Melt in your Mouth Prime Rib
Melt in your Mouth Prime Rib! The holidays were crazy busy around our house this year! I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love the happy noise that comes from my family and can we talk about the good food we share with each other?
The shimmering lights of the Christmas tree saved my sanity. My son, Zac, prepared the best prime rib ever for Christmas day! It was so good that we had to do it all over again on New Year’s day!
I always had it in my mind that prime rib was hard to prepare but ladies, it’s so easy! The other thing, it’s affordable to feed a large group of people! Who knew!
Can’t find it in the meat aisle? Ask your local butcher to cut it for you. He will give you the option to have the bone in or without. Also, he will also cut off the bone but tie it to the meat so you can get the flavor.
The night before you start cooking your prime rib, take the time to cut slashes into the fat layer of the prime rib. This will let the seasoning get into the meat. Pat the meat with a paper towel and get it as dry as you can. Generously season the top with salt, pepper, and garlic salt. Then rub the seasoning into the layer. Place the meat, uncovered into the refrigerator.
- Prime rib
- 1 stick of butter, softened
- 1 Tablespoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
- 1 to 2 teaspoons salt
- Place rib roast on a plate and bring to room temperature before cooking, about 4 hours.
- Preheat an oven to 500 degrees
- Combine butter, pepper, and herbes de Provence in a bowl; mix until well blended. Spread butter mixture evenly over entire roast. Season roast generously with kosher salt.
- Roast the 4-pound prime rib in the preheated oven. To calculate how long to cook, see below in notes. Turn the oven off and, leaving the roast in the oven with the door closed, let the roast sit in the oven for 2 hours.
- If it's not the desired temperature at this time, turn the oven to 350 degrees and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
- Remove roast from the oven, slice, and serve.
- Your cooking times will vary depending on the size of your prime rib roast. To calculate your cooking time, multiply the exact weight of the roast by 5. Round the resulting number to the nearest whole number. The rib is cooked at 500 degrees F for exactly that many minutes. For example, for a 6 pound roast: 6 x 5=30, so cooking time is 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and wait 2 hours before opening the oven door.
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When we eat prime rib, it’s usually when we’ve gone out to dinner. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at doing one at home, but haven’t found anything that comes close to the places we eat out. I think I have found it!
I never knew how to buy and prepare prime rib I have always thought it was something special that you only got at weddings. I will show this to everyone I know who loves a good cut of meat well prepared.
I am drooling so much over here. I haven’t had a prime rib in ages, but I am totally craving one now. Noms.
We don’t eat prime rib very often, but this looks like the way we need to make it. Wow! Looks delish!
I have yet to make prime rib at home. I’ve always been a little nervous when it comes to dishes like this. I think I will be trying this out in the next month, as I’m working on my menu planner I’ll be adding this one.
Yes, please. My teen boy would devour this in minutes. He had his first taste of Prime rib at Disney this Christmas and loved it.
That looks amazing! It’s definitely something that my husband and I will enjoy! I really appreciate the tips as well, especially about getting the right cut and the seasoning.
I’m so glad I found this; we considered making prime rib for Christmas (for a family member allergic to turkey) but I decided it would be too hard and made something else instead. This looks so easy! Next year we’ll give this a try instead.
My family will definitely have to try this in the future. I think we always thought that if we wanted something like prime rib, we had to go out to eat — who knew we could do it at home?
I usually eat Prime Rib at a restaurant though I did make it fo Christmas once.
Thank you so much for your tips on cooking prime rib. I have cooked them wrong for several years, until last night! Thank you so much for your tips on cooking prime rib. I have cooked them wrong for several years, until last night!
I made 2 prime ribs this holiday season and will be making a 3rd this week just because. It’s a favorite here!
Reading your post literally made my mouth water. How yummy! I like to use a butcher for this cut of meat, and I always like to tell them a few weeks in advance.
My brother made us a delicious prime rib for Christmas. I am going to have to try this recipe. It looks so good.
Currently drooling. This looks absolutely amazing!! Definitely sharing this with the husband to try and make!
Well you certainly made this look easy! I don’t know why I have never tried to make this at home. I always thought it was much more work than this. Going to have to give it a try!
I love beef. We had beef tenderloin for Christmas dinner. This makes me want to do a prime rib next. Thanks for making it look easy to do.
oh, what I wouldn’t do right now for a slice of this. Looks so good, I would love to give this a try. My husband is a huge prime rib fan and would love to try this too. We will save this!
Oh my goodness this looks so good. I have never made prime rib, it kind of intimidates me.
It’s so easy!
My husband would love this prime rib recipe. He is a huge meat eater and he is always looking for delicious ways like this one to enjoy prime rib.
I don’t eat meat, but my brothers would enjoy this recipe. I’ll have to share the link to your recipe with them.
Prime rib is so delicious. This looks like it would be absolutely mouth watering. I need to try this!
Your Prime Rib looks amazing! Happy to see you here at Full Plate Thursday and thanks so much for sharing with us.
Miz Helen
Oh goodness, this looks perfect! My mother-in-law just told me about this exact method to cook a roast and said her’s turned out amazing. I’m definitely trying this next week!