remove the roast from the oven, the internal temperature should have reached at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees C). Carve into thin slices to serve.

This is really surprisingly good. It isn't dry, and it's cooked perfect for me; my husband would probably hate it, because he likes it well done , but this was seriously perfectly pink inside. Great!