Prime Rib Roast

Prime Rib Roast  On a cold winter day, nothing is as satisfying as a nice piece of beef, and this is a NICE piece of beef.  I used prime rib for this recipe, but you could use another rib roast.  It works better if you use a boneless cut so that the garlic butter gets rubbed into the meat on all sides.  My instructions are for medium-rare, so if you want your roast a little more well done, increase cooking time.
Prime Rib Roast

Prime Rib Roast
Serves 10
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Prep Time
15 min
Prep Time
15 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 boneless prime rib roast (5-7 pounds)
  2. 1 cup butter, softened
  3. 7 cloves garlic, minced
  4. 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary. minced
  5. 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, minced
  6. 2 tablespoons salt
  7. 1 tablespoon pepper
Instructions
  1. Allow roast to come to room temperature for 2-3 hours before cooking.
  2. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
  3. In a small mixing bowl combine, butter, garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper, and mix until completely blended.
  4. Spread garlic/butter mixture on all sides of meat, and place it on a rack in a metal baking pan, making sure the fat cap is on top.
  5. Bake, uncovered at 500 degrees for 5 minutes per pound. Then turn off the heat, and allow roast to sit in oven for 2 hours. DO NOT open.
  6. Slice and serve.
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Allow roast to come to room temperature for 2-3 hours before cooking.

Allow roast to come to room temperature for 2-3 hours before cooking.

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.

In a small mixing bowl combine the following until completely blended. 1 cup butter, softened 7 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary. minced 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, minced 2 tablespoons salt 1 tablespoon pepper

In a small mixing bowl combine the following until completely blended.
1 cup butter, softened
7 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary. minced
2 tablespoons fresh thyme, minced
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon pepper

Spread garlic-butter mixture on all sides of meat, and ...

Spread garlic-butter mixture on all sides of meat, and …

Prime Rib Roast

... place it on a rack in a metal baking pan, making sure the fat cap is on top.

… place it on a rack in a metal baking pan, making sure the fat cap is on top.

Place in the HOT oven, and bake, uncovered at 500 degrees for 5 minutes per pound. Then turn off the heat, and allow roast to sit in oven for another 2 hours. DO NOT open.

Place in the HOT oven, and bake, uncovered at 500 degrees for 5 minutes per pound.
Then turn off the heat, and allow roast to sit in oven for another 2 hours. DO NOT open.

Remove, use the drippings to make a gravy, and ...

Remove, use the drippings to make a gravy,  …

... slice, and ....

… slice, and ….

... serve.

… serve.

Prime Rib Roast