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Christmas Prime Rib Recipe and How-To Video

Christmas Prime Rib Recipe

Christmas Prime Rib is the easiest recipe to make for the holidays! It sounds fancy but it's really hands-off making it the perfect recipe for entertaining!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Holiday
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • Prime Rib - cut French Style I used a 4lb prime rib, which was about two large bones. See chart for suggested cooking times and temperatures. Note: you may need to increase the herbs, spices and butter for a larger cut
  • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 stick of butter

Instructions
 

  • When purchasing your prime rib, ask the butcher to cut it french style. Let the prime rib come to room temperature before cooking. This will help to ensure even cooking.
  • Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
  • Rub the prime rib with herbs, spices and butter. Place into a roasting pan with a rack. Wrap bone tips with foil to prevent burning.
  • Bake prime rib (any size) for 15 minutes at 500 degrees. Then remove prime rib and reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
  • For my 4lb prime rib, I baked it at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes per pound for rare/medium rare. This was 48 minutes. Pro-tip: remove the prime rib from the oven BEFORE it reaches your desired finished temperature. The meat will continue to cook and rise 5-15 degrees after removing it from the oven. Remember, you can always cook the meat more if it is under cooked but you can't un-cook an over cooked piece of beef!
  • Remove the prime rib from the oven and gently tent with foil. Let rest for at least 30 minutes before cutting. This will allow the juices time to absorb into the meat.
  • Cut and serve!

Video

Keyword holiday, prime rib
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